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## Considerinng Being a Project Lead?
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- Leading a project or mentorship is a serious commitment but a very rewarding
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- experience. If you're trying to decide whether to be a project lead, please
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- read the following documents:
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- - [ Google Summer of Code mentor
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- guide] ( https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/ )
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- - Outreachy [ mentor role description] ( https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/#mentor )
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- and [ mentor expectations] [ outmentorexpect ]
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- - [ Outreachy Mentor FAQ] ( https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/ )
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+ Leading a project is a serious commitment but a very rewarding experience. If
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+ you're trying to decide whether to be a project lead, please read the following
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+ documents:
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+ - Google Summer of Code (GSoC) [ mentor guide] [ gsocmentor ]
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+ - Outreachy [ mentor role description] [ outmentorrole ] , [ mentor
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+ expectations] [ outmentorexpect ] , and [ mentor FAQ] [ outmentorfaq ]
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If you'd like to be a project lead but don't have a specific project in mind,
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email the [ CC Developers mailing list] ( /community/ ) and let us know what your
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skillset and availability is. We'll see if we have a project you can help out
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with. If you'd like to propose a project, read on.
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+ [ gsocmentor ] : https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/
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+ [ outmentorrole ] : https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/#mentor
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[ outmentorexpect ] : https://www.outreachy.org/docs/internship/#mentor-expectations
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+ [ outmentorfaq ] : https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/
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## Proposing a Project
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- ** Technical Skills** : _ What technical skills will this project need?_
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- ** Difficulty** : _ How technically difficult is this project? Options: High,
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Medium, Low_
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- - ** Size** : _ Large (~ 350 hours) or Medium (~ 175 hours)._
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+ - ** Size** : _ Options: Large (~ 350 hours) or Medium (~ 175 hours)._
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Please note that project ideas should be related to an existing CC open source
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project or website and should be clearly scoped out. They should be doable in
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three months by a contributor with very little prior experience.
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## Application Period
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Once the initial application period opens, things get chaotic for a little bit
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because there are far too many people, so help them help themselves.
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- Prepare general documentation/frequently asked questions ahead of time.
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### Draft Application
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You should encourage applicants to share drafts of the application with you
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match what you had in mind and is feasible (keeping in mind that they may be
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new to all this and may not get things done as quickly).
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## Work Program Period
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### Preparing
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Before the work program period begins:
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- - Talk to your backup lead/secondary mentor ahead of your time to create a plan
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- for how to collaborate:
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+ - Talk to your backup lead ahead of your time to create a plan for how to
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- Who will be repsonsible for what?
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- How will checkins and notes work?
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- - If your project affects or involves anyone else at CC that's not
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- leading/mentoring the project, talk to them about how they would like to be
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- involved and come up with a plan to collaborate.
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+ - If your project affects or involves anyone else at CC that's not leading the
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+ project, talk to them about how they would like to be involved and come up
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+ with a plan to collaborate.
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### Post-Announcement
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- have an introductory call with the contributor and get to know each other. ask
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them questions about themselves and talk about yourself too.
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- - set up regular meetings: a weekly video call for the mentors to check-in with
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- the contributor, and a monthly call with the cc program coordinator to check
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- in with the contributor.
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+ - set up regular meetings: a weekly video call for the project lead to check-in
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+ with the contributor, and a monthly call with the cc program coordinator to
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+ check in with the contributor.
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- create a document to keep any project information and notes. this document
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should be shared with the program coordinators.
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- the “final” implementation plan and weekly milestones (“final” because it
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- ensure that the contributor has permissions to push to the appropriate GitHub
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repository.
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### During the Work Program
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During the work program:
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- Attend your weekly check-in.
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- - Take good notes so that your backup mentor can pick up where you left off
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+ - Take good notes so that your backup lead can pick up where you left off
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easily if you’re unavailable.
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- Make sure the contributor is on-track with their weekly milestones and if
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not, work with them to figure out why and come up with a plan.
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they are often not experienced with the work they are doing and may not know
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to ask for help or may be stuck on something that they cannot articulate very
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well.
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- - Ask for feedback on your mentorship every few weeks.
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+ - Ask for feedback as the project lead every few weeks.
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- Find an opportunity to invite your contributor to present their work at CC’s
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all staff meeting. It is up to you when you’d like to do this.
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- Make sure you're familiar with the program timeline and submit your required
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- your contributor is not communicating enough or misses a check-in.
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- you have concerns or even just a bad feeling about something.
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- you have feedback or questions about any part of the program process.
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- - you'd like feedback about how your mentoring is going
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+ - you'd like feedback about how your role as project lead is going
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