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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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collaborate:
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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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### 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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- 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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- 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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