Outreachy progress 2019-04

Outreachy organizer admin tasks:

  • Reviewed final feedback for all December 2018 Outreachy interns
  • Issued all December 2018 final stipend payment request emails
  • Reviewed all mentor intern selections for May 2019 to ensure only strong applicants were selected
  • Double checked some applicant time commitments via email
  • Resolved any intern selection conflicts between two Outreachy projects
  • Communicated with Google Summer of Code organization administrators when an applicant applied to both Outreachy and GSoC
  • Double checked that mentors who had selected multiple interns had a co-mentor to help them
  • Communicated with potential sponsors
  • Gathered billing information for all new sponsors
  • Prepped sponsor invoice drafts, thank you tweets, and ensured sponsor logo prominence
  • Discussed potential changes to the application period dates with Outreachy mentors

Development:

  • Triaged the Outreachy website GitHub issue tracker
  • Added a GitHub new project with newcomer-friendly issues in preparation for participating in the PyCon U.S. sprints
  • Added a new file with Python factories code to set up a local test database during specific periods in the internship round
  • Updated the Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate for the Outreachy Zulip Chat server
  • Fixed a number of bugs that mentors ran into during the intern selection process, or documented them for the PyCon U.S. sprints

Documentation:

  • Added 371 lines to the Outreachy website README.md and 5 new database graphics to help new developers working on the website
  • Started writing a manual documenting the steps I take as an Outreachy organizer each round.