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15 Nov 2019

Contributors 

• Gris Cuevas

• Katia Rojas

October 2019 Report

## Description:

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*** Project: Internships for underrepresented groups (Outreachy) ***

*** Operations ***

1. We are working on the migration of previous meeting notes to Confluence to create a report that includes all action items, to make the process more transparent. 
2. The contributions period started on Oct. 1t and ended on Nov. 5th. Two projects out of three got contributions recorded. 5 contributions recorded in total. [2]
3. We encounter some problem while attracting applicants to record contributions. We think that there could be two reasons for this: the skill level required in the project is too high, the wording of the project is a bit intimidating due to the technical language or unclear goals and/or high system requirements. 

4. In order to address this issue, we took the following action: 

   1. setup cheat sheet + more guided or explained tasks. Include this sheet in the project submission to guide applicants in their initial contributions. we've seen sometimes there is no time to address all queries/questions from applicants, therefore we could include this sheet to help them guide themselves. We opened a conversation to create a "Tooling training for ASF projects" [3].
   2. we need a more easy-to-start development environment. regarding applicants with less experience. In this case, it is hard to find a solution other than committing enough mentor time, which is hard to find. We opened a discussion. More details 
5. The period for the selection of interns start on Nov. 6th and ended on Nov. 14th. After rating contributions, one intern has been selected. [4]
6. Friction log: we started working with the coordinators of the friction log of the Survey Design & Contributor Experience Research project. First draft of the friction log template has been shared on the mailing list dev@ [5]. 

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*** Community Highlights ***

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[1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tCQvR1NmR8ds8dqECr0Hs6vheKjouDclBjhZQfMoLlQ/edit

[2] https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/communities/apache/applicants/

[3] 2019-10-31 Outreachy Meeting notes

[4] https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/communities/apache/applicants/

[5] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/diversity-dev/201911.mbox/%3cCAN_Ypr3cHMcSgd3t1xH3pzMCBof6B9dK0i2WDFtFJ1Q+P1aQdw@mail.gmail.com%3e

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