<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>The next round for Outreachy, which is a three-month paid internship program for people traditionally underrepresented in tech, will soon open!</p>
<p>If you're interested in applying as an Outreachy intern, hang on for a bit! We'll announce when the application period opens in a separate email.</p>
<p>If you're interested in mentoring or being an Outreachy community coordinator, read on.</p>
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<p>Dear coordinators and mentors,</p>
<p>Thank you for being a part of our internship program! Our timeline for the next round is:</p>
<ul>
<li>September 7 - application period opens</li>
<li>October 23 - contributions and applications are due</li>
<li>November 9 - interns announced</li>
<li>December 5, 2017 to March 5, 2018 - internship period.</li>
</ul>
<p>If your organization is interested in participating in the next round, <strong>please let us know by September 4 if you will participate.</strong></p>
<h2>New website</h2>
<p>We are shifting to a set of new Outreachy resources this round:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://www.outreachy.org">newly redesigned website</a> for the program. The Outreachy pages on the GNOME wiki will soon be redirected here.</li>
<li><a href="mailto:organizers@outreachy.org">organizers@outreachy.org</a> - This is the new email address for Outreachy organizers (Cindy, Tony, Sarah, Marina, and Karen)</li>
<li><a href="mailto:announce@lists.outreachy.org">announce@lists.outreachy.org</a> - This is the new <a href="https://lists.outreachy.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce">Outreachy public announcements mailing list</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:mentors@lists.outreachy.org">mentors@lists.outreachy.org</a> - This is a <a href="https://lists.outreachy.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mentor">private list for Outreachy coordinators and mentors</a> who want to participate in the program</li>
</ul>
<p>Our goal with the new website is to allow coordinators and mentors to add their community landing pages and projects pages directly to the Outreachy website. This allows us to add useful features in the future, like allowing applicants to search for projects with a particular programming language or skill. The information listed on the community landing pages will be the same as what we recommended in the past. We encourage organizers and mentors to update their current landing page, so that the information is ready when we have the new website features in place.</p>
<h2>Resources for Coordinators and Mentors</h2>
<p>If you are participating as an Outreachy community for the first time, you'll need to:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.outreachy.org/mentor">Review the community participation guidelines</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/community-faq/">Apply as a community</a></li>
<li>Make sure other mentors <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/">understand the mentor requirements</a>, especially the 5-hour weekly time commitment requirement and the requirement to sign the mentor agreement</li>
</ul>
<p>If you've participated as an coordinator or mentor in the past, please:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/">Secure funding</a> for your community to sponsor at least one intern ($6,500) </li>
<li><a href="https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/landing-page-requirements/">Update your community's landing page according to the guidelines</a></li>
<li>Come up with your project ideas and recruit other mentors</li>
<li>Make sure other mentors <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/">understand the mentor requirements</a>, especially the 5-hour weekly time commitment requirement and the requirement to sign the mentor agreement</li>
<li>Let us know by emailing <a href="mailto:organizers@outreachy.org">organizers@outreachy.org</a> that your community is participating by September 4</li>
</ul>
<p>We plan on having a twitter chat about Outreachy on September 25 at 4pm UTC / 11am EST, to spotlight the communities that are participating. Participation in the chat is optional, but many of our participants find out about the program through Twitter.</p>
<p>Please contact Karen, Marina, Tony, Cindy, and myself at <a href="mailto:organizers@outreachy.org">organizers@outreachy.org</a> if you have any questions. We hope you can join us for this round!</p>
<p>Thanks,<br>
Sarah Sharp<br>
Outeachy Organizer</p>