Week 1 message for interns
*Each of the interns also received this message on their email.
Congratulations: you did it! The GNOME community is glad to welcome
you, and to have you participate in Google Summer of Code and work on
GNOME!
Some of you already know the GNOME community quite well, but it might
not be the case for every one of you. That’s not a problem: GSoC has a
community bonding period, where you will have time to get to know the
community before starting the real work. If you are into history, this
is a great video about the history of GNOME
If during the GSoC, you have a problem with your mentor (lack of
communication, or misunderstandings, or deep disagreements, or
anything else), don’t hesitate to contact the GNOME administrators
(soc-admins@gnome.org).
Firstly, we suggest you contact your mentor and subscribe to our gsoc
tag in Discourse https://discourse.gnome.org/tag/gsoc (click the bell
icon on the top right). And then proceed to introduce yourself at our
“Say Hello” thread at
Say "Hello" thread so other members of
the community have a chance to get to know you, your mentor, and your
project.
Planet GNOME is an aggregator of blogs of GNOME contributors. From now
on, it will serve as your morning newspaper :-). We ask that you add
your blog to Planet GNOME, and write updates about your work during
the internship period every two weeks. Of course, you are welcome to
blog more often too! It is exciting that you will have a voice on
Planet GNOME right from the start and it is a very important way to
let the GNOME community know about the work you are doing! This will
also allow us to keep track of your progress.
Once your blog is added, please write an introductory post and start
blogging about your work on GNOME and other things that you see
relevant for Planet GNOME. https://planet.gnome.org
To get your blog added to Planet GNOME, please follow the instructions
at PlanetGnome - GNOME Wiki! (no worries if you don’t want to
have a photo).
Secondly, you should join the “GNOME Hackers” chat room
https://matrix.to/#/#gnome-hackers:gnome.org and our “GNOME GSoC” chat
room https://matrix.to/#/#soc:gnome.org on Matrix. If the project that
you are working on has dedicated channels, make sure you join those
too (ask your mentor). If you have any doubts about our chatting
platforms, check GettingInTouch/IRC - GNOME Wiki!
That’s all for now. If you have any questions, feel free to send an
email to the administrators, ask your mentor, or write on our
Discourse under the #soc tag.
Small summary:
- Make sure you’re in contact with your mentor(s)
- Subscribe to our Discourse tag to receive news and updates about
your internship - Get your blog added to Planet GNOME
- Publish an introductory blog post about yourself and your project
- Join the relevant chat channels
- Get to know the GNOME community
- Get ready to start working on May 29
Welcome and Congratulations!