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About Season of Docs

Key Information

Communication

The official KDE channel for Season of Docs: https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/%23kde-sod:kde.org

Google has two groups that all interested parties - admins, mentors, and technical writers - should join:

1) one for announcements: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/season-of-docs-announce

2) and one for discussions: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/season-of-docs-discuss

There is also a Slack channel for Season of Docs, which you can join by clicking the invitation link on the official program page: https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/discussion

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Dates

• Organization applications start on April 2, 2019 at 20:00 UTC. The deadline for KDE to apply as an organization is April 23, 2019 at 20:00 UTC.

• Registration for mentors and admins opens on April 2, 2019 at 20:00 UTC.

• Google will announce which organizations have been accepted into the program on April 30, 2019 at 12:00 UTC.

• Technical writers can start submitting applications on May 29, 2019 at 18:00 UTC. The deadline for technical writers to apply is June 28, 2019 at 18:00 UTC.

• Google will announce the list of accepted technical writers and their projects on July 30, 2019 at 18:00 UTC.

Full Season of Docs timeline: https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline

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Requirements

Complete Season of Docs rules https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/terms/program-rules

Project Ideas

Proposal Template

Project: The main idea of your proposed project

Basic work breakdown: What types of tasks will the project include; how they could be distributed throughout the program

Expected results: What needs to be produced to consider the project completed ("definition of done")

Benefit for KDE: How will the community benefit from this project; both short- and long-term

Benefit for the technical writer: What will the technical writer gain from this project (new skills, specific knowledge...)

Prerequisites: If any specialized tools or technologies are required to complete the project, they should be listed here. If some skills are good-to-have, but not required, they can also be mentioned in this section

Mentor: If the person submitting the proposal is willing to also mentor the project, they should put their name here. If submitting a proposal without a defined mentor, leave this field empty. However, proposals without a defined mentor will be given lower priority, and should be discussed in the official kde-sod channel before submitting