[Wikitech-l] Early heads-up! Call for projects and mentors for Google Summer of Code 2021 and Outreachy Round 22 begins

Hello everyone, Wikimedia will be participating in the Google Summer of Code < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code> [1] 2021 and Outreachy <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy> [2] Round 22! This is an early heads-up to potential mentors interested in participating in these programs – if you would like to mentor a coding or non-coding (documentation, design, research, outreach, translation, etc.) project, share your ideas in a comment on this Phabricator task: < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270429> [3] We will reach out to you with more formal steps in January! In the meanwhile, here are some relevant links for you to explore: * A recent blog post highlighting one of our intern's experience participating in Outreachy: < https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2020/08/26/lalithas-story-an-outreachy-inter… [4] * Roles and responsibilities of Google Summer of Code and Outreachy mentors: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors> [5], < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Mentors> [6] * Ongoing projects work via Outreachy Round 21: < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_21> [7] Looking forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270429 [4] https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2020/08/26/lalithas-story-an-outreachy-inter… [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Mentors [7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_21 *Srishti Sethi* Senior Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>