[Wikimedia-l] Call for tech projects needing contributors

[Quim Gil]

The current round of Google Summer of Code & FLOSS Outreach Program for 
Women is about to end, and it's time to start a new cycle of mentored 
projects in Wikimedia tech.

Check and contribute to

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects

if you are

* a Wikimedia project awaiting a specific software feature

* an organization with budget for tech activities looking for a short 
term goal

* a tech contributor with a cool idea for Wikimedia projects or 
MediaWiki in general


Even if software development is a prominent activity, we also encourage 
proposals focusing on other technical areas: quality assurance, design, 
sysadmin, promotion...

Post your proposal soon, edit it often. By submitting a proposal to the 
Possible Projects page you get attention and help from the tech 
community in the form of reality checks and contacts with possible 
mentors, interested projects and funding sources. 21 projects were 
selected in our last round, finishing now:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2013
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_for_Women

We keep searching for more opportunities to channels these projects, 
both within the Wikimedia movement (Individual Engagement Grants, 
chapters...) and out there (internship programs encouraging free 
software and diversity in tech).

We want to hear your feedback! Use the discussion page or reply here.

-- 
Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil