[scikit-learn] Outreachy program

[Joel Nothman]

I'm broadly supportive, but just wanted to note our challenges with
mentoring GSoC in the past:

   - Limited mentor availability should not be a big issue now.
   - Need to focus on a single project may not be well aligned with
   Scikit-learn's goals, or may not yield optimal code results.
   - Reviewers may feel compelled to expedite the merge of materials not
   clearly up to standard or useful.
   - Needs to be an investment in someone who would continue involvement
   with the project. In this case it's not clear whether having ongoing
   involvement is as essential an outcome for the project to be worthwhile.

Given the relatively large base of funded contributors / core devs at the
moment, there may be a challenge finding projects with low assumed
knowledge, at least if they involve code.

J

On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 at 03:50, Adrin <adrin.jalali at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> During EuroScipy, we had a few discussions regarding diversity in open
> source in general, and
> one of the ways some projects have tried to improve that has been through
> participation in the
> Outreachy program (https://www.outreachy.org/). I'd be happy to mentor
> somebody if they apply.
>
> Would that be okay if we apply? The deadline has just passed, but if
> they're flexible, we may
> be able to still apply.
>
> Thanks,
> Adrin.
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