[SOK25] status reports / blog posts

[Johnny Jazeix]

Hi SoK mentees!

We are approaching the end of work for SoK this Monday, 31 March. [1]

Unless you have requested an extension, results for SoK25 will be
announced 7 April. After then we will create your certificates and send
out the swag :)

There are 3 important to-dos and 1 very short final summary before
finishing this season:

    1. Wrap up and document your work
    2. Complete your status reports
    3. Make sure your blog post is published

    4. And finally, after 1-3 are done, to complete SoK please write a
3-6 sentence general summary of what you achieved, check the text with
your mentors, and then send it to Johnny (jazeix at gmail.com). This
short text will be the basis for the final blog
post celebrating your achievements. *Please send this before *Monday 7
April*!

_Details_

To-do #1: Wrap up any unfinished work for SoK. If this is not doable
before Monday 31 March, document what you did in the project and what still
needs to be done so the work can be completed beyond SoK! And of course,
you are cordially invited to continue contributing well beyond 31 March.
People like you are what make this community so great!

To-do #2: Make sure you have completed your Status Reports. This is not
optional: it is how KDE documents what was done in SoK. For now, there
are only 5 reports out of 14 SoK participants!
Mentors, please make sure they work on it before the end of the project.

    https://community.kde.org/SoK/2025/StatusReport

To-do #3: If you have not done so already, you need to write a detailed
blog post about the exciting work you did in SoK. Many have done so
already, but some have not. I cannot stress how important this is. The
blog posts are a way inform other contributors about what you are doing,
what works and what does not work, and the posts let the world know all
the cool and cutting-edge work that are happening at KDE. Please don't
be afraid to get technical in your post: this is a technical community
and we all benefit from the documentation these blog posts provide.

Most importantly, thank you for all that you have done so far and all
that you will do for KDE and Free & Open Source Software. May this just
be the beginning of a long journey with the KDE community!

Cheers,

Johnny

Le lun. 17 mars 2025 à 22:44, Johnny Jazeix <jazeix at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Please reply to: kde-soc at kde.org
>
> Season of KDE 2025 wraps up in just 2 weeks on Monday 31 March!
>
> Here are some things to do before then for successful completion of your
> SoK project:
>
>   - *Blog Posts*: It is necessary for new contributors to write at least
> 2 blog posts (see email below for more details), the first of which is
> published during the work period. So make sure to get that first blog
> post published very soon! Unfortunately, not everyone has yet, though I
> am sure you all will! :) I will be in touch about the second and final
> blog post soon.
>
> - *Status Reports*: It is also necessary to have your status reports be
> up-to-date and complete by the end of work on 31 March. Please update
> yours asap -- do not wait until the last minute!
>
> - *Requesting An Extension*: Projects also have the opportunity to
> extend SoK25 by up to 2 weeks. If you are a new contributor and
> requesting an extension interests you, you will have to do the following:
>
>    (i) first check with your mentors that extending the project is ok
> for them (some mentors may not have time given the beginning of GSoC); and
>    (ii) write a short 3-5 sentence justification for the extension.
>
> Don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions or comments. And
> if you haven't given us your feedback yet, please do so, we'd love to
> hear from you about your experience this season.
>
> Cheers,
> Johnny