[call to action] submit your ideas for SoK26 projects (deadline: 14 Jan.)

[Johnny Jazeix]

Hi,
For all of you KDE users and potentially new contributors eager to work
on a kool KDE project: We are happy to announce we have several
mentoring ideas for Season Of KDE 2026 for you :)

How do you participate?

It's easy: Check out the SOK26 ideas page below, find the project that
excites you, and plan a proposal with 8-week timeline (mentored work
starts 23 January and ends 20 March). Mentoring ideas for SOK26 can be
found here:

   *Ideas*: https://community.kde.org/2026

   *Deadline*: Wednesday 14 January (23:55 UTC)

To submit a proposal, create an issue at the Invent link below using the
template "sok_proposal". At the issue, you can discuss with mentors in
the comments. If you would like feedback make sure to submit a complete
draft of your proposal early in the process, that way there is plenty of
time before the 14 January deadline. However, please don't forget:
mentors may be busy and it is possible they cannot give detailed
feedback on every draft submitted.

Below is the Invent link. The information provided there is short, make
sure you have read it!

   https://invent.kde.org/teams/mentor-programs/2026

Note: when you submit, edit only the text in the "sok_proposal" template
and do /NOT/ edit the other fields (i.e., "This issue is confidential
...", "Assignee", "Due date", "milestone", "Labels") -- leave them as
they are, everything is already set correctly in the template.

If you do not have an account already, you will need an Invent account
before you submit a proposal and participate in SOK26. You can register
for an account here:

   https://identity.kde.org/

For SOK26 timeline and general information:

      https://mentorship.kde.org/sok/

If you have general questions about the process please reach out to us,
preferrably at the Matrix room #kde-mentorship:kde.org. [1]

Please subscribe to the following mailing list where all the
communication will take place after this mail:

      https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-soc

Let's make SOK26 a great season for KDE!

Cheers,

Johnny (on behalf of the mentorship admin team)

[1] https://matrix.to/#/#kde-mentorship:kde.org