Google Season Of Docs

What is Google Season Of Docs?

Google Season Of Docs , supports the open-source community and helps documentation of open-source documents. It helps collaboration between open-source projects and technical writers. It is very similar to the Google Summer of Code program. The program, which was organized for the first time in 2019, is about to complete the pilot year.

How to Apply?

The application period for technical writers ended in late June last year. You can apply to become a technical writer and mentor, which I applied for technical writing in this context.
A precise timeline for 2020 has not been announced yet.

Organizations and projects accepted before the application of technical authors are announced. There are more 30 organizations just as  Google Summer Of Code. Organizations such as LibreOffice, VideoLAN, Apache Airflow, PostgreSQL also did take place. Click here to see the complete list of organisations..

It is asked from applicants to choose 3 projects out of these 30 organisations.My 3 choices were all LibreOffice.
Among the project ideas of LibreOffice were re-adaptation of the guides such as Online Guide, Math Guide etc. to the latest versions. It is also asked from the applicants to indicate whether they want their project to be a long term or a short term project.

In the application form the applicants are asked to show a sample of a documentation that they wrote before, explain what the documentation is about and a public URL that can be reached. It may be your GitHub account, blog or PDF. There are many steps like this in the application form.  I was also working on the documentation before I knew Google Season Of Docs. It was my first documentation project. Unfortunately, my application was not accepted during the pilot period. In my opinion writing more than one documentation before the application will increase the chances of acceptance.

After this process, the applicants will receive an e-mail regarding the result: whether they have been accepted or not. If they are accepted, they will be connected with the mentors, and organisational communities. It is also possible to have contact with mentors during the project selection or to submit a project proposal if needed. The periods when you start and finish your project are determined by long and short periods. Successful technical writers receive a payment that has been fixed for each country at the end of the quarter.

The lack of documentation is too much. I think about writing this later on about this missing and documentation writing here.  However this program serves a very good cause and helps the applicants to improve themselves.
I am thinking about applying for it again next season and planning to share my experiences and thoughts here. Additionally I think it is a plus to learn know-hows about writing a documentation, not particularly for this program but also on behalf of yourself.