Cita Press

[juliacastrov]

Project Design Lead: juliacastrov
Project Developer: jjcastro

Mentor: xolotl

Welcome to OL7, Cohort D! This issue will be used to track your project and progress during the program. Please use this checklist over the next few weeks as you start Open Leadership Training 🎉.

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Before Week 1 (Jan 30): Your first mentorship call

• Complete the OLF self-assessment (online, printable). If you're a group, each teammate should complete this assessment individually. This is here to help you set your own personal goals during the program. No need to share your results, but be ready to share your thoughts with your mentor.
• Make sure you know when and how you'll be meeting with your mentor.

Before Week 2 (Feb 6): First Cohort Call (Open by Design)

• Complete Assignment 'Write Your Vision or Mission Statement'. Leave a comment on this issue with your draft vision statement & be ready to share this on the call.
• Watch 'Mozilla & Working Open'.
• Check the Syllabus for notes and connection info for all the cohort calls.

Before Week 3 (Feb 13): Mentorship call

• Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their vision statement.
• Complete your Open Canvas (instructions, canvas). Comment on this issue with a link to your canvas.
• Start your Roadmap. Comment on this issue with your draft Roadmap.

Before Week 4 (Feb 20): Cohort Call (Build for Understanding)

• Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their open canvas.
• Pick an open license for the work you're doing during the program.
• Use your canvas to start writing a README, or landing page, for your project. Link to your README in a comment on this issue.

Week 5 and more

• Create a repository for your project. New to GitHub? You can fork our templates.
• Add Contributing Guidlines
• Add a Code of Conduct
• Submit your project to Mozilla Pulse, add the tag #mozsprint
• Invite new contributors to into your work!

This issue is here to help you keep track of work as you start Open Leaders. Please refer to the OL7 Syllabus for more detailed weekly notes and assignments past week 4.

[xolotl]

Greetings @juliacastrov and @jjcastro! Let me know what I can do to help you get started with MOL.

[juliacastrov]

Vision / Mission Statement: Cita is a feminist open-source digital library publishing books by women. It is both a literature archive and a graphic design project. It aims to elevate the work of those who first addressed gender inequality by using open-source resources, and promoting and distributing the work of female and non-binary authors whose works are open-licensed or in the public domain. e work of female and non binary authors whose works are open-licensed or in the public domain.

[xolotl]

@juliacastrov slight word-smithing suggestions to the Cita mission statement:

Vision / Mission Statement: Cita is an open-source digital library publishing books by women and non-binary authors. It is both a literature archive and a graphic design project. Cita aims to elevate the work of those who first addressed gender inequality by promoting and distributing openly-licensed and public domain works using open-source technologies.

[juliacastrov]

POP - Purpose, Outcome, Process

Purpose: To elevate the work of those who first addressed gender inequality and to promoting and distribute openly-licensed and public domain texts using open-source technologies. To elevate design in the open-source community.

Outcome: Users from all over the world read, create and shares literature and design from Cita's community and creation. People use the website and potential print materials to learn about literature and contemporary graphic design.

Process: Create a collaborative community, create a safe space that celebrates individuals in which people are excited about collaborating, create a roadmap, test the processes.