# Pioneer update week of October 04th, 2021

###### tags: `Pioneer Update`

## What are you building, in a sentence?

Grey software is a not for profit organization on a mission to democratize software education.

## What did you accomplish this week? Did you do everything you planned?

1. Published new iteration of /pitch Updated info about business model and go to market strategy

2. Opened our Discord server to the public for /hacktoberfest

3. Got great feedback from Pioneer expert but for an outdated project description.

Full Updates: https://org.grey.software/this-week/10-04-2021

## What do you want to have done by the end of next week?

1. Refine and update /pitch and Pioneer project description
2. Write emails to Social Capital, Underscore VC, OSS Capital, and others
3. Reach out and strategize about uni workshops at PAK-UETM, PAK-LUMS, CAN-UTM

## What would you like feedback on from the community?

## Project website

https://grey.software

# Full Updates

## Overview

This week we completed our 4.1 milestone and Made preparations to welcome the open source community back into our Discord community for Hacktoberfest.

> **Reminder of our major goals from last week**
>
> 1. Update our pitch as feedback comes in
> 2. Reopen our Discord community to work with hacktoberfest contributors

### What we did this past week

1. Published new iteration of /pitch Updated info about business model and go to market strategy

2. Opened our Discord server to the public for /hacktoberfest

3. Got great feedback from Pioneer expert but for an outdated project description.

### Our goals for Next Week

1. Refine and update /pitch and Pioneer project description
2. Write emails to Social Capital, Underscore VC, OSS Capital, and others

## Team Updates

### Raj

I'm taking a short break from my regular design work at Grey software to do a deep dive into branding, and I'm excited to check back in with everything I've learned!

### Faraz

This week I continued to work on the [automation dashboard](https://gitlab.com/groups/grey-software/-/epics/5) to automate the time-consuming manual tasks currently being performed by Grey software team members.

* [`spacing-config`](https://https://gitlab.com/grey-software/automation/-/issues/3) generates custom tailwind spacing configuration with a click of a button. Output is displayed in the text area which can be edited, copy to clipboard or save in a file.

* [`aggregate-analytics` ](https://gitlab.com/grey-software/automation/-/issues/4) renders the plausible analytics for a period selected from the dropdown. Generated Analytics can be saved in a JSON file or copy to a clipboard.

* [`Sponsors`](https://gitlab.com/grey-software/automation/-/issues/2) parse the uploaded GitHub sponsor report to the format to be used across the ecosystem’s websites. Generated data is displayed to UI with Stats.

### Laiba

This week I started working on workshop ideas in the light of [collaborating with UET Mardan](https://gitlab.com/grey-software/universities/pakistan-uet-mardan/org/-/issues/4).

I took [feedback from their students](https://gitlab.com/grey-software/universities/pakistan-uet-mardan/org/-/issues/9) so we can plan better workshop's content for them.

### Zakir

This week my MRs on the[`grey-docs`](https://gitlab.com/grey-software/templates/grey-docs/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&assignee_username=ZakirBangash)and[`website`](https://gitlab.com/grey-software/website/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&assignee_username=ZakirBangash)repos from last week were successfully merged. I also [refactored the Navigation dropdown links on the website](https://gitlab.com/grey-software/website/-/merge_requests/99).