Hi. Wanted to update that I decided not to be involved in GSoC 2020.
Another option, similar and different, that some of us are discussing elsewhere is Rails Girls SoC 2020. https://railsgirlssummerofcode.org https://railsgirlssummerofcode.org/about/ I like the idea that it actively seeks diversity, and that it is possible to submit a concrete open source project as a suggestion. On Sunday, 12 January 2020 09:03:05 UTC+2, Daniel Slutsky wrote: > > To summarize the GSoC 2020 discussion so far: > - Several individuals seem to be interested. > - Alex Miller described some past experience and lessons. > - .. and explained what is required to make it happen. > - Daniel Compton and Clojurists Together offered their administrative help. > - We need a small group or person to take the commitment of making it > happen. > - Some of us (like me) are thinking about it, not sure yet, and will > decide in few weeks. > > > On Sunday, 12 January 2020 01:49:13 UTC+2, Daniel Slutsky wrote: >> >> GSoC 2020 has been announced. >> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com >> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline >> >> >> On Thursday, 5 December 2019 00:05:12 UTC+2, Alex Miller wrote: >>> >>> Outreachy seems like a great program but like most things, it requires >>> significant time and money (https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/). >>> >>> They need an organization coordinator who can apply, find funds >>> ($6500/intern), find mentors, help develop and assess projects. They also >>> need mentors who are expected to spend 5-10 hrs/week for 6 weeks during the >>> project. >>> >>> I'm not aware of anyone with the time or money to commit to an effort >>> like this for Clojure. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 3:51 PM Noor Afshan Fathima <afshan...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> GSOC would be great. Can someone also look into getting Clojure to >>>> participate in Outreachy? >>>> >>>> On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 10:18 PM, Alex Miller <al...@puredanger.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> As far as I'm aware the work involved here is: >>>>> >>>>> - submitting the organization application (in Jan) >>>>> - soliciting and writing up project ideas (in Jan/Feb) >>>>> - soliciting potential mentors for each project (often there is a >>>>> natural match between idea and mentor) - spring >>>>> - pairing up selected students/projects and mentors - spring >>>>> - getting mentors to write evals for their students - summer >>>>> - accepting funds - fall >>>>> - if desired, distributing those funds in some way (when I helped >>>>> Cognitect run it, we redistributed the funds to pay for students to >>>>> travel >>>>> to Clojure conferences) - fall >>>>> >>>>> Great opportunity for someone to contribute! >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 10:35 AM Daniel Compton <daniel.co...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi folks, I'm the secretary of Clojurists Together. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks very much for the background on GSoC and the kind words Alex :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Clojurists Together would be happy to help provide the backing admin >>>>>> infrastructure (bank accounts, international payments, etc.) and >>>>>> oversight >>>>>> to help run GSoC. However, I don't think anyone on the committee has the >>>>>> bandwidth to be the primary person to lead the GSoC project; we'd need >>>>>> someone from the community to volunteer to be that person. >>>>>> >>>>>> If someone else wants to run this as part of a different organisation >>>>>> that's also totally fine with us, don't consider this us calling "dibs". >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, Daniel. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 9:34 AM Alex Miller <al...@puredanger.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> GSoC is an amazing opportunity if you get the right combination of >>>>>>> an appropriately sized project, a motivated student, and a mentor that >>>>>>> has >>>>>>> both sufficient availability and expertise in guiding (like Ambrose's >>>>>>> Typed >>>>>>> Clojure work). If any of those aren't right, the project tends to >>>>>>> fizzle >>>>>>> out or go unused so a lot of the time and effort does not result in an >>>>>>> effectual end result. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To some degree, Clojurists Together is doing the same kind of work >>>>>>> but prioritizing projects that people care about and developers that >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> already "in" the project rather than students starting fresh (and >>>>>>> paying >>>>>>> more for the work). I think CT has created way more total value for the >>>>>>> community than GSoC ever did. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But again, depends on goals. If your goal is to connect students >>>>>>> more closely to Clojure, then GSoC is great for that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 2:06:13 PM UTC-6, Daniel Slutsky >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ag, Alex, many thanks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> These days some of us are trying to think where we should put our >>>>>>>> efforts in the next few months. This might be one of the things we >>>>>>>> have to >>>>>>>> consider. We'll update if we do. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:20:47 UTC+2, Alex Miller wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any "group" or organization can submit a project to GSoC as long >>>>>>>>> as there are 2+ committers and there are existing releases under an >>>>>>>>> OSI >>>>>>>>> license (which includes EPL). The organization select projects, >>>>>>>>> connects >>>>>>>>> mentors to students, prods people about evaluations, and receives >>>>>>>>> $500/completed student. Students submit proposals (usually these >>>>>>>>> should >>>>>>>>> happen under consultation with the project) and are directly paid >>>>>>>>> stipends >>>>>>>>> by Google for completed projects. I think the organization >>>>>>>>> application is >>>>>>>>> usually open in January. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I think there are several groups in the Clojure ecosystem that >>>>>>>>> would potentially be great orgs for this - CIDER, ClojureBridge, >>>>>>>>> clj-commons, etc. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 5:23:43 AM UTC-6, Ag Ibragimov >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Would you do it Daniel, would you apply? I apologize for if that >>>>>>>>>> sounds like I'm brazenly pushing you. If I had capacity to do that, >>>>>>>>>> I would >>>>>>>>>> volunteer, alas I'm afraid I don't even know how that works. >>>>>>>>>> It would be awesome if Clojure once again accepted in GSoC. How >>>>>>>>>> can we (ordinary Clojuristas) help to get there? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sun 01 Dec 2019 at 15:12, Daniel Slutsky <daniel...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > Thanks so much, that helps to know. >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > On Sunday, 1 December 2019 06:36:33 UTC+2, Alex Miller wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> >> We applied and were not accepted for a couple years. Having >>>>>>>>>> done some of >>>>>>>>>> >> the admin/org stuff in the past, I don't really want to do it >>>>>>>>>> again, but an >>>>>>>>>> >> organization like Clojurists Together would be great for that >>>>>>>>>> part >>>>>>>>>> >> (although I'm not looking to add any work to anyone else >>>>>>>>>> either). It's not >>>>>>>>>> >> really that hard, just a little tedious to deal with the money >>>>>>>>>> parts. >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> >> On Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 1:37:14 PM UTC-6, Daniel >>>>>>>>>> Slutsky wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>>> >>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>>> >>> has there been thoughts about clojure activity in GSoC since >>>>>>>>>> 2017? >>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>>> >>> On Monday, 6 March 2017 11:35:41 UTC+2, Daniel Solano Gómez >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> We are pleased to announce that Google has selected Clojure >>>>>>>>>> as a >>>>>>>>>> >>>> mentoring organisation for this year’s summer of code! This >>>>>>>>>> means that >>>>>>>>>> >>>> Google will sponsor students from around the world to work >>>>>>>>>> on projects that >>>>>>>>>> >>>> are part of the Clojure ecosystem. Now that we know that >>>>>>>>>> Clojure will be >>>>>>>>>> >>>> participating, what happens next? >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> Getting involved >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> The student application period will be open from the 20th of >>>>>>>>>> March >>>>>>>>>> >>>> through the 3rd of April. In the meantime, there are a >>>>>>>>>> number of ways to >>>>>>>>>> >>>> get involved: >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> *Mentors* >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> If you maintain an open source Clojure(Script) project and >>>>>>>>>> would like to >>>>>>>>>> >>>> grow it, you should consider becoming a mentor. You can find >>>>>>>>>> out more about >>>>>>>>>> >>>> what being a mentor is about out on the mentors page >>>>>>>>>> >>>> <http://clojure-gsoc.org/mentors/>. >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> *Students* >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> While it is still to early to formally apply as GSoC >>>>>>>>>> student, this is a >>>>>>>>>> >>>> great time to start thinking about project ideas and reach >>>>>>>>>> out to potential >>>>>>>>>> >>>> mentors. Check out the students page < >>>>>>>>>> http://clojure-gsoc.org/students/> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> for more information on how to apply successfully. >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> *Everyone else* >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> Even if you can’t participate as student or don’t want to be >>>>>>>>>> a mentor, >>>>>>>>>> >>>> you can still help by letting people know about GSoC at your >>>>>>>>>> local Clojure >>>>>>>>>> >>>> meetup, university, or other local group. >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> Thanks >>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> We would also like to extend a big thank you to all of the >>>>>>>>>> people who >>>>>>>>>> >>>> contributed to our project ideas >>>>>>>>>> >>>> <http://clojure-gsoc.org/project-ideas/>. 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