Excelent idea! Let me know as I'm based in Coruña. Just FYI it is probably better/easier to pick some projects you are interested in and reach them directly as they are quite independent.
On Wed, Sep 27, 2017, 15:28 Antón R. Yuste <an...@galiglobal.com> wrote: > Hi Rafa, > > Thanks! You are more than welcome. I will ping you as soon as we start > the program to discuss the details and see next steps. > > More feedback from other projects or the ASF would be also welcomed. > > Best regards, > > Antón > > > On 21/09/17 16:13, Rafa Haro wrote: > > Hi Antón, > > > > Excellent initiative! I would be more than happy to mentoring the > students > > or helping on any way. > > > > Cheers, > > Rafa > > El El jue, 21 sept 2017 a las 16:07, Antón R. Yuste < > an...@galiglobal.com> > > escribió: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> We (the VigoJUG) are running a collaboration program (pro bono work) > >> with the University of Vigo (Spain) to introduce students to Open Source > >> projects as part of the end of their studies. It's the equivalent to two > >> full signatures. The idea is to do a proof of concept with two students > >> this year and open it to more of them in the following courses if it's a > >> success. > >> > >> We would like to choose some of the ASF projects and we know the ASF has > >> been involved in a few student programs, mostly Google > >> Summer of Code but also a few others directly with universities. So we > >> would like to know more about it if it makes sense in our case. > >> > >> In our opinion the program is a win-win for everyone: > >> > >> * Students from UVigo: evangelize open-source and get real > experience. > >> * Senior Engineers from VigoJUG: get familiar with interesting > >> projects + help new engineers in our area. > >> * Teachers from UVigo: they have interest in many projects of the ASF > >> but they are a bit lost, this is a great opportunity for them to > >> know more and look for new opportunities of collaboration. > >> * ASF: some fresh blood to some projects :-) > >> > >> We would need from the ASF: > >> > >> * Some projects to work with. Issues related to automate performance > >> tests or profiling would be great because they have little impact > in > >> the project and we have some experience on that and running some > >> workshops on that. > >> * Some initial mentorship. It should be little work, most of the > >> mentoring should be done by the senior engineers of the VigoJUG but > >> some initial guidance would be very helpful. > >> > >> I'm not familiar with this list (yet) so I hope this email is fine here > :-) > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Antón > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
