That's great, Kevin. Thanks for helping with the process. Best, Sally
- - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity Vice President Sponsor Relations The Apache Software Foundation Tel +1 617 921 8656 | s...@apache.org On Thu, Oct 29, 2020, at 00:06, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > Also, Max and I are onboard to.handle the application and admin work for this > upcoming year, too. > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020, 00:03 Maxim Solodovnik <solomax...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello Sally, >> >> below is the email from Google regarding next GSoC >> >> Can we announce it Apache-wide? >> Maybe dev@ list of all Apache projects? >> >> this year rules and dates were changed significantly, so it's worth >> announcing :) >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: 'Stephanie Taylor' via Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List < >> gsoc-mentors-annou...@googlegroups.com> >> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 04:30 >> Subject: [GSoC Mentors Announce] GSoC 2021 is on with a few chages >> To: Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List < >> gsoc-mentors-annou...@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> Hello GSoC Mentors and Org Admins, >> >> We are pleased to announce Google Summer of Code 2021 <http://g.co/gsoc>, >> the 17th consecutive year of the program! >> >> As many of you might have heard if you attended the Mentor Summit a couple >> of weeks ago (or chatted with someone who did) we are making a few changes >> for the 2021 program. We’ve spent a lot of time evaluating the GSoC program >> and have been looking at where we can make some changes to help meet the #1 >> goal of GSoC - bring new, diverse contributors into your communities that >> stay in your communities after their GSoC program ends. And with the >> challenges of the pandemic and the strains it has put on everyone’s time >> (students, mentors and org admins alike) we are looking to provide more >> flexibility in 2021. >> >> What are the changes for 2021 from 2020? >> >> >> 1. *Smaller project size** - *all students participating in the 2021 >> program will be working on a 175 hour project (instead of a 350 hr >> project). This change will also result in a few other changes including >> the >> student stipend being cut in half. >> >> >> - Currently we are missing out on many wonderful students who could >> never commit to such a huge project and time commitment but would be great >> contributors to your community. This is a significant change as we now are >> no longer strongly encouraging students to focus only on GSoC over their >> summer. Students have many other responsibilities especially during the >> pandemic that make it hard for them to spend 30 hours a week on a project. >> - We realize this is going to require all of you to think about smaller >> projects and update your project ideas which is why we wanted to give you >> 3+ months to start talking it through with your communities. >> - The mentor stipends will be adjusted to $400 per student mentored. In >> feedback from the mentor summit it was pointed out that the effort from >> mentors will not be half as much even though the project size is cut in >> half so we adjusted from $250 to $400. >> >> >> 1. *Shortened coding period* - the *coding period will be 10 weeks* with >> a lot more flexibility for the mentor and student to decide together how >> they want to spread the work out over the summer. Some folks may choose to >> stick to a 17-18 hour a week schedule with their students, others may >> factor in a couple of breaks during the program (for student and mentor) >> and some may have students focus 30 hours a week on their project so they >> wrap up in 6 weeks. This also makes it a lot easier for students with >> finals or other commitments (weddings, etc.) to adjust their schedules. >> 2. >> >> *2 evaluations (instead of 3)* - There will be an evaluation after 5 >> weeks and the final evaluation will take place after the 10th week. We are >> also no longer requiring students complete their first evaluation (though >> we encourage them to do so), so if a student doesn’t complete the first >> evaluation they will not automatically be removed from the program. They >> are still required to complete the final evaluation. >> 3. >> >> *Eligibility requirements* - In 2020 there are many ways students are >> learning and we want to acknowledge that so we will be allowing students >> who are 18 years old AND currently enrolled (or accepted into) a >> post-secondary academic program as of May 17, 2021 or have graduated from >> a >> post-secondary academic program between December 1, 2020 and May 17, 2021 >> to apply to the GSoC program. >> >> >> - What this means is that now the program will be open to folks >> participating in a variety of different academic programs, not just >> accredited university programs. This includes licensed coding camps, >> community colleges, and many other programs that may not be accredited yet >> but are post-secondary academic programs. >> >> These changes were made to help find more diverse students who we hope will >> stay involved in your communities after their GSoC ends. We look forward to >> these changes and will definitely be getting feedback from all of you as >> the 2021 program goes on to see what is working and what we should consider >> adjusting for any possible future program. >> >> The program announcement >> <https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/10/google-summer-of-code-2021-is-bringing.html> >> , timeline <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline>, >> marketing >> materials >> <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/marketing> (slide >> deck, flyers), FAQs <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq>, >> and short videos <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/videos> with >> tips for mentors and students are all available. You'll also notice the >> 2020 program has now been archived >> <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2020/organizations/>. >> >> *Organizations* -- If you would like to apply for the 2021 program please >> start thinking about the ~175 hr projects you would like students to work >> on and also reach out to your community members to ask if they would like >> to be mentors for the program. Having a thorough and well thought out list >> of Project Ideas is the most important part of your application. >> >> Encourage other open source orgs to apply -- Please also consider >> encouraging other open source projects to apply and be a first time GSoC >> org - we’re hoping to accept more orgs in 2021 than ever before with a good >> number of them being first time orgs. When orgs apply they can put your org >> down as a reference. >> >> *Please note that Org applications will open on January 29th. * >> >> We are looking forward to another exciting year of GSoC! >> >> For any questions about the programs please email us at gsoc-s...@google.com >> <https://groups.google.com/> >> >> Best, >> >> Stephanie Taylor >> >> GSoC Program Lead >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gsoc-mentors-announce+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:gsoc-mentors-announce%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gsoc-mentors-announce/81a3ac0c-8ab5-44f3-9f1c-d2e6c74b0618n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gsoc-mentors-announce/81a3ac0c-8ab5-44f3-9f1c-d2e6c74b0618n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Maxim
