Hi all, Just a reminder that the Mifos Initiative will be hosting a developer meeting on January 18 at 1300GMT via GoToTraining and we'll be discussing GSOC ideas.
Register at https://attendee.gototraining.com/rt/4577037496392127489 Thanks, Ed On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Ed Cable <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Google Summer of Code applications are due very early this year - January > 23. We're not even finished with GCI but need to get our application and > most importantly our ideas list ready! > > The coding program officially runs from May 14 to Aug 14. > > 2017 was our biggest year of participation in GSOC to date with 12 interns > mentored by the Mifos Initiative. This year we hope to participate again > and will look to be doing not only projects on Apache Fineract 1.0 and the > Mifos X web and mobile apps like we did last year but Fineract CN as well. > > Mifos participation is in addition to whatever participation Apache > Fineract might do as part of the umbrella organization, Apache Software > Foundation. > > *Developers!* > This program is one of our most impactful ways to extend our software but > most importantly grow our community over the long run. Our most active > volunteers, committers, and maintainers in the community have all been > former GSOC students so if you're a senior community member looking for a > great way to give back, this is it! > > If interested please *fill out this form* > <https://goo.gl/forms/ULEAMBHM7UcByEno1> and/or reply to this email > thread. If you know someone who would be a good mentor, don't hesitate to > invite them. > > We have a developer meeting scheduled for January 18 at 1300GMT > <https://attendee.gototraining.com/rt/4577037496392127489> so let's use > that as a means to solidify our list of ideas. > > *Partners & Users!* > > Regarding our list of Ideas, this year we'll both revisit some of the > ideas that weren't picked up last year, continue evolving the apps that > students have worked on in the past and try and begin doing some work on > Apache Fineract CN, the Gen 3 architecture. > > As we did last year, the majority of ideas we'll submit for our > application will be related to Mifos X distribution powered by Apache > Fineract 1.0 including web app (Community App), mobile apps (field officer, > self-service), and other modules (data import tool, etc.) powered by Apache > Fineract. > > We'll be refining the list of ideas started at > > 2018 GSOC Ideas > <https://docs.google.com/a/mifos.org/document/d/1pGjU7uakutoJQ43BnqwuvClWKow6httCz0VQPm3yQYw/edit?usp=drive_web> > and then adding them to the 2018 Ideas page at https://mifosforge.jira. > com/wiki/spaces/RES/pages/225411076/Google+Summer+of+Code+2018+Ideas > > Mark your calendars and register for our January 18 developer meeting > <https://attendee.gototraining.com/rt/4577037496392127489> - we'll use > part of it to discuss what it means to be a GSOC mentor, and refine our > list of ideas. > > Cheers, > > *Ed Cable* > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative > [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 > <(484)%20477-8649> > > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> > > -- *Ed Cable* President/CEO, Mifos Initiative [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
