Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program. I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project.
- Nayan Ambali On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <jamespdai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ed and Community > > I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an > awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project as > well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies > that they want to learn. > > I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the community, > so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less. > > I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on > students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and > community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our volunteer > resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions last > year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b) an > ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics. > > James > > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: > > > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities, > > > > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once > > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major > changes > > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one > being > > that the program is starting early this year - applications have already > > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from October > > 23 to December 12. > > > > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018 > > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and > committed > > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right > now > > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation > > across our entire community. > > > > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to > open > > source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3 to > 5 > > hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code, > > Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User > > Interface. > > > > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the > > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high > school > > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members > > mobilized as mentors. > > > > Please read our wrap-up post - > > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our > > involvement last year. > > > > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like > to > > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great > way > > to begin deepening your role in the community. > > > > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a > > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains. > > > > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at > > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list > > thread. > > > > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll > soon > > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd like > to > > see done. > > > > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Ed > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gci-ment...@googlegroups.com> > > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM > > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 - > > contest begins October 23rd for students > > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gci-ment...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > > Hello GCI mentors, > > > > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>, > > the > > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages > > 13-17. Please > > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous > > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd! > > > > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the contest > > site <http://g.co/gci>. > > > > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please > > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and > reach > > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors for > > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on > > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday, > > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September 18th > > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on > > October 23rd. > > > > The major changes for GCI 2018 are: > > > > - > > > > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with > their > > org when deciding on finalists and winners > > - > > > > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5) > > - > > > > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design > > - > > > > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental Consent > > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things > down > > but > > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program. > > - > > > > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be > allowed > > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with > > info > > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.). > > > > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record > > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post > > < > > https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google- > code-in-2018.html > > > > > . > > > > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at > > gci-supp...@google.com > > > > Best, > > > > Stephanie and Mary > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google Code-in Mentors" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to gci-mentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to gci-ment...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28- > 3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com > > < > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28- > 3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium= > email&utm_source=footer > > > > > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > > *Ed Cable* > > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative > > edca...@mifos.org | 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> > > >
