Thanks Vishwas, I have responded accordingly. On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 3:51 AM Vishwas Babu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Committers, > > The PMC received the below mail from Apache GSOC team today. Those > interested in mentoring projects through the Apache software foundation are > requested to follow the steps outlined in the trailing mail. > > For GSOC, some of our immediate high priority needs include > > -> Fineract 1.x: Hardening of the application, improving code coverage, > improving code quality, updating dependencies to their latest stable > releases and cleaning up the API documentation. All of these tasks together > will help us ship maintenance releases more frequently and easily going > forward. I shall expand upon the same on Jira over the weekend. > > -> Fineract CN: The Community roadmap at > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Apache+Fineract+CN+Community+Roadmap > might be a bit out of date. Would anyone be interested in updating the > same? > > We have started collecting starter issues and project idea on Jira with the > label "gsoc2019", see > > https://jira.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-135?jql=project%20%3D%20FINERACT%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20gsoc2019 > . > > Mail from Apache GSOC team follows > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dear PMCs, > > I'm happy to announce that the ASF has made it onto the list of accepted > organizations for > Google Summer of Code 2019! [1,2] > > It is now time for mentors to sign up, so please pass this email on to your > community and > podlings. If you aren’t already subscribed to [email protected] > you > should do so now else > you might miss important information. > > Mentor signup requires two steps: mentor signup in Google's system [3] and > PMC acknowledgement. > > If you want to mentor a project in this year's SoC you will have to > > 1. Be an Apache committer. > 2. Request an acknowledgement from the PMC for which you want to mentor > projects. Use the below > template and *do not forget to copy [email protected]*. We will > use the email adress you > indicate to send the invite to be a mentor for Apache. > > PMCs, read carefully please. > > We request that each mentor is acknowledged by a PMC member. This is to > ensure the mentor is in good > standing with the community. When you receive a request for > acknowledgement, please ACK it and cc > [email protected] > > Lastly, it is not yet too late to record your ideas in Jira (see previous > emails for details). > Students will now begin to explore ideas so if you haven’t already done so, > record your ideas > immediately! > > Cheers, > > The Apache GSoC Team > > mentor request email template: > ---- > to: private@<project>.apache.org > cc: [email protected] > subject: GSoC 2019 mentor request for <mentor name> > > <project> PMC, > > please acknowledge my request to become a mentor for Google Summer of Code > 2018 projects for Apache > <project>. > > I would like to receive the mentor invite to <email address> > > <custom content> > > ---- > > [1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/ > [2] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6614885824200704/ > [3] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ >
