Hi -

Yes. Understood, but I’m saying “it’s not up to me”.  My idea is to cover
an area of functionality- mostly already covered by outside vendor
solutions - but do it as a Fineract solution that demonstrates important
functionality that Fineract covers well…and so I ask, what do you think
that should be?  It would be an MVP that the student /you / others help
guide.  The idea is to encourage creativity, have open scheme proposals,
then choose the student(s) with the best concept &  skillset.

This isn’t a deterministic model or detailed tickets I’m suggesting. It’s a
POC where they and us have to first design it and then… they learn
something, we all probably learn , we are better off for having tried it.



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On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM Jose Alberto Hernandez <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, I can be the mentor in the GSOC. I just need some context about what
> is expected to cover as Backend Admin UI?
>
> Thanks!
> Regards
> Alberto
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 9:43 PM James Dailey <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Alberto - what would you suggest?
>>
>> Isn’t it an area that you know very well?
>>
>> I think we could suggest a POC from a GSOC student, led by someone who
>> knows this area (you?) to create something entirely new.  As a POC it would
>> need to be as minimal a scope as possible.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM Jose Alberto Hernandez <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello James!
>>>
>>> I'm interested in this topic: new backend Admin Ui concept or framework,
>>> where I can get more details of this?
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards
>>> Alberto
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM James Dailey <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all -
>>>>
>>>> Those that responded before….Please now suggest areas of work. And look
>>>> at the mentor requirements provided in the links on the wiki page.   And
>>>> respond here if still you want to mentor … and make edits to the wiki.
>>>>
>>>> My suggestions for areas of work are:
>>>> * new self service API backend for front end component
>>>> * new connectors for BI tooling (additional export features to analytic
>>>> data systems )
>>>> * new loan origination plug in concept (built on top and identify how
>>>> to ..)
>>>> * new backend Admin Ui concept or framework
>>>>
>>>> More difficult unless you have a bigger knowledge base in banking:
>>>> * testing / lots more testing
>>>> * MCP
>>>> * Documentation
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM James Dailey <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> While I wait for someone to appear to help with this, I've started to
>>>>> create some structure in the wiki.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/GSOC+Program+at+Fineract
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Review, comment, get involved.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM James Dailey <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok all thanks for stepping forward all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’m still hoping to find someone to also “run the program “.   That
>>>>>> person needs organizing skills and ideally is familiar with Jira ,
>>>>>> confluence wiki at Fineract and the GSOC program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM Tofunmi Oguntibeju <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi James,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I’m interested in becoming a mentor for the GSoC 2026.
>>>>>>> My past experiences in technical leadership across Software
>>>>>>> Engineering, Software Architecture, SRE, Devops, Cloud Engineering and 
>>>>>>> many
>>>>>>> core banking solutions positions me as suitable candidate for this 
>>>>>>> program.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I will be extremely pleased to serve and look forward to your
>>>>>>> response.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tofunmi O
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 at 1:27 AM, James Dailey <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Devs -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can I get a few experienced people to serve as Mentors for
>>>>>>>> the Google Summer of Code program at Apache Fineract?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We also need someone to help with the Administration of the
>>>>>>>> program.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> e.g.
>>>>>>>> Create a wiki page with potential projects at Fineract, like
>>>>>>>> increase test coverage
>>>>>>>> Issue a call for applications
>>>>>>>> Create a list of criteria and suggested tasks to demonstrate
>>>>>>>> capabilities of Candidates
>>>>>>>> Review the applications
>>>>>>>> Follow during the months and troubleshoot
>>>>>>>> Organize an "end of program" online event.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

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