Hi, Members of the GCI Mentors mailing list received this message today from Stephanie T. of Google.
Some of you may not be on that list, but interested to know so I am copying it here. Thanks to everyone for all their efforts (and hacking) over the years for GCI with SL! > Hi GCI Mentors and Org Admins, > > Google Code-in concluded 10 amazing, productive, exhilarating years > in January. This program has been a success because of the amazing > energy and passion all of you have exhibited; volunteering dozens, > hundreds, and in some cases, thousands(!) of hours to help 14,700+ > teenagers, from 115+ countries, complete a whopping 76,200+ open > source tasks, during the past 10 years! > > We wanted all of you to be among the first to know that Google Code- > in 2019 was our final Google Code-in contest. We've been looking hard > at our portfolio of programs and as open source evolves, our programs > need to evolve too. We've decided to focus our efforts on Google > Summer of Code and programs like Season of Docs that meet projects' > sustainability needs going into the next 10 years of open source. > > We want to thank you all for being inspiring role models to these > students. Many of you were GCI or GSoC students yourselves and have > been paying it forward for years by helping teenagers discover their > passion for open source software development. The extent of your > support was something many didn’t expect when they first started out > trying to complete a few tasks to earn a Google T-shirt. > > You have welcomed students into your communities and shown them how > open source is making the world a better place and how they can be a > part of that. You all have inspired, taught, listened, and made a > difference in the lives of thousands of students. THANK YOU! These > students have brought fresh new perspectives and ideas into your > communities, inspiring long-term committers with their enthusiasm, > curiosity and skills. > > Many of you have been mentors for all 10 years of GCI (plus GHOP!), > while others came into the GCI family just this past year. Regardless > of when you joined, thank you all for showing immense kindness, > patience, dedication, organization and guidance to the students, the > other mentors in our GCI community, and to me and the rest of our > team over the years. > > These past 10 years of Google Code-in have been an exciting, > adrenaline pumping adventure – thanks for coming along on the ride > with us! > > We will continue to be dedicated to helping open source communities > be sustainable and finding new contributors is an essential part of > those efforts. While Google Code-in is now officially retired, we > look forward to finding new ways to support your communities. > > Best, > Stephanie Taylor > GCI Program Lead -- Follow me on GNU Social at https://loadaverage.org/pikurasa _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
