That is extremely sad. I read that email, I have so many good memories with GCI.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 2:25 AM Devin Ulibarri <devin@ulibarri.website> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >
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