Whatever we do for Google Code-In, it may be also useful for Hacktoberfest next month. We can use tasks not fitting GCI criteria for it (see the format from the last Hacktoberfest). Unfortunately was unable to add it to the yesterday's Governance Meeting agenda due to the Confluence issues.
+1 from me for applying. I will find time to create at least 20 issues for GCI BR, Oleg On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 12:39 PM Tracy Miranda <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This sounds good. Given we can do more than just coding tasks, i.e. > documentation, outreach, training I am happy to help find suitable issues > to work on and support this effort. > > Tracy > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Oleg Nenashev <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> First question in the application form: "Is your organization prepared >> to provide between 150 and 500 tasks for students to complete?" >> Is our organization really ready to do so? I am not sure >> >> Best regards, >> Oleg >> >> On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 6:21:36 PM UTC+2, Kristin Whetstone >> wrote: >>> >>> From my perspective, I'd love to get help with some of the documentation >>> tasks. I'd like to participate, and would be willing to help out wherever >>> needed. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Kristin >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 6:59 AM, Aldrin Leal <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I'd love to - I've got a couple of small tasks in my plugins, and I've >>>> happy to help mentor a Student into doing it. Not only for fun, but also to >>>> give back. What should be our next steps? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- Aldrin Leal, <[email protected]> / https://ingenieux.io/about/ >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 5:47 AM, Oleg Nenashev <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Supun, >>>>> >>>>> // Added Jenkins Developers group to CC >>>>> >>>>> FYI, Google Code-in (GCI) is a contest to introduce pre-university >>>>>> students (ages 13-17) to open source software development. IMHO >>>>>> participating GCI is a great advantage to the community and hope its bit >>>>>> different experience for all of us. Last year GCI was very successful and >>>>>> 25 opensource mentoring organizations participated [1]. I think this year >>>>>> we also can apply as a mentoring organization. Your suggestions would be >>>>>> greatly appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] >>>>>> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/01/google-code-in-2017-winners.html >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I think it may be interesting to the Jenkins community. Our main >>>>> challenge would be to create enough small tasks >>>>> <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/example-tasks> >>>>> which should be doable by a newbie contributor. It should be possible for >>>>> "Design" and "Documentation" sections, QA and research are also possible. >>>>> Regarding Coding, it will require processing of newbie-friendly >>>>> <https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20JENKINS%20AND%20status%20in%20(Open%2C%20%22In%20Progress%22%2C%20Reopened)%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20newbie-friendly> >>>>> tasks and describing them properly. It is certainly doable, but we need a >>>>> number of contributors, especially in the following timeframes: >>>>> >>>>> - Sep 06 - Sep 17 - Applications >>>>> - Oct 23 - Dec 27 - Contest >>>>> >>>>> In my case, I am not available to drive the applications period, my >>>>> schedule is fully packed due to the DevOps World | Jenkins World prep >>>>> work. >>>>> November-December will be also quite busy for me, I prefer to not commit >>>>> on >>>>> being an active mentor during this period. If somebody is interested to be >>>>> an organization admin (e.g. Supun), I will be happy to provide as much >>>>> assistance as I can. >>>>> >>>>> Would anybody from Jenkins Developers be interested in participating? >>>>> Generally it requires creating/describing small tasks in the area of your >>>>> interest (plugins you maintain, etc.) >>>>> >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> Oleg >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 7:59 AM Supun Wanniarachchi < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>> FYI, Google Code-in (GCI) is a contest to introduce pre-university >>>>>> students (ages 13-17) to open source software development. IMHO >>>>>> participating GCI is a great advantage to the community and hope its bit >>>>>> different experience for all of us. Last year GCI was very successful and >>>>>> 25 opensource mentoring organizations participated [1]. I think this year >>>>>> we also can apply as a mentoring organization. Your suggestions would be >>>>>> greatly appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] >>>>>> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/01/google-code-in-2017-winners.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Best Regards, >>>>>> Supun. >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>>> From: Google Code-in Mentors <[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 1:04 AM >>>>>> Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 >>>>>> - contest begins October 23rd for students >>>>>> To: Google Code-in Mentors <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 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! 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