Hi, On behalf of the GSoC org team I am happy to announce that we are going to apply to Google Summer of Code <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/> on this year. GSoC presumes that high-profile students work in open-source projects for several months under mentorship of organization members.
We will officially apply on Feb 6 after FOSDEM. Currently we are working on the application docs and on the landing page. We are also looking for mentors and project ideas. So yes, *we are looking for you* *:)* *Conditions* 1. Mentors lead the project in the area of their interest 2. Mentors actively participate in the project during student selection, community bonding and coding phases (March - August) 3. Mentors work in teams of 2+ mentors per 1 each student 4. Mentors dedicate a consistent and significant amount of time, especially during the coding phase (~5 hours per week in the team of two mentors) Mentorship does not require strong expertise in Jenkins plugin development. The main objective is to guide students and to get them involved into the Jenkins community. If your mentor team requires any specific expertise, org admins will do their best in order to find advisors. *What do you get?* 1. A student, who works within the area of *your interest* on full-time for several months 2. Joint projects with Jenkins experts, lots of fun and ability to study something together 3. Limited edition of swags from Google and Jenkins project 4. Maybe: Participation in GSoC Mentor Summit in California with expense coverage (depends on project results and per-project quotas) *Requirements:* 1. You are passionate about Jenkins 2. You are interested in being mentor or advisor 3. Your project idea should be about *Jenkins* (plugins, core, infrastructure, etc.) 4. Your project idea should be about *code* 5. Your project idea should be potentially doable in 3-4 months 6. You are ready to dedicate time && have no major unavailability periods planned to this summer (e.g. 2-month hike in Tibet without internet access) *If you are interested:* - Drop the Email to the Jenkins Developer mailing list with "GSoC2017" prefix, or just respond to this email - Briefly describe your project idea (several sentences) and required qualifications from students. If you already have a co-mentor, please mention him - Having several project ideas is fine. Having no specific ideas is also fine. Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee that all projects happen, it depends on student application results and the number of project slots. You can find examples of GSoC 2016 project ideas here <https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Google+Summer+Of+Code+2016#GoogleSummerOfCode2016-Projectideas>. You can also find information about the projects on this year on the Subproject page: https://jenkins.io/projects/gsoc/ (see referenced blogposts for details). Best regards, Oleg Nenashev Jenkins GSoC Org Admin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAPfivLDtBjt3MhzCPo3Lg_ypUB0%2B-G7f%2BJg8vV3iZndBPrL_Tw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
