On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 1:04 AM, Bhushan Shah <bhus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Vijay, > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 01:42:31AM +0530, vijay krishnavanshi wrote: >> My opinion is that we should participate. Thoughts? > > My personal opinion about GCI this year is we should take a rest this > year, this is due to two reasons, > > 1) Changed timelines of GSoC, we need to prepare and submit GSoC > application much more early (even if after GCI ends, we don't have much > of time in between0 > > 2) Currently we need ~25 tasks for org applications but for the > competition itself we need to have more like 50 unique and ~100 of total > tasks IIRC at everytime, this is stressful task for both mentors and > org-admins.. (I know people have promised to put tasks, and I trust > them, but based on previous year's experience, often this effort is not > enough to meet numbers, not blaming anyone). > > So yeah, my idea is, take a break this year, and use this time to > document the junior jobs for next upcoming GCI and also others who want > to work on KDE stuff out of this programs. > > (Also, just to be clear, I am not blocking anyone from participating.. I > will be happy to help and mentor ( pun intended :P) willing org-admin.. > > Thanks!
Given the fact that nobody has stepped up as lead admin on this, and that the deadline for submitting is tomorrow, I think it is clear that we will not participate this year. I do want us to think about having a Season of KDE though. We have lots of successful GSoC students who could co-mentor in a low-stress environment, perhaps with one of their own mentors. Again, I am willing to help administer, but not take the lead. If you think this is a good idea and are willing to lead, let's talk about this in the kde-soc-management mail list, and get a timeline and rules hammered out. Valorie -- http://about.me/valoriez
