Hello community,
We are considering applying to be a mentoring organization for Google
Code-In <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/timeline>. Google
Code-In is a program run by Google aimed towards pre-university students
where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3 to 5 hours)
as possible across the following buckets: Code, Documentation/Training,
Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User Interface.
The GCI timeline can be found at:
https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/timeline
Important dates include:
- Mentoring Org Application Deadline: Oct 24
- Accepted Orgs Announced: Nov 7 - this is when we begin listing out all
our tasks
- Students begin working: Nov 28 - this is when students start working and
we must be quick to mentor, and review and close off tasks as completed.
- last date to submit tasks - Jan 16 - students must complete all work on
competing tasks.
We last participated in 2014 and were very pleased and impressed withe
output of our students who contributed more than 650 hours. However, this
program is very intensive and requires the strong and active commitment of
mentors. Unlike Google Summer of Code where the mentorship is heaviest up
front and then the students work somewhat independently throughout the
summer, Google Code-In is intensive with hands-on engagement the entire
time since we must keep a steady pool of hundreds of open tasks and review
and mentor students as they complete their tasks.
Before we even consider applying, I want to put a call out to all members
of the community to see if they're interested in mentoring - this would
both involve coming up with tasks, mentoring students as they complete
tasks, and reviewing the completed tasks.
You don't need to be a developer to participate as the tasks are technical
and non-technical in nature.
If interested in mentoring, please email me within the next two days or
fill out this quick Google Form - https://goo.gl/forms/V7NDMbbCaHx2VFHI3
Based on interest level, we'll determine if we apply.
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