Hi Ed, consider me to be part of mentors.
Kimani Ng'ang'a
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From: "Ed Cable" <edca...@mifos.org>
Sent: 25/10/2016 00:27
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Subject: [Mifos-developer] Interested in being a mentor for Google Code-In?
Hello community,
We are considering applying to be a mentoring organization for Google Code-In.
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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Ed Cable
Director of Community Programs, Mifos Initiative
edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
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