Hi all,
Based on the level of interest in acting as mentors from across the
community, I will be applying for GCI as the Mifos Initiative.
For all those who've expressed an interest in mentoring, I want to
emphasize once more how involved you must be - we need to have hundreds of
tasks and be extremely prompt in reviewing completed tasks. If we are able
to get accepted, we will be notified on November 7 and will have 3 weeks to
build out our initial list of tasks which should be 200+ to start.
Ed
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> *Ed Cable*
> Director of Community Programs, Mifos Initiative
> edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>
> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
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>
>
--
*Ed Cable*
Director of Community Programs, Mifos Initiative
edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
*Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
<http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
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