Me too. :) On Sat 8 Sep, 2018, 8:21 AM Nayan Ambali, <nayan.amb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program. > > I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project. > > - > Nayan Ambali > > On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <jamespdai...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Ed and Community >> >> I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an >> awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project as >> well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies >> that they want to learn. >> >> I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the community, >> so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less. >> >> I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on >> students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and >> community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our >> volunteer >> resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions last >> year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b) >> an >> ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics. >> >> James >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: >> >> > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities, >> > >> > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once >> > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major >> changes >> > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one >> being >> > that the program is starting early this year - applications have already >> > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from >> October >> > 23 to December 12. >> > >> > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018 >> > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and >> committed >> > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right >> now >> > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation >> > across our entire community. >> > >> > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to >> open >> > source 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. >> > >> > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the >> > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high >> school >> > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members >> > mobilized as mentors. >> > >> > Please read our wrap-up post - >> > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our >> > involvement last year. >> > >> > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like >> to >> > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great >> way >> > to begin deepening your role in the community. >> > >> > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a >> > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains. >> > >> > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at >> > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list >> > thread. >> > >> > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll >> soon >> > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd >> like to >> > see done. >> > >> > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Ed >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gci-ment...@googlegroups.com> >> > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM >> > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 - >> > contest begins October 23rd for students >> > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gci-ment...@googlegroups.com> >> > >> > >> > Hello GCI mentors, >> > >> > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>, >> > the >> > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages >> > 13-17. Please >> > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous >> > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd! >> > >> > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the >> contest >> > site <http://g.co/gci>. >> > >> > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please >> > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and >> reach >> > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors >> for >> > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on >> > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday, >> > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September >> 18th >> > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on >> > October 23rd. >> > >> > The major changes for GCI 2018 are: >> > >> > - >> > >> > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with >> their >> > org when deciding on finalists and winners >> > - >> > >> > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5) >> > - >> > >> > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design >> > - >> > >> > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental >> Consent >> > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things >> down >> > but >> > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program. >> > - >> > >> > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be >> allowed >> > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with >> > info >> > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.). >> > >> > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record >> > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post >> > < >> > >> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html >> > > >> > . >> > >> > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at >> > gci-supp...@google.com >> > >> > Best, >> > >> > Stephanie and Mary >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Google Code-in Mentors" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to gci-mentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to gci-ment...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > >> > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com >> > < >> > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >> > > >> > . >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *Ed Cable* >> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative >> > edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 >> > <(484)%20477-8649> >> > >> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org >> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >> > >> >
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