Hello I'm interested in mentoring for GCI this year.
Best wishes Adnan On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 8:35 AM Santosh Math <sant...@confluxtechnologies.com> wrote: > 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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