Hello all, We just concluded Google Code-In and we've already got to prepare for hopefully our next Google Open Source Programs initiative - GSOC! Our goal is for Mifos to get accepted for the eighth year and have interns work on both Mifos X web and mobile apps as well as Fineract and Fineract CN.
Google Summer of Code applications open on January 15 and are due February 6. So right now we need to ready our application which means we need a group of committed mentors and and most importantly a solid ideas list. The coding program officially runs from May 27 to Aug 26 (two weeks later than last year) . 2018 was our biggest year of participation in GSOC to date with 13 interns mentored by the Mifos Initiative. With that high volume of students, and a few mentors that weren't available, we tested the limits of our mentors. So I want to emphasize this year that if you express interest in being a mentor, know the commitment it takes. Mifos participation is in addition to whatever participation Apache Fineract might do as part of the umbrella organization, Apache Software Foundation. *Developers!* This program is one of our most impactful ways to extend our software but most importantly grow our community over the long run. Our most active volunteers, committers, and maintainers in the community have all been former GSOC students so if you're a senior community member looking for a great way to give back, this is it! I gave a talk this past year that explains how GSOC is truly the lifeblood and organic growth engine for our community - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtxBX7Sbqv0 In case you forgot, here's a wrap-up of our 2018 GSOC: https://mifos.org/blog/2018-google-summer-of-code-wrap-up/ If interested please *fill out this form* <https://goo.gl/forms/Nv1PjbLLeYT9omv12> and/or reply to this email thread. If you know someone who would be a good mentor, don't hesitate to invite them. We have a developer meeting scheduled for January 18 at 1400GMT <https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/4779555451592106242> so let's use that as a means to solidify our list of ideas and answer any questions you might have about mentoring! *Partners & Users!* Regarding our list of Ideas, this year we'll both revisit some of the ideas that weren't picked up last year, continue evolving the apps that students have worked on in the past and try to do more projects on Apache Fineract CN, the Gen 3 architecture. As we did last year, the majority of ideas we'll submit for our application will be related to Mifos X distribution powered by Apache Fineract 1.0 including web app (Community App), mobile apps (field officer, mobile banking, mobile wallet ), and other modules (data import tool, etc.) powered by Apache Fineract. We'll be refining the list of ideas started at 2019 GSOC Ideas <https://docs.google.com/a/mifos.org/document/d/1-FkvbLQntJsTOoeh3gtzz5HCsAz01u0C0aOIzAJGDv0/edit?usp=drive_web> and then adding them to the 2019 Ideas page at https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/spaces/RES/pages/812810251/Google+Summer+of+Code+2019+Ideas We especially need more functional use cases of what the mobile apps should support - if you would like to see new innovation and more development - this is your chance to have your feedback be heard! Mark your calendars and register for our January 18 developer meeting <https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/4779555451592106242> - we'll use part of it to discuss what it means to be a GSOC mentor, and refine our list of ideas. Cheers, *Ed Cable* President/CEO, 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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