It seems that I can’t. It’s not in the list of channels, I guess I have to be invited.
> On 1 Mar 2017, at 20:19, Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Please join the #gsoc-planning channel on Slack ! > > On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 8:16 PM, Max Leske <maxle...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Good stuff! >> >> I’m up for mentoring. >> >>> On 1 Mar 2017, at 13:45, Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Heartiest Congratulations ! >>> >>> Pharo Consortium has been selected as a mentor organisation for Google >>> Summer of Code 2017. >>> >>> Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on introducing >>> students to open source software development. >>> >>> Students work on a 3 month programming project with an open source >>> organisation during their break from university. Read more at >>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ >>> >>> How the program works ? >>> >>> Organizations: >>> Open source projects apply to be mentor organizations. Once accepted, >>> organizations discuss possible ideas with students and then decide on >>> the proposals they wish to mentor for the summer. They provide mentors >>> to help guide each student through the program. >>> >>> Mentors: >>> Existing contributors with the organizations can choose to mentor a >>> student project. Mentors and students work together to determine >>> appropriate milestones and requirements for the summer. Mentor >>> interaction is a vital part of the program. A mentor may propose or >>> endorse a project and each project has to be about Pharo or its >>> ecosystem (e.g., a library). Projects will be mentored by one or more >>> mentors and executed by one student. >>> >>> Students: >>> Students contact the mentor organizations they want to work with and >>> write up a project proposal for the summer. If accepted, students >>> spend a month integrating with their organizations prior to the start >>> of coding. Students then have three months to code, meeting the >>> deadlines agreed upon with their mentors. Student coding period: May >>> 30 - Aug 29 (Entire timeline can be viewed at: >>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline). Student >>> stipend: >>> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/student-stipends >>> >>> We are currently at the phase of identifying mentors and projects. The >>> next phases will be about students selecting projects, and the >>> community selecting the projects with their associated mentors and >>> students which will be sponsored by the GSOC program. >>> >>> How to register ? >>> Simply by replying to this email and joining the Slack channel... to >>> have more discussion about what project the mentor will take up, what >>> she/he wants at the end of the coding period and then we can invite >>> them to the GSoC org dashboard). >>> >>> Hence, we invite regular & enthusiastic Pharo contributors to be a >>> mentor with Pharo Consortium for GSoC 2017: >>> >>> 1. Kindly respond on this thread if you'd like to be a mentor, or wish >>> to propose a project. >>> >>> An existing list of projects is already available here: >>> http://gsoc.pharo.org/ and we already have a handful of projects and >>> mentors chosen. Feel free to collaborate with existing mentors as >>> well. >>> >>> 2. Join dedicated channels, #gsoc-students for general interactions >>> with students & #gsoc-planning channel only for GSOC admins and >>> mentors on Pharo slack. In order to get an invitation for >>> pharoproject.slack.com visit the URL here: >>> http://slackinvites.pharo.org/ >>> >>> 3. Please open relevant issues and make a roadmap of the projects >>> being mentored by you so that students can start contributing to them >>> already. If you want to mentor a project and there is no open-source >>> repository at the moment, please built one ASAP. >>> >>> 4. If you know any students that might be interested to work on Pharo >>> during the summer and be a part of GSoC as well, please ask him/her to >>> start contributing to the Pharo projects, discuss their proposal, >>> follow instructions that shall be posted soon in this mailing thread >>> and submit their application by April 3, 2017. >>> We don't know the number of slots attributed by Google to Pharo org, >>> but the more students proposal we will receive, the more slots will be >>> attributed to us. >>> >>> We remind you about the mentor responsibilities: >>> >>> ... to your Org Admins >>> >>> - Communicate availability and interaction expectations >>> - Inform when mentoring capacity will be reduced, as early as possible >>> (e.g., family, health, vacation) >>> - Inform when there is an issue with a student >>> - Lacking communication, activity, visibility (MIA), or progress >>> - Participant Agreement violations (e.g., plagiarism, harassment, fraud) >>> - Bad fit or stepping down >>> - Formally evaluate student participation. >>> - Communicate with admin and student before failing >>> >>> ... to your Students >>> >>> - Help and/or teach the student >>> - how to be a part of your community >>> - communicate more effectively and in the open >>> - work with your org’s preferred communication channel (IRC, Slack, etc) >>> - use your org’s version control system >>> - ask good questions and get answers to their questions >>> - provide convincing technical argument and constructive discussion >>> - be independently motivated and productive >>> - solve difficult technical problems >>> - Keep track of their progress, keep student informed as to their status >>> - Communicate on a regular basis, once a week or better (for GSoC) >>> - Give constructive feedback, be patient, and be respectful >>> - Respond to questions within 24 hours (occasionally under 36 hours is ok) >>> - Establish realistic work objectives and timeline expectations >>> - Re-evaluate scope with student when significantly ahead of or behind >>> expectations >>> - Work with devs and community to facilitate acceptance of student work >>> >>> Read more about responsibilities here: >>> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/responsibilities >>> >>> Looking forward to a great guided summer by the talented mentors of >>> our organisation. >>> >>> Warm Regards >>> Pharo Organisation Admins >>> (Alexandre Bergel, Jigyasa Grover, Serge Stinckwich & Yuriy Tymchuk) >>> >> >> > > > > -- > Serge Stinckwich > UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) > Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk > http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/ >
