Hi Ana,
I think that is a great idea, thanks for bringing this to attention of the
group!

I did take a quick look at the site, and for those who don’t know (myself
included) what it means for us (as Pytest organization), here’s an excerpt
from their overview <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-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.

So before moving ahead I think we just need to see if:

   1. Who wants to volunteer to be a mentor? I suppose it doesn’t take too
   much time, only a few hours per week to synchronize activities, track
   progress and answer the eventual question from the student. Dave Hunt might
   add some comments here based on his experience on mentoring Ana for Mozilla.
   2. I think we have a ton of small improvements that could be tackled by
   a learning student, but I suppose we can also try to work on a single
   larger improvement. Either way, I think that’s for the mentor/student to
   ultimately decide.
   3. Anybody has any reason to oppose for applying at all?

I think it is a great opportunity to promote pytest and help students
around the globe.

Although I would love to, I can’t volunteer as I already have little free
time to work on pytest as it is. :/

Thoughts?

Cheers,
Bruno.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:13 AM Ana Ribeiro <[email protected]>
wrote:

Hello Fellows,

Applications to Google Summer of Code to organizations are open! We should
apply as Pytest!

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/

I think I can help with the application (Writing it), but I can not be an
organization admin because I am eligible to apply as a student and I think
I'll do that (either applying to Mozilla or Pytest).

Best Regards,
Ana
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