Re: [scikit-learn] Outreachy program

2019-09-08 Thread Joel Nothman
I'm broadly supportive, but just wanted to note our challenges with mentoring GSoC in the past: - Limited mentor availability should not be a big issue now. - Need to focus on a single project may not be well aligned with Scikit-learn's goals, or may not yield optimal code results. - R

[scikit-learn] Outreachy program

2019-09-08 Thread Adrin
Hi, During EuroScipy, we had a few discussions regarding diversity in open source in general, and one of the ways some projects have tried to improve that has been through participation in the Outreachy program (https://www.outreachy.org/). I'd be happy to mentor somebody if they apply. Would tha