I've added myself to the mentor list. I'll probably be selective in the tasks I help out on though.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:33 AM, Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are interested in helping out for GCI, at the very least add > your name to the bottom of > https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/gci-2012-organization-application > (under the "Please tell us about how your organization has prepared > for Google Code-in..." question). It would also help out if you > edited the application to update it and/or did some work > creating/tagging issues for tasks. > > So far, no one except for Sean seems to have done anything with this. > If no one helps out with this, I will take that to mean that we don't > have enough people interested in volunteering to be mentors, and I > won't submit the application. > > Aaron Meurer > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Google has announced the application period for Google Code-In 2012. > > As decided earlier > > (https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sympy/KrpvxADqAxM/discussion), we > > should apply. See > > http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2012 for more > > information about it, as well as > > http://code.google.com/p/google-code-in/wiki/GCIMentorInformation2012. > > > > The application deadline is November 5, two weeks from today. I need > > help doing two things: > > > > - Edit the application. I have started the organization application > > based on last year's at > > https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GCI-2012-Organization-Application. > > But we need to edit it to talk about our experiences with the program > > from last year. > > > > - We need to create tasks. I have recreated the GCI labels in the > > issue tracker. A couple of notes here: > > > > * There are only five categories this year. They have consolidated > > outreach/research and documentation/training into single tasks, and > > they have eliminated translation tasks. I haven't yet fixed this in > > the issue tracker (but anyone who can add labels can bulk edit issues, > > so feel free to do this). > > > > * They have removed the difficulty ratings. All tasks should now have > > the same difficulty. The metric that they are telling us is that a > > task should take an experienced project member (that's you guys) > > approximately two hours to complete. Anything harder should be broken > > into multiple tasks. > > > > We can also create tasks for SymPy-Bot, which uses the GitHub issue > > tracker. See https://github.com/sympy/sympy-bot/issues?state=open. I > > don't know how the permissions work with labels on GitHub, so let me > > know if you are unable to add labels to issues. SymPy Live and SymPy > > Gamma are also good sources for tasks (add these to the Google Code > > issue tracker). > > > > We need to have a good chunk of tasks ready by the 5th to show Google, > > but not all of them have to be created at that point. We do need to > > have a certain number of each type, though. Additionally, this year, > > we can add tasks at any time, so there will not be a hard deadline for > > that later on like there was last year. > > > > - If you are interested in mentoring, please add your name to the > > bottom of the application. I guess we should also create a mentors > > page like the one we had last year. Also, go to google-melange.com > > and create a profile (you have to do it again even if you've mentored > > before, as it resets with each program). > > > > I would greatly appreciate help with this. > > > > Aaron Meurer > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
