GSoC 2020 has been announced. https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline
On Thursday, 5 December 2019 00:05:12 UTC+2, Alex Miller wrote: > > Outreachy seems like a great program but like most things, it requires > significant time and money (https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/). > > They need an organization coordinator who can apply, find funds > ($6500/intern), find mentors, help develop and assess projects. They also > need mentors who are expected to spend 5-10 hrs/week for 6 weeks during the > project. > > I'm not aware of anyone with the time or money to commit to an effort like > this for Clojure. > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 3:51 PM Noor Afshan Fathima <afshan...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hello, >> GSOC would be great. Can someone also look into getting Clojure to >> participate in Outreachy? >> >> On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 10:18 PM, Alex Miller <al...@puredanger.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> As far as I'm aware the work involved here is: >>> >>> - submitting the organization application (in Jan) >>> - soliciting and writing up project ideas (in Jan/Feb) >>> - soliciting potential mentors for each project (often there is a >>> natural match between idea and mentor) - spring >>> - pairing up selected students/projects and mentors - spring >>> - getting mentors to write evals for their students - summer >>> - accepting funds - fall >>> - if desired, distributing those funds in some way (when I helped >>> Cognitect run it, we redistributed the funds to pay for students to travel >>> to Clojure conferences) - fall >>> >>> Great opportunity for someone to contribute! >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 10:35 AM Daniel Compton <daniel.co...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks, I'm the secretary of Clojurists Together. >>>> >>>> Thanks very much for the background on GSoC and the kind words Alex :) >>>> >>>> Clojurists Together would be happy to help provide the backing admin >>>> infrastructure (bank accounts, international payments, etc.) and oversight >>>> to help run GSoC. However, I don't think anyone on the committee has the >>>> bandwidth to be the primary person to lead the GSoC project; we'd need >>>> someone from the community to volunteer to be that person. >>>> >>>> If someone else wants to run this as part of a different organisation >>>> that's also totally fine with us, don't consider this us calling "dibs". >>>> >>>> Thanks, Daniel. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 9:34 AM Alex Miller <al...@puredanger.com >>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> GSoC is an amazing opportunity if you get the right combination of an >>>>> appropriately sized project, a motivated student, and a mentor that has >>>>> both sufficient availability and expertise in guiding (like Ambrose's >>>>> Typed >>>>> Clojure work). If any of those aren't right, the project tends to fizzle >>>>> out or go unused so a lot of the time and effort does not result in an >>>>> effectual end result. >>>>> >>>>> To some degree, Clojurists Together is doing the same kind of work but >>>>> prioritizing projects that people care about and developers that are >>>>> already "in" the project rather than students starting fresh (and paying >>>>> more for the work). I think CT has created way more total value for the >>>>> community than GSoC ever did. >>>>> >>>>> But again, depends on goals. If your goal is to connect students more >>>>> closely to Clojure, then GSoC is great for that. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 2:06:13 PM UTC-6, Daniel Slutsky wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Ag, Alex, many thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> These days some of us are trying to think where we should put our >>>>>> efforts in the next few months. This might be one of the things we have >>>>>> to >>>>>> consider. We'll update if we do. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:20:47 UTC+2, Alex Miller wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any "group" or organization can submit a project to GSoC as long as >>>>>>> there are 2+ committers and there are existing releases under an OSI >>>>>>> license (which includes EPL). The organization select projects, >>>>>>> connects >>>>>>> mentors to students, prods people about evaluations, and receives >>>>>>> $500/completed student. Students submit proposals (usually these should >>>>>>> happen under consultation with the project) and are directly paid >>>>>>> stipends >>>>>>> by Google for completed projects. I think the organization application >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> usually open in January. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think there are several groups in the Clojure ecosystem that would >>>>>>> potentially be great orgs for this - CIDER, ClojureBridge, clj-commons, >>>>>>> etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 5:23:43 AM UTC-6, Ag Ibragimov wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Would you do it Daniel, would you apply? I apologize for if that >>>>>>>> sounds like I'm brazenly pushing you. If I had capacity to do that, I >>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>> volunteer, alas I'm afraid I don't even know how that works. >>>>>>>> It would be awesome if Clojure once again accepted in GSoC. How can >>>>>>>> we (ordinary Clojuristas) help to get there? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun 01 Dec 2019 at 15:12, Daniel Slutsky <daniel...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> > Thanks so much, that helps to know. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > On Sunday, 1 December 2019 06:36:33 UTC+2, Alex Miller wrote: >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> We applied and were not accepted for a couple years. Having done >>>>>>>> some of >>>>>>>> >> the admin/org stuff in the past, I don't really want to do it >>>>>>>> again, but an >>>>>>>> >> organization like Clojurists Together would be great for that >>>>>>>> part >>>>>>>> >> (although I'm not looking to add any work to anyone else >>>>>>>> either). It's not >>>>>>>> >> really that hard, just a little tedious to deal with the money >>>>>>>> parts. >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> On Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 1:37:14 PM UTC-6, Daniel >>>>>>>> Slutsky wrote: >>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>> >>> Hi all, >>>>>>>> >>> has there been thoughts about clojure activity in GSoC since >>>>>>>> 2017? >>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>> >>> On Monday, 6 March 2017 11:35:41 UTC+2, Daniel Solano Gómez >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> We are pleased to announce that Google has selected Clojure as >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> >>>> mentoring organisation for this year’s summer of code! This >>>>>>>> means that >>>>>>>> >>>> Google will sponsor students from around the world to work on >>>>>>>> projects that >>>>>>>> >>>> are part of the Clojure ecosystem. Now that we know that >>>>>>>> Clojure will be >>>>>>>> >>>> participating, what happens next? >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> Getting involved >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> The student application period will be open from the 20th of >>>>>>>> March >>>>>>>> >>>> through the 3rd of April. In the meantime, there are a number >>>>>>>> of ways to >>>>>>>> >>>> get involved: >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> *Mentors* >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> If you maintain an open source Clojure(Script) project and >>>>>>>> would like to >>>>>>>> >>>> grow it, you should consider becoming a mentor. You can find >>>>>>>> out more about >>>>>>>> >>>> what being a mentor is about out on the mentors page >>>>>>>> >>>> <http://clojure-gsoc.org/mentors/>. >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> *Students* >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> While it is still to early to formally apply as GSoC student, >>>>>>>> this is a >>>>>>>> >>>> great time to start thinking about project ideas and reach out >>>>>>>> to potential >>>>>>>> >>>> mentors. Check out the students page < >>>>>>>> http://clojure-gsoc.org/students/> >>>>>>>> >>>> for more information on how to apply successfully. >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> *Everyone else* >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> Even if you can’t participate as student or don’t want to be a >>>>>>>> mentor, >>>>>>>> >>>> you can still help by letting people know about GSoC at your >>>>>>>> local Clojure >>>>>>>> >>>> meetup, university, or other local group. >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> Thanks >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> We would also like to extend a big thank you to all of the >>>>>>>> people who >>>>>>>> >>>> contributed to our project ideas >>>>>>>> >>>> <http://clojure-gsoc.org/project-ideas/>. 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