Hi Paulo I think Shaunak and Aleks V already pinged you on Slack about their ideas. When you say we don't have any subscribed ideas, what is missing?
henrik On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 4:03 PM Paulo Motta <pauloricard...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We need to tell ASF how many slots we will need for GSoC (if any) by > February 20. So far we don't have any subscribed project ideas. > > If you are interested in being a GSoC mentor, just ping me on slack and I > will be happy to give you feedback on the project idea proposal. Please do > so by no later than February 10 to allow sufficient time for follow-ups. > > Cheers, > > Paulo > > Em qua., 19 de jan. de 2022 às 10:54, Paulo Motta <pa...@apache.org> > escreveu: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Following up from the initial GSoC Kick-off thread [1] I would like to >> invite contributors to submit GSoC project ideas. In order to submit a >> project idea, just tag a JIRA ticket with the "gsoc" label and add yourself >> to the "Mentor" field to indicate you're willing to mentor this project. >> >> Existing JIRA tickets can be repurposed as GSoC projects or new tickets >> can be created with new features or improvements specifically for GSoC. The >> best GSoC project ideas are those which are self-contained: have a well >> defined scope, discrete milestones and definition of done. Generally the >> areas which are easier for GSoC contributors to get started are: >> - UX improvements >> - Tools >> - Benchmarking >> - Refactoring and Modularization >> >> Non-committers are more than welcome to submit project ideas and mentor >> projects, as long as a committer is willing to co-mentor the project. As a >> matter of fact I was a GSoC mentor before becoming a committer, so I can >> say this is a great way to pave your way to committership. ;) >> >> Mentor tasks involve having 1 or 2 weekly meetings with the GSoC >> participant to track the project status and give guidance to the >> participant towards the completion of the project, as well as reviewing >> code submissions. >> >> This year, GSoC is open to any participant over 18 years of age, no >> longer focusing solely on university students. GSoC projects can be of ~175 >> hour (medium) and 350 hour (large), and can range from 12 to 22 weeks >> starting in July. >> >> We have little less than 2 months until the start of the GSoC application >> period on March 7, but ideally we want to have an "Ideas List" ready before >> that so prospective participants can start engaging with the project and >> working with mentors to refine the project before submitting an application. >> >> This year I will not be able to participate as a primary mentor but I >> would be happy to co-mentor other projects as well as help with questions >> and guidance. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Paulo >> >> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/58v2bvfzwtfgqdx90qmm4tmyoqzsgtn4 >> > -- Henrik Ingo +358 40 569 7354 <358405697354> [image: Visit us online.] <https://www.datastax.com/> [image: Visit us on Twitter.] <https://twitter.com/DataStaxEng> [image: Visit us on YouTube.] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_channel_UCqA6zOSMpQ55vvguq4Y0jAg&d=DwMFaQ&c=adz96Xi0w1RHqtPMowiL2g&r=IFj3MdIKYLLXIUhYdUGB0cTzTlxyCb7_VUmICBaYilU&m=bmIfaie9O3fWJAu6lESvWj3HajV4VFwgwgVuKmxKZmE&s=16sY48_kvIb7sRQORknZrr3V8iLTfemFKbMVNZhdwgw&e=> [image: Visit my LinkedIn profile.] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/heingo/>
