Also, Max and I are onboard to.handle the application and admin work for this upcoming year, too.
On Thu, Oct 29, 2020, 00:03 Maxim Solodovnik <solomax...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Sally, > > below is the email from Google regarding next GSoC > > Can we announce it Apache-wide? > Maybe dev@ list of all Apache projects? > > this year rules and dates were changed significantly, so it's worth > announcing :) > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: 'Stephanie Taylor' via Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List < > gsoc-mentors-annou...@googlegroups.com> > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 04:30 > Subject: [GSoC Mentors Announce] GSoC 2021 is on with a few chages > To: Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List < > gsoc-mentors-annou...@googlegroups.com> > > > Hello GSoC Mentors and Org Admins, > > We are pleased to announce Google Summer of Code 2021 <http://g.co/gsoc>, > the 17th consecutive year of the program! > > As many of you might have heard if you attended the Mentor Summit a couple > of weeks ago (or chatted with someone who did) we are making a few changes > for the 2021 program. We’ve spent a lot of time evaluating the GSoC program > and have been looking at where we can make some changes to help meet the #1 > goal of GSoC - bring new, diverse contributors into your communities that > stay in your communities after their GSoC program ends. And with the > challenges of the pandemic and the strains it has put on everyone’s time > (students, mentors and org admins alike) we are looking to provide more > flexibility in 2021. > > What are the changes for 2021 from 2020? > > > 1. *Smaller project size** - *all students participating in the 2021 > program will be working on a 175 hour project (instead of a 350 hr > project). This change will also result in a few other changes including > the > student stipend being cut in half. > > > - Currently we are missing out on many wonderful students who could > never commit to such a huge project and time commitment but would be > great > contributors to your community. This is a significant change as we now > are > no longer strongly encouraging students to focus only on GSoC over their > summer. Students have many other responsibilities especially during the > pandemic that make it hard for them to spend 30 hours a week on a > project. > - We realize this is going to require all of you to think about smaller > projects and update your project ideas which is why we wanted to give > you > 3+ months to start talking it through with your communities. > - The mentor stipends will be adjusted to $400 per student mentored. In > feedback from the mentor summit it was pointed out that the effort from > mentors will not be half as much even though the project size is cut in > half so we adjusted from $250 to $400. > > > 1. *Shortened coding period* - the *coding period will be 10 weeks* with > a lot more flexibility for the mentor and student to decide together how > they want to spread the work out over the summer. Some folks may choose > to > stick to a 17-18 hour a week schedule with their students, others may > factor in a couple of breaks during the program (for student and mentor) > and some may have students focus 30 hours a week on their project so > they > wrap up in 6 weeks. This also makes it a lot easier for students with > finals or other commitments (weddings, etc.) to adjust their schedules. > 2. > > *2 evaluations (instead of 3)* - There will be an evaluation after 5 > weeks and the final evaluation will take place after the 10th week. We > are > also no longer requiring students complete their first evaluation > (though > we encourage them to do so), so if a student doesn’t complete the first > evaluation they will not automatically be removed from the program. They > are still required to complete the final evaluation. > 3. > > *Eligibility requirements* - In 2020 there are many ways students are > learning and we want to acknowledge that so we will be allowing students > who are 18 years old AND currently enrolled (or accepted into) a > post-secondary academic program as of May 17, 2021 or have graduated > from a > post-secondary academic program between December 1, 2020 and May 17, > 2021 > to apply to the GSoC program. > > > - What this means is that now the program will be open to folks > participating in a variety of different academic programs, not just > accredited university programs. This includes licensed coding camps, > community colleges, and many other programs that may not be accredited > yet > but are post-secondary academic programs. > > These changes were made to help find more diverse students who we hope will > stay involved in your communities after their GSoC ends. We look forward to > these changes and will definitely be getting feedback from all of you as > the 2021 program goes on to see what is working and what we should consider > adjusting for any possible future program. > > The program announcement > < > https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/10/google-summer-of-code-2021-is-bringing.html > > > , timeline <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline>, > marketing > materials > <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/marketing> > (slide > deck, flyers), FAQs <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq>, > and short videos <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/videos> > with > tips for mentors and students are all available. You'll also notice the > 2020 program has now been archived > <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2020/organizations/>. > > *Organizations* -- If you would like to apply for the 2021 program please > start thinking about the ~175 hr projects you would like students to work > on and also reach out to your community members to ask if they would like > to be mentors for the program. Having a thorough and well thought out list > of Project Ideas is the most important part of your application. > > Encourage other open source orgs to apply -- Please also consider > encouraging other open source projects to apply and be a first time GSoC > org - we’re hoping to accept more orgs in 2021 than ever before with a good > number of them being first time orgs. When orgs apply they can put your org > down as a reference. > > *Please note that Org applications will open on January 29th. * > > We are looking forward to another exciting year of GSoC! > > For any questions about the programs please email us at > gsoc-s...@google.com > <https://groups.google.com/> > > Best, > > Stephanie Taylor > > GSoC Program Lead > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gsoc-mentors-announce+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gsoc-mentors-announce/81a3ac0c-8ab5-44f3-9f1c-d2e6c74b0618n%40googlegroups.com > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gsoc-mentors-announce/81a3ac0c-8ab5-44f3-9f1c-d2e6c74b0618n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > > > . > > > -- > Best regards, > Maxim >
