Thanks Giorgio. If accepted, we'll be in touch about how to get involved.
Ed On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 12:46 PM Giorgio Zoppi <giorgio.zo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > i would like to mentor. > BR, > giorgio. > > El dom., 27 oct. 2019 a las 20:21, Ed Cable (<edca...@mifos.org>) > escribió: > >> Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities, >> >> The Google Code-In Program will be taking place again for the 10th >> consecutive year. >> >> This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to >> open source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks >> (3 to 5 hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code, >> Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User >> Interface. >> >> Please click the links below if you're not familiar with the program. The >> program is once again running during its usual time frame from Dec 2 to >> January 23. >> >> The Mifos Initiative is applying and aiming to participate for our fifth >> time in the program, having done so in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018 through >> DIAL as our umbrella organization. >> >> As a reminder, this is a very intensive, hands-on program that requires >> frequent interaction with the students/ As James noted last year, we fully >> rely on the active leadership and involvement of members of the community >> to successfully participate. >> >> We strive to be involved with GCI not only for the benefit of education >> and outreach around OS to pre-university students but it plants the seeds >> of future contributors to the organization, yields countless valuable >> contributions not just in terms of code but research, marketing, testing, >> and design, and also is a great next step for deepening the involvement of >> our past GSOC participants in the community. >> >> For all of the partners across our ecosystem, listing out tasks for GCI >> and helping to mentor them can be a great first step towards more active >> involvement with the community, you can also get a lot of great market >> research and other nice to have tasks completed by diligent and dedicated >> students. >> >> If interested in mentoring, please fill out this form here: >> >> *https://forms.gle/aXVNCndoLXVBJexe9 >> <https://forms.gle/aXVNCndoLXVBJexe9>* >> >> You can also begin listing tasks at https://bit.ly/31OMBib or creating >> issues in the respective github repositories, being sure to tag issues with >> the label, "GCI 2019" >> >> If Mifos is selected, Rahul and Sanyam Goel will be taking the lead as >> org admins this year with my support. Chirag Gupta will continue to serve >> as our super-mentor, helping to interact with students only a past GCI >> grand prize winner could. >> >> We will have a community-wide meeting if selected to discuss task >> creation for which we'll have 5 weeks to get several hundred tasks created! >> >> Please read our wrap-up post from 2017, >> http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ to learn abbout what >> GCI is like. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ed >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: 'Stephanie Taylor' via Google Code-in Mentors < >> gci-ment...@googlegroups.com> >> Date: Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 4:05 PM >> Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2019 Org apps open Oct 10-28, Contest starts >> for students Dec 2nd >> To: Google Code-in Mentors <gci-ment...@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> Hello GCI mentors, >> >> We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2019 <http://g.co/gci>, >> the 10th!!! consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students >> ages 13-17. Please be aware GCI will start about a month later than last >> year (back to the timeline we have been using for most of the first 8 >> years of the contest) - the contest starts for students Monday, December >> 2nd. >> >> The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the contest >> site <http://g.co/gci>. >> >> Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2019 program please >> start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and reach >> out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors for >> the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs* on Thursday, >> October 10th, and close 2.5 weeks later on *Monday, October 28th*. We >> will announce organizations on Tuesday, October 29th, giving orgs 5 weeks >> to create their tasks before the contest begins on December 2nd. >> >> The only major change for GCI 2019 is the Finalists selections at the end >> of the contest. When orgs select their 6 Finalists we will ask you to >> further rank the 6 Finalists into 3 groups: >> >> Select 2 as Grand Prize Winners (receive grand prize trip, GCI backpack, >> GCI jacket, tshirt and certificate) >> >> Select 2 as Runners-up (receive GCI backpack, GCI jacket, tshirt and >> certificate) >> >> Select 2 as Finalists (receive GCI jacket, tshirt and certificate) >> >> >> We implemented this from your feedback over the last couple of years that >> you often had runners-up who didn't get the Grand Prize trip that you wish >> could get an additional prize of some sort to- so now that's what we're >> doing.: ). >> >> Again please be very aware that no tasks asking for personal information >> about students will be allowed (this includes tasks asking for students to >> introduce themselves with info like what country they are from, or photos >> of the students, etc.). >> >> Read more on today’s blog post >> <https://opensource.googleblog.com/2019/09/google-code-in-2019-is-right-around_23.html> >> . >> >> If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at >> gci-supp...@google.com >> >> Best, >> >> Stephanie >> >> GCI Program Lead >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Code-in Mentors" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gci-mentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/08678caf-6dcf-4168-9c13-38051450f0ac%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/08678caf-6dcf-4168-9c13-38051450f0ac%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> *Ed Cable* >> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative >> edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 >> >> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org >> <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >> >> > > -- > Life is a chess game - Anonymous. > -- *Ed Cable* President/CEO, Mifos Initiative edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
