Nayan, Thank you for making the clarification.
Roman, you were only talking about GSOC correct? I haven't seen Apache participate in GCI before which is Google's program for pre-university students. Is Apache planning to participate in GCI this year? It's of a whole different nature than GSOC so I think it would be rather difficult for an umbrella organization of Apache's size to coordinate all the small tasks. Ed On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Nayan Ambali <nayan.amb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Roman, > > Thanks for the fyi note! > > We are planning to participate in GCI with "Mifos Initiative" spirit and > there is no doubt it. > > And please note, GSoC and GCI are two different events. > > @Ed, please add more clarification if required. > > - > Nayan Ambali > > On 26 Oct 2016 7:21 a.m., "Roman Shaposhnik" <ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote: > > While having Mifos participate in GSoC would be great, > it doesn't really matter than much for Fineract sine ASF > always participates as well. > > Just wanted to let y'all know. > > Thanks, > Roman. > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: > > Hello community, > > > > We are considering applying to be a mentoring organization for Google > > Code-In <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/timeline>. Google > > Code-In is a program run by Google aimed towards pre-university students > > 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. > > > > The GCI timeline can be found at: > > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/timeline > > > > Important dates include: > > - Mentoring Org Application Deadline: Oct 24 > > - Accepted Orgs Announced: Nov 7 - this is when we begin listing out all > > our tasks > > - Students begin working: Nov 28 - this is when students start working > and > > we must be quick to mentor, and review and close off tasks as completed. > > - last date to submit tasks - Jan 16 - students must complete all work on > > competing tasks. > > > > We last participated in 2014 and were very pleased and impressed withe > > output of our students who contributed more than 650 hours. However, this > > program is very intensive and requires the strong and active commitment > of > > mentors. Unlike Google Summer of Code where the mentorship is heaviest up > > front and then the students work somewhat independently throughout the > > summer, Google Code-In is intensive with hands-on engagement the entire > > time since we must keep a steady pool of hundreds of open tasks and > review > > and mentor students as they complete their tasks. > > > > Before we even consider applying, I want to put a call out to all members > > of the community to see if they're interested in mentoring - this would > > both involve coming up with tasks, mentoring students as they complete > > tasks, and reviewing the completed tasks. > > > > You don't need to be a developer to participate as the tasks are > technical > > and non-technical in nature. > > > > If interested in mentoring, please email me within the next two days or > > fill out this quick Google Form - https://goo.gl/forms/V7NDMbbCaHx2VFHI3 > > > > Based on interest level, we'll determine if we apply. > > > > -- > > *Ed Cable* > > Director of Community Programs, 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> > -- *Ed Cable* Director of Community Programs, 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>
