Re: Google Code In Opportunities

2015-11-24 Thread Tim
Hi Nicholas,
  Are flavours able to participate in this mentorship? Quite certain Ubuntu 
GNOME could come up with a handful or more of tasks, that fit into
those requirements.

Tim


On 25/11/15 07:46, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
> Hello everyone! As you may have heard, ubuntu has been accepted as a 
> mentoring organization for Google Code In (GCI). GCI is a opportunity for
> high school students to learn about and participate in open source 
> communities. Mentoring organizations create tasks and review the students
> work. Google then provides rewards for those students who do the best work. 
> The contest is very similar to GSOC, but is much shorter, and
> isn't intended for intense mentoring. The contest runs from December 7, 2015 
> to January 25, 2016.
>
> As part of being a mentoring organization, we are committed to creating 100+ 
> tasks for students to work on during GCI. This involves finding
> mentors who are willing to write up tasks, and agree to answer questions and 
> review the task when it's complete. A task is a simple item of
> work that can be completed in 2-5 hours. As a mentor, it's not intended for 
> you to train or teach any skills; the students should have those
> skills before attempting the task. You can find a full list of details about 
> mentoring and what it entails here[1], as well as on the
> community portal that describes our role and goals for the contest[2]. You 
> can create a be a mentor for as little as a single task, and we
> appreciate all the tasks and mentors we get. .
>
> In short, this is an excellent opportunity to reach high school students and 
> inform them about ubuntu and the opportunities they have within
> ubuntu and open source. I hope you consider taking part. If you have any 
> questions or would like to volunteer, don't hesitate to get in touch
> with myself, Alan Pope, or José Antonio Rey who are acting as mentors for the 
> organization. Look for some new faces in ubuntu soon!
>
> Thanks for your consideration,
>
> Nicholas
>
> 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleCodeIn
> 2. http://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/google-code-in/
>


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Google Code In Opportunities

2015-11-24 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
Hello everyone! As you may have heard, ubuntu has been accepted as a 
mentoring organization for Google Code In (GCI). GCI is a opportunity 
for high school students to learn about and participate in open source 
communities. Mentoring organizations create tasks and review the 
students work. Google then provides rewards for those students who do 
the best work. The contest is very similar to GSOC, but is much shorter, 
and isn't intended for intense mentoring. The contest runs from December 
7, 2015 to January 25, 2016.


As part of being a mentoring organization, we are committed to creating 
100+ tasks for students to work on during GCI. This involves finding 
mentors who are willing to write up tasks, and agree to answer questions 
and review the task when it's complete. A task is a simple item of work 
that can be completed in 2-5 hours. As a mentor, it's not intended for 
you to train or teach any skills; the students should have those skills 
before attempting the task. You can find a full list of details about 
mentoring and what it entails here[1], as well as on the community 
portal that describes our role and goals for the contest[2]. You can 
create a be a mentor for as little as a single task, and we appreciate 
all the tasks and mentors we get. .


In short, this is an excellent opportunity to reach high school students 
and inform them about ubuntu and the opportunities they have within 
ubuntu and open source. I hope you consider taking part. If you have any 
questions or would like to volunteer, don't hesitate to get in touch 
with myself, Alan Pope, or José Antonio Rey who are acting as mentors 
for the organization. Look for some new faces in ubuntu soon!


Thanks for your consideration,

Nicholas

1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleCodeIn
2. http://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/google-code-in/

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Ubuntu Kernel Team - Weekly Newsletter, 2015-11-24

2015-11-24 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Hello,

The Ubuntu Kernel Team has published this weeks newsletter, which is
available here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter

Sincerely,

The Ubuntu Kernel Team

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