Hi vicky, Thanks for the update. Do you have deadlines/timeline for osgeo to participate in the program?
Best, Maxi Il gio 28 gen 2021, 16:37 Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> ha scritto: > Hello Community > > I would like a small summary about the difference between last year and > this year: > > 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). > Reasoning from GSoC administrators: > > > - 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. > > > 1. > > *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. > 2. > > *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. > > Regards > Vicky Vergara > GSoC Mentor since 2015 > > -- > > Georepublic UG (haftungsbeschränkt) > Salzmannstraße 44, > 81739 München, Germany > > Vicky Vergara > Operations Research > > eMail: vi...@georepublic.de > Web: https://georepublic.info > > Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1 > Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9 > > Commercial register: Amtsgericht München, HRB 181428 > CEO: Daniel Kastl > > > -- > This message has been checked by SUPSI mail-scanner and is believed to be > clean. > -- This message was scanned by SUPSI mail-scanner and is believed to be clean.
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