More GSoC Mentors needed

2020-03-25 Thread Valorie Zimmerman
Hi folks, we have possibly enough primary mentors for GSoC this year, however the GSoC admins are urging us during these pandemic times, to have *two* backup mentors for each student. If you think you can help us out: 1. Subscribe to the KDE-Soc-Mentor mail list:

Re: Google Summer of Code Proposal (Draft)

2020-03-25 Thread Valorie Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:39 PM Mohamad Ziad Alkabakibi < m.ziad.k2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear sir, > Not all of us are men. I am writing to submit my proposal draft. Furthermore, I would like to > mention that I do not have a mentor yet. > > I would like to know the review of the idea in

Re: Google Summer of Code Proposal (Draft)

2020-03-25 Thread David Edmundson
As a general rule, brand new programs do not make for good GSOCs. They stall after GSOC ends, and students don't get the real-world experience of working in a team on a project. I would also recommend being more conservative with your goals, so that any pending mentors see them as realistic. A

Re: update on Akademy

2020-03-25 Thread Sung-Jae, Cho
I agree. I also predict this situation will start change on June, but somebody should be in closed border. Maybe we have not much rest and need to recover from this hurt on earth. I pray our safe. Sincerely, Sung Jae On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 4:47 AM Carl Schwan wrote: > Hi, > thanks for taking

Re: update on Akademy

2020-03-25 Thread Carl Schwan
Hi, thanks for taking this decision and keeping us informed. With the current context, I think this is the right decision. Regards, Carl Le mercredi, mars 25, 2020 7:21 PM, Lydia Pintscher a écrit : > Hi everyone, > > I wanted to give you an update on this year's Akademy. The Akademy > team

Google Summer of Code Proposal (Draft)

2020-03-25 Thread Mohamad Ziad Alkabakibi
Dear sir, I am writing to submit my proposal draft. Furthermore, I would like to mention that I do not have a mentor yet.I would like to know the review of the idea in general so I can continue working on its details and submit the complete proposal document as soon as possible. Please find the

update on Akademy

2020-03-25 Thread Lydia Pintscher
Hi everyone, I wanted to give you an update on this year's Akademy. The Akademy team and the board have decided to do a virtual event this year instead of an in-person event. Our reasoning behind it: With the current COVID-19 lock-down of most of the world there is simply too much uncertainty

Re: Instagram Account

2020-03-25 Thread Martin Klapetek
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 8:00 AM Jonathan Riddell wrote: > Me and Niccolo (veggero) have set up an instagram account for KDE. It > feels like a fun new way to engage with some of our users. Instagram is > based on pictures of pretty people and places so screenshots are cool there > but will

Re: Help with KDE PIM and Google Privacy Policies needed

2020-03-25 Thread Riccardo Iaconelli
On venerdì 6 marzo 2020 07:40:49 CET Martin Flöser wrote: > And reading the screenshot I think that's the problem. We state in our > privacy policy about 3rd party plugins and Akonadi. Especially Akonadi > is a "transfer of data to others" and that allows all applications to > access the data.