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/ > -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel