Tim, most definitely! I agree that I think flavours would benefit from
this, and I'm sure they have some tasks that could lighten there
workloads and introduce the students to the greater ubuntu ecosystem.
Tasks are intended to be a part of one or more of the following categories:
Coding
Documentation / Training
Outreach and Research
Quality Assurance
User Interface
As you can tell, there are plenty of non-coding tasks that fit nicely in
here. Promotion and documentation is something I think all projects
could use help with.
Nicholas
On 11/25/2015 01:34 AM, Tim wrote:
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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