Call for Mentors: 2023 Google Summer of Code for the Mifos Initiative

[Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org>]

Hello Mifos & Fineract communities,

It's that time of year again and the Mifos Initiative is looking to
participate in Google Summer of Code once more. This would be our eleventh
year of participation. Our application has been submitted and we're in the
process of refining our ideas list in case we do get selected. If we are
selected to participate this year, I want to be deeply cognizant of having
a committed set of mentors and backup mentors who will be available for the
duration of the program to mentor their students in an engaged fashion.

Last year, despite having a smaller number of projects than normal (just
ten) we struggled to provide the ideal mentoring experience for our interns
and some of our mentors had to take on extra capacity to guide their
interns. GSOC still represents a great way to attract highly talented
individuals and begin to pass the torch onto the next generation of
contributors so it's a great way for our more seasoned community members to
participate and give back.

We already have a strong set of mentors who have expressed their interest
and their commitment to mentor this year but we're still seeking more so we
can have redundancy and ensure we deliver our interns the enriching
experience and professional and personal growth they deserve.

While Apache Software Foundation is applying separately, under the umbrella
of the Mifos Initiative, we will focus on our suite of Mifos mobile and web
apps for staff and customers but also target projects for Fineract 1.x with
a primary focus on peripheral innovation on the edge or making progress on
ongoing refactoring, code stability, security improvements, testing
coverage growth, etc around the back-end. While we haven't refined the
ideas significantly, we will also target work on the Payment Hub, our AI
for All strategy, additional modules on top of Fineract, Open Banking and
3PPI APIs and G2P related efforts like OpenG2P.

With the project ideas we'll be targeting and focusing on, we'll aim for
those on the back-end and Fineract to not impact core development or put
overall quality of the platform at risk.

We'll hear back on the status of our application by Feb 22 and if accepted,
interns can begin applying March 20.

We'll be adding our mentors and refining our ideas list at:
https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/spaces/RES/pages/3296690177/Google+Summer+of+Code+2023+Ideas

If you have any questions please contact me or or other org admins @Rahul
Goel <ra...@gmail.com> and @Sanyam Goel <sa...@gmail.com>

To express interest in mentoring, please fill the form out at
https://forms.gle/7X5c138tDJnmKTzC9

If you have ideas you'd like to list, please reach out to me or the other
org admins and we'll help get them added to the wiki page.

Later on, I will schedule a community-wide Zoom meeting to have a
discussion on potential ideas and answer questions of prospective mentors

Most of the changes that took place in 2022 have carried over to the 2023
program. These major changes are listed below.

(1) Starting in 2022, the program will be *open to all newcomers of open
source* that are 18 years and older, *no longer focusing solely on
university students**.*
(2) GSoC Contributors will be able to choose from multiple size projects
~175 hour (medium) and 350 hour (large).
(3) Google is building increased flexibility around the timing of projects
- there is an option to extend the standard 12 week coding time frame to a
maximum of 22 weeks

More on the 2023 program can be found at
https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/downloads/GSoC2023Presentation.pdf

The program starts slightly earlier this year with the coding program
officially beginning May 29 and for the standard duration projects ending
on August 8 and for the extended duration projects November 6.


-- 
*Ed Cable*
President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649

*Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
<http://facebook.com/mifos>  <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>

Re: Call for Mentors: 2023 Google Summer of Code for the Mifos Initiative

[Willie Ng'ang'a Macharia <ng...@gmail.com>]

I agree with you James Dailey.


Regards,

Willie


On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 6:04 AM James Dailey <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ed -  Let’s please keep this clear and separated.
>
> Mifos is a non profit that can bring GSOC volunteers onboard to its
> separate projects.
> Mifos UI enhancements
> Mifos PaymentHUB
> Projects that sit “on top off” Fineract (Machine learning , apps for loan
> origination scoring)
>
> All of those belong w Mifos and only should be discussed here at Fineract
> if there are backend changes that possibly would be needed.  Jira tickets,
> complete tests for any of those backend dependencies.
>
> At fineract, if we have a dedicated mentor who is a member of the PMC, we
> can perhaps work on a GSOC project under Apache.  However that mentor must
> naturally apply the highest level of quality assurance before such
> contributions can come into a Release branch.  I’m calling this out because
> 100% of our production users have - UNTIL NOW worked on forked versions
> (where they correct issues on private repos).
>
> A helpful approach would be to create a kind of “GSOC- experimental
> branch“ that can be used as a demo and source of ideas.
>
> Then our Dev Branch and our Release Branch will remain stable and
> maintainable.
>
> This allows us to stick with our previously committed Roadmap, quality
> processes, and potentially bring on new devs, who, over time can become a
> contributor.
>
> Agreed?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 3:23 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello Mifos & Fineract communities,
>>
>> It's that time of year again and the Mifos Initiative is looking to
>> participate in Google Summer of Code once more. This would be our eleventh
>> year of participation. Our application has been submitted and we're in the
>> process of refining our ideas list in case we do get selected. If we are
>> selected to participate this year, I want to be deeply cognizant of having
>> a committed set of mentors and backup mentors who will be available for the
>> duration of the program to mentor their students in an engaged fashion.
>>
>> Last year, despite having a smaller number of projects than normal (just
>> ten) we struggled to provide the ideal mentoring experience for our interns
>> and some of our mentors had to take on extra capacity to guide their
>> interns. GSOC still represents a great way to attract highly talented
>> individuals and begin to pass the torch onto the next generation of
>> contributors so it's a great way for our more seasoned community members to
>> participate and give back.
>>
>> We already have a strong set of mentors who have expressed their interest
>> and their commitment to mentor this year but we're still seeking more so we
>> can have redundancy and ensure we deliver our interns the enriching
>> experience and professional and personal growth they deserve.
>>
>> While Apache Software Foundation is applying separately, under the
>> umbrella of the Mifos Initiative, we will focus on our suite of Mifos
>> mobile and web apps for staff and customers but also target projects for
>> Fineract 1.x with a primary focus on peripheral innovation on the edge or
>> making progress on ongoing refactoring, code stability, security
>> improvements, testing coverage growth, etc around the back-end. While we
>> haven't refined the ideas significantly, we will also target work on the
>> Payment Hub, our AI for All strategy, additional modules on top of
>> Fineract, Open Banking and 3PPI APIs and G2P related efforts like OpenG2P.
>>
>> With the project ideas we'll be targeting and focusing on, we'll aim for
>> those on the back-end and Fineract to not impact core development or put
>> overall quality of the platform at risk.
>>
>> We'll hear back on the status of our application by Feb 22 and if
>> accepted, interns can begin applying March 20.
>>
>> We'll be adding our mentors and refining our ideas list at:
>> https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/spaces/RES/pages/3296690177/Google+Summer+of+Code+2023+Ideas
>>
>> If you have any questions please contact me or or other org admins @Rahul
>> Goel <ra...@gmail.com> and @Sanyam Goel <sa...@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> To express interest in mentoring, please fill the form out at
>> https://forms.gle/7X5c138tDJnmKTzC9
>>
>> If you have ideas you'd like to list, please reach out to me or the other
>> org admins and we'll help get them added to the wiki page.
>>
>> Later on, I will schedule a community-wide Zoom meeting to have a
>> discussion on potential ideas and answer questions of prospective mentors
>>
>> Most of the changes that took place in 2022 have carried over to the 2023
>> program. These major changes are listed below.
>>
>> (1) Starting in 2022, the program will be *open to all newcomers of open
>> source* that are 18 years and older, *no longer focusing solely on
>> university students**.*
>> (2) GSoC Contributors will be able to choose from multiple size projects
>> ~175 hour (medium) and 350 hour (large).
>> (3) Google is building increased flexibility around the timing of
>> projects - there is an option to extend the standard 12 week coding time
>> frame to a maximum of 22 weeks
>>
>> More on the 2023 program can be found at
>> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/downloads/GSoC2023Presentation.pdf
>>
>> The program starts slightly earlier this year with the coding program
>> officially beginning May 29 and for the standard duration projects ending
>> on August 8 and for the extended duration projects November 6.
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Ed Cable*
>> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
>> edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>>
>> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
>> <http://facebook.com/mifos>  <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
>>
>> --
> Sent from Gmail Mobile
>

Re: Call for Mentors: 2023 Google Summer of Code for the Mifos Initiative

[James Dailey <ja...@gmail.com>]

Ed -  Let’s please keep this clear and separated.

Mifos is a non profit that can bring GSOC volunteers onboard to its
separate projects.
Mifos UI enhancements
Mifos PaymentHUB
Projects that sit “on top off” Fineract (Machine learning , apps for loan
origination scoring)

All of those belong w Mifos and only should be discussed here at Fineract
if there are backend changes that possibly would be needed.  Jira tickets,
complete tests for any of those backend dependencies.

At fineract, if we have a dedicated mentor who is a member of the PMC, we
can perhaps work on a GSOC project under Apache.  However that mentor must
naturally apply the highest level of quality assurance before such
contributions can come into a Release branch.  I’m calling this out because
100% of our production users have - UNTIL NOW worked on forked versions
(where they correct issues on private repos).

A helpful approach would be to create a kind of “GSOC- experimental branch“
that can be used as a demo and source of ideas.

Then our Dev Branch and our Release Branch will remain stable and
maintainable.

This allows us to stick with our previously committed Roadmap, quality
processes, and potentially bring on new devs, who, over time can become a
contributor.

Agreed?



On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 3:23 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:

> Hello Mifos & Fineract communities,
>
> It's that time of year again and the Mifos Initiative is looking to
> participate in Google Summer of Code once more. This would be our eleventh
> year of participation. Our application has been submitted and we're in the
> process of refining our ideas list in case we do get selected. If we are
> selected to participate this year, I want to be deeply cognizant of having
> a committed set of mentors and backup mentors who will be available for the
> duration of the program to mentor their students in an engaged fashion.
>
> Last year, despite having a smaller number of projects than normal (just
> ten) we struggled to provide the ideal mentoring experience for our interns
> and some of our mentors had to take on extra capacity to guide their
> interns. GSOC still represents a great way to attract highly talented
> individuals and begin to pass the torch onto the next generation of
> contributors so it's a great way for our more seasoned community members to
> participate and give back.
>
> We already have a strong set of mentors who have expressed their interest
> and their commitment to mentor this year but we're still seeking more so we
> can have redundancy and ensure we deliver our interns the enriching
> experience and professional and personal growth they deserve.
>
> While Apache Software Foundation is applying separately, under the
> umbrella of the Mifos Initiative, we will focus on our suite of Mifos
> mobile and web apps for staff and customers but also target projects for
> Fineract 1.x with a primary focus on peripheral innovation on the edge or
> making progress on ongoing refactoring, code stability, security
> improvements, testing coverage growth, etc around the back-end. While we
> haven't refined the ideas significantly, we will also target work on the
> Payment Hub, our AI for All strategy, additional modules on top of
> Fineract, Open Banking and 3PPI APIs and G2P related efforts like OpenG2P.
>
> With the project ideas we'll be targeting and focusing on, we'll aim for
> those on the back-end and Fineract to not impact core development or put
> overall quality of the platform at risk.
>
> We'll hear back on the status of our application by Feb 22 and if
> accepted, interns can begin applying March 20.
>
> We'll be adding our mentors and refining our ideas list at:
> https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/spaces/RES/pages/3296690177/Google+Summer+of+Code+2023+Ideas
>
> If you have any questions please contact me or or other org admins @Rahul
> Goel <ra...@gmail.com> and @Sanyam Goel <sa...@gmail.com>
>
> To express interest in mentoring, please fill the form out at
> https://forms.gle/7X5c138tDJnmKTzC9
>
> If you have ideas you'd like to list, please reach out to me or the other
> org admins and we'll help get them added to the wiki page.
>
> Later on, I will schedule a community-wide Zoom meeting to have a
> discussion on potential ideas and answer questions of prospective mentors
>
> Most of the changes that took place in 2022 have carried over to the 2023
> program. These major changes are listed below.
>
> (1) Starting in 2022, the program will be *open to all newcomers of open
> source* that are 18 years and older, *no longer focusing solely on
> university students**.*
> (2) GSoC Contributors will be able to choose from multiple size projects
> ~175 hour (medium) and 350 hour (large).
> (3) Google is building increased flexibility around the timing of
> projects - there is an option to extend the standard 12 week coding time
> frame to a maximum of 22 weeks
>
> More on the 2023 program can be found at
> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/downloads/GSoC2023Presentation.pdf
>
> The program starts slightly earlier this year with the coding program
> officially beginning May 29 and for the standard duration projects ending
> on August 8 and for the extended duration projects November 6.
>
>
> --
> *Ed Cable*
> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
> edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>
> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
> <http://facebook.com/mifos>  <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
>
> --
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