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Call for Mentors - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open September
6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once
again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major changes
to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one being
that the program is starting early this year - applications have already
opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from October
23 to December 12.
The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018
for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and committed
group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right now
and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation
across our entire community.
This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to open
source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3 to 5
hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
Interface.
We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high school
students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
mobilized as mentors.
Please read our wrap-up post -
http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our
involvement last year.
To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like to
serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great way
to begin deepening your role in the community.
This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
thread.
A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll soon
begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd like to
see done.
More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
Cheers,
Ed
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
contest begins October 23rd for students
To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
Hello GCI mentors,
We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>, the
9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
13-17. Please
be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous
years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the contest
site <http://g.co/gci>.
Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and reach
out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors for
the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September 18th
giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
October 23rd.
The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
-
Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with their
org when deciding on finalists and winners
-
Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
-
We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
-
Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental Consent
form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things down but
it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
-
No tasks asking for personal information about students will be allowed
(this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with info
like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record
number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
<https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html>
.
If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
gci-support@google.com
Best,
Stephanie and Mary
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Re: Call for Mentors - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open
September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Posted by Adnan Manzoor <hr...@gmail.com>.
Hello
I'm interested in mentoring for GCI this year.
Best wishes
Adnan
On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 8:35 AM Santosh Math <sa...@confluxtechnologies.com>
wrote:
> Me too. :)
>
> On Sat 8 Sep, 2018, 8:21 AM Nayan Ambali, <na...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program.
>>
>> I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project.
>>
>> -
>> Nayan Ambali
>>
>> On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ed and Community
>>>
>>> I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an
>>> awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project
>>> as
>>> well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies
>>> that they want to learn.
>>>
>>> I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the
>>> community,
>>> so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less.
>>>
>>> I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on
>>> students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and
>>> community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our
>>> volunteer
>>> resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions
>>> last
>>> year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b)
>>> an
>>> ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
>>> >
>>> > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring
>>> once
>>> > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major
>>> changes
>>> > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one
>>> being
>>> > that the program is starting early this year - applications have
>>> already
>>> > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from
>>> October
>>> > 23 to December 12.
>>> >
>>> > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In
>>> 2018
>>> > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and
>>> committed
>>> > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right
>>> now
>>> > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the
>>> participation
>>> > across our entire community.
>>> >
>>> > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to
>>> open
>>> > source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3
>>> to 5
>>> > hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
>>> > Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
>>> > Interface.
>>> >
>>> > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
>>> > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high
>>> school
>>> > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
>>> > mobilized as mentors.
>>> >
>>> > Please read our wrap-up post -
>>> > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about
>>> our
>>> > involvement last year.
>>> >
>>> > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would
>>> like to
>>> > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great
>>> way
>>> > to begin deepening your role in the community.
>>> >
>>> > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
>>> > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
>>> >
>>> > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
>>> > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
>>> > thread.
>>> >
>>> > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll
>>> soon
>>> > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd
>>> like to
>>> > see done.
>>> >
>>> > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> >
>>> > Ed
>>> >
>>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>>> > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
>>> > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
>>> > contest begins October 23rd for students
>>> > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hello GCI mentors,
>>> >
>>> > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci
>>> >,
>>> > the
>>> > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
>>> > 13-17. Please
>>> > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in
>>> previous
>>> > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
>>> >
>>> > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the
>>> contest
>>> > site <http://g.co/gci>.
>>> >
>>> > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
>>> > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and
>>> reach
>>> > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors
>>> for
>>> > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
>>> > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
>>> > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September
>>> 18th
>>> > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
>>> > October 23rd.
>>> >
>>> > The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
>>> >
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with
>>> their
>>> > org when deciding on finalists and winners
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental
>>> Consent
>>> > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things
>>> down
>>> > but
>>> > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be
>>> allowed
>>> > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves
>>> with
>>> > info
>>> > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
>>> >
>>> > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a
>>> record
>>> > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
>>> > <
>>> >
>>> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html
>>> > >
>>> > .
>>> >
>>> > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
>>> > gci-support@google.com
>>> >
>>> > Best,
>>> >
>>> > Stephanie and Mary
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>>> Groups
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>>> >
>>> >
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>>> > <
>>> >
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>>> > >
>>> > .
>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > *Ed Cable*
>>> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
>>> > edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>>> > <(484)%20477-8649>
>>> >
>>> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
>>> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
>>> >
>>>
>>
Re: Call for Mentors - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open
September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Posted by Adnan Manzoor <hr...@gmail.com>.
Hello
I'm interested in mentoring for GCI this year.
Best wishes
Adnan
On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 8:35 AM Santosh Math <sa...@confluxtechnologies.com>
wrote:
> Me too. :)
>
> On Sat 8 Sep, 2018, 8:21 AM Nayan Ambali, <na...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program.
>>
>> I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project.
>>
>> -
>> Nayan Ambali
>>
>> On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ed and Community
>>>
>>> I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an
>>> awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project
>>> as
>>> well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies
>>> that they want to learn.
>>>
>>> I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the
>>> community,
>>> so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less.
>>>
>>> I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on
>>> students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and
>>> community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our
>>> volunteer
>>> resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions
>>> last
>>> year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b)
>>> an
>>> ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
>>> >
>>> > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring
>>> once
>>> > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major
>>> changes
>>> > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one
>>> being
>>> > that the program is starting early this year - applications have
>>> already
>>> > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from
>>> October
>>> > 23 to December 12.
>>> >
>>> > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In
>>> 2018
>>> > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and
>>> committed
>>> > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right
>>> now
>>> > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the
>>> participation
>>> > across our entire community.
>>> >
>>> > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to
>>> open
>>> > source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3
>>> to 5
>>> > hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
>>> > Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
>>> > Interface.
>>> >
>>> > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
>>> > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high
>>> school
>>> > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
>>> > mobilized as mentors.
>>> >
>>> > Please read our wrap-up post -
>>> > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about
>>> our
>>> > involvement last year.
>>> >
>>> > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would
>>> like to
>>> > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great
>>> way
>>> > to begin deepening your role in the community.
>>> >
>>> > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
>>> > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
>>> >
>>> > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
>>> > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
>>> > thread.
>>> >
>>> > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll
>>> soon
>>> > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd
>>> like to
>>> > see done.
>>> >
>>> > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> >
>>> > Ed
>>> >
>>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>>> > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
>>> > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
>>> > contest begins October 23rd for students
>>> > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hello GCI mentors,
>>> >
>>> > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci
>>> >,
>>> > the
>>> > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
>>> > 13-17. Please
>>> > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in
>>> previous
>>> > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
>>> >
>>> > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the
>>> contest
>>> > site <http://g.co/gci>.
>>> >
>>> > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
>>> > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and
>>> reach
>>> > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors
>>> for
>>> > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
>>> > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
>>> > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September
>>> 18th
>>> > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
>>> > October 23rd.
>>> >
>>> > The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
>>> >
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with
>>> their
>>> > org when deciding on finalists and winners
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental
>>> Consent
>>> > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things
>>> down
>>> > but
>>> > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be
>>> allowed
>>> > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves
>>> with
>>> > info
>>> > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
>>> >
>>> > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a
>>> record
>>> > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
>>> > <
>>> >
>>> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html
>>> > >
>>> > .
>>> >
>>> > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
>>> > gci-support@google.com
>>> >
>>> > Best,
>>> >
>>> > Stephanie and Mary
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>>> Groups
>>> > "Google Code-in Mentors" group.
>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
>>> an
>>> > email to gci-mentors+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
>>> > To post to this group, send email to gci-mentors@googlegroups.com.
>>> > To view this discussion on the web visit
>>> >
>>> >
>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com
>>> > <
>>> >
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>>> > >
>>> > .
>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > *Ed Cable*
>>> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
>>> > edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>>> > <(484)%20477-8649>
>>> >
>>> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
>>> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
>>> >
>>>
>>
Re: Call for Mentors - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open
September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Posted by Santosh Math <sa...@confluxtechnologies.com>.
Me too. :)
On Sat 8 Sep, 2018, 8:21 AM Nayan Ambali, <na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program.
>
> I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project.
>
> -
> Nayan Ambali
>
> On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ed and Community
>>
>> I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an
>> awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project as
>> well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies
>> that they want to learn.
>>
>> I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the community,
>> so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less.
>>
>> I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on
>> students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and
>> community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our
>> volunteer
>> resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions last
>> year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b)
>> an
>> ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
>> >
>> > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once
>> > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major
>> changes
>> > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one
>> being
>> > that the program is starting early this year - applications have already
>> > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from
>> October
>> > 23 to December 12.
>> >
>> > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018
>> > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and
>> committed
>> > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right
>> now
>> > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation
>> > across our entire community.
>> >
>> > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to
>> open
>> > source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3
>> to 5
>> > hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
>> > Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
>> > Interface.
>> >
>> > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
>> > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high
>> school
>> > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
>> > mobilized as mentors.
>> >
>> > Please read our wrap-up post -
>> > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our
>> > involvement last year.
>> >
>> > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like
>> to
>> > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great
>> way
>> > to begin deepening your role in the community.
>> >
>> > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
>> > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
>> >
>> > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
>> > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
>> > thread.
>> >
>> > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll
>> soon
>> > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd
>> like to
>> > see done.
>> >
>> > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Ed
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>> > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
>> > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
>> > contest begins October 23rd for students
>> > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello GCI mentors,
>> >
>> > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>,
>> > the
>> > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
>> > 13-17. Please
>> > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous
>> > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
>> >
>> > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the
>> contest
>> > site <http://g.co/gci>.
>> >
>> > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
>> > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and
>> reach
>> > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors
>> for
>> > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
>> > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
>> > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September
>> 18th
>> > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
>> > October 23rd.
>> >
>> > The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
>> >
>> > -
>> >
>> > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with
>> their
>> > org when deciding on finalists and winners
>> > -
>> >
>> > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
>> > -
>> >
>> > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
>> > -
>> >
>> > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental
>> Consent
>> > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things
>> down
>> > but
>> > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
>> > -
>> >
>> > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be
>> allowed
>> > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with
>> > info
>> > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
>> >
>> > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record
>> > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
>> > <
>> >
>> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html
>> > >
>> > .
>> >
>> > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
>> > gci-support@google.com
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > Stephanie and Mary
>> >
>> > --
>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>> Groups
>> > "Google Code-in Mentors" group.
>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
>> an
>> > email to gci-mentors+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
>> > To post to this group, send email to gci-mentors@googlegroups.com.
>> > To view this discussion on the web visit
>> >
>> >
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com
>> > <
>> >
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
>> > >
>> > .
>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > *Ed Cable*
>> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
>> > edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>> > <(484)%20477-8649>
>> >
>> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
>> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
>> >
>>
>
Re: Call for Mentors - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open
September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Posted by Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org>.
Hi everyone,
Just an update on GCI for 2018 as you might have noticed Mifos was not in
the list of participating organizations for 2018. The list is accurate as
we weren't chosen as one of the 27 organizations but this was due in part
because Google knew that if we didn't participate independently as a
separate organization, we still would be able to do so as part of an
umbrella organization, DIAL - Digital Impact Alliance,
<https://codein.withgoogle.com/organizations/digital-impact-alliance/>
through our relationship with them as a grant recipient.
So we will be participating in GCI as we typically would but just as a
sub-org within DIAL along with other projects like LibreHealth, Ushahidi,
and possible one other project. The tasks we make available and the
opportunity to mentor will be the same for all of our community - we'll
just be doing it from the DIAL organization.
Stay tuned for details on how to register as a mentor and how we'll be
uploading our tasks. We'll update our wiki to reflect the nature of our
participation this year.
Ed
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:51 PM Nayan Ambali <na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program.
>
> I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project.
>
> -
> Nayan Ambali
>
> On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ed and Community
>>
>> I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an
>> awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project as
>> well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies
>> that they want to learn.
>>
>> I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the community,
>> so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less.
>>
>> I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on
>> students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and
>> community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our
>> volunteer
>> resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions last
>> year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b)
>> an
>> ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
>> >
>> > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once
>> > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major
>> changes
>> > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one
>> being
>> > that the program is starting early this year - applications have already
>> > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from
>> October
>> > 23 to December 12.
>> >
>> > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018
>> > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and
>> committed
>> > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right
>> now
>> > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation
>> > across our entire community.
>> >
>> > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to
>> open
>> > source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3
>> to 5
>> > hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
>> > Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
>> > Interface.
>> >
>> > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
>> > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high
>> school
>> > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
>> > mobilized as mentors.
>> >
>> > Please read our wrap-up post -
>> > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our
>> > involvement last year.
>> >
>> > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like
>> to
>> > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great
>> way
>> > to begin deepening your role in the community.
>> >
>> > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
>> > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
>> >
>> > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
>> > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
>> > thread.
>> >
>> > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll
>> soon
>> > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd
>> like to
>> > see done.
>> >
>> > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Ed
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>> > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
>> > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
>> > contest begins October 23rd for students
>> > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello GCI mentors,
>> >
>> > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>,
>> > the
>> > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
>> > 13-17. Please
>> > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous
>> > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
>> >
>> > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the
>> contest
>> > site <http://g.co/gci>.
>> >
>> > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
>> > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and
>> reach
>> > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors
>> for
>> > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
>> > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
>> > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September
>> 18th
>> > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
>> > October 23rd.
>> >
>> > The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
>> >
>> > -
>> >
>> > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with
>> their
>> > org when deciding on finalists and winners
>> > -
>> >
>> > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
>> > -
>> >
>> > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
>> > -
>> >
>> > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental
>> Consent
>> > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things
>> down
>> > but
>> > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
>> > -
>> >
>> > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be
>> allowed
>> > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with
>> > info
>> > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
>> >
>> > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record
>> > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
>> > <
>> >
>> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html
>> > >
>> > .
>> >
>> > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
>> > gci-support@google.com
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > Stephanie and Mary
>> >
>> > --
>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>> Groups
>> > "Google Code-in Mentors" group.
>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
>> an
>> > email to gci-mentors+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
>> > To post to this group, send email to gci-mentors@googlegroups.com.
>> > To view this discussion on the web visit
>> >
>> >
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com
>> > <
>> >
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
>> > >
>> > .
>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > *Ed Cable*
>> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
>> > edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>> > <(484)%20477-8649>
>> >
>> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
>> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
>> >
>>
>
--
*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 - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open
September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Posted by Santosh Math <sa...@confluxtechnologies.com>.
Me too. :)
On Sat 8 Sep, 2018, 8:21 AM Nayan Ambali, <na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program.
>
> I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project.
>
> -
> Nayan Ambali
>
> On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ed and Community
>>
>> I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an
>> awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project as
>> well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies
>> that they want to learn.
>>
>> I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the community,
>> so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less.
>>
>> I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on
>> students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and
>> community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our
>> volunteer
>> resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions last
>> year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b)
>> an
>> ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
>> >
>> > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once
>> > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major
>> changes
>> > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one
>> being
>> > that the program is starting early this year - applications have already
>> > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from
>> October
>> > 23 to December 12.
>> >
>> > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018
>> > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and
>> committed
>> > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right
>> now
>> > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation
>> > across our entire community.
>> >
>> > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to
>> open
>> > source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3
>> to 5
>> > hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
>> > Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
>> > Interface.
>> >
>> > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
>> > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high
>> school
>> > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
>> > mobilized as mentors.
>> >
>> > Please read our wrap-up post -
>> > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our
>> > involvement last year.
>> >
>> > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like
>> to
>> > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great
>> way
>> > to begin deepening your role in the community.
>> >
>> > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
>> > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
>> >
>> > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
>> > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
>> > thread.
>> >
>> > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll
>> soon
>> > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd
>> like to
>> > see done.
>> >
>> > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Ed
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>> > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
>> > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
>> > contest begins October 23rd for students
>> > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello GCI mentors,
>> >
>> > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>,
>> > the
>> > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
>> > 13-17. Please
>> > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous
>> > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
>> >
>> > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the
>> contest
>> > site <http://g.co/gci>.
>> >
>> > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
>> > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and
>> reach
>> > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors
>> for
>> > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
>> > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
>> > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September
>> 18th
>> > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
>> > October 23rd.
>> >
>> > The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
>> >
>> > -
>> >
>> > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with
>> their
>> > org when deciding on finalists and winners
>> > -
>> >
>> > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
>> > -
>> >
>> > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
>> > -
>> >
>> > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental
>> Consent
>> > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things
>> down
>> > but
>> > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
>> > -
>> >
>> > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be
>> allowed
>> > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with
>> > info
>> > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
>> >
>> > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record
>> > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
>> > <
>> >
>> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html
>> > >
>> > .
>> >
>> > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
>> > gci-support@google.com
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > Stephanie and Mary
>> >
>> > --
>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>> Groups
>> > "Google Code-in Mentors" group.
>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
>> an
>> > email to gci-mentors+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
>> > To post to this group, send email to gci-mentors@googlegroups.com.
>> > To view this discussion on the web visit
>> >
>> >
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com
>> > <
>> >
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
>> > >
>> > .
>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > *Ed Cable*
>> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
>> > edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>> > <(484)%20477-8649>
>> >
>> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
>> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
>> >
>>
>
Re: Call for Mentors - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open
September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Posted by Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org>.
Hi everyone,
Just an update on GCI for 2018 as you might have noticed Mifos was not in
the list of participating organizations for 2018. The list is accurate as
we weren't chosen as one of the 27 organizations but this was due in part
because Google knew that if we didn't participate independently as a
separate organization, we still would be able to do so as part of an
umbrella organization, DIAL - Digital Impact Alliance,
<https://codein.withgoogle.com/organizations/digital-impact-alliance/>
through our relationship with them as a grant recipient.
So we will be participating in GCI as we typically would but just as a
sub-org within DIAL along with other projects like LibreHealth, Ushahidi,
and possible one other project. The tasks we make available and the
opportunity to mentor will be the same for all of our community - we'll
just be doing it from the DIAL organization.
Stay tuned for details on how to register as a mentor and how we'll be
uploading our tasks. We'll update our wiki to reflect the nature of our
participation this year.
Ed
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:51 PM Nayan Ambali <na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program.
>
> I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project.
>
> -
> Nayan Ambali
>
> On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ed and Community
>>
>> I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an
>> awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project as
>> well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies
>> that they want to learn.
>>
>> I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the community,
>> so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less.
>>
>> I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on
>> students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and
>> community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our
>> volunteer
>> resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions last
>> year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b)
>> an
>> ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
>> >
>> > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once
>> > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major
>> changes
>> > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one
>> being
>> > that the program is starting early this year - applications have already
>> > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from
>> October
>> > 23 to December 12.
>> >
>> > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018
>> > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and
>> committed
>> > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right
>> now
>> > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation
>> > across our entire community.
>> >
>> > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to
>> open
>> > source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3
>> to 5
>> > hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
>> > Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
>> > Interface.
>> >
>> > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
>> > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high
>> school
>> > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
>> > mobilized as mentors.
>> >
>> > Please read our wrap-up post -
>> > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our
>> > involvement last year.
>> >
>> > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like
>> to
>> > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great
>> way
>> > to begin deepening your role in the community.
>> >
>> > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
>> > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
>> >
>> > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
>> > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
>> > thread.
>> >
>> > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll
>> soon
>> > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd
>> like to
>> > see done.
>> >
>> > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Ed
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>> > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
>> > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
>> > contest begins October 23rd for students
>> > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello GCI mentors,
>> >
>> > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>,
>> > the
>> > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
>> > 13-17. Please
>> > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous
>> > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
>> >
>> > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the
>> contest
>> > site <http://g.co/gci>.
>> >
>> > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
>> > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and
>> reach
>> > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors
>> for
>> > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
>> > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
>> > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September
>> 18th
>> > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
>> > October 23rd.
>> >
>> > The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
>> >
>> > -
>> >
>> > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with
>> their
>> > org when deciding on finalists and winners
>> > -
>> >
>> > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
>> > -
>> >
>> > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
>> > -
>> >
>> > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental
>> Consent
>> > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things
>> down
>> > but
>> > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
>> > -
>> >
>> > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be
>> allowed
>> > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with
>> > info
>> > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
>> >
>> > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record
>> > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
>> > <
>> >
>> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html
>> > >
>> > .
>> >
>> > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
>> > gci-support@google.com
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > Stephanie and Mary
>> >
>> > --
>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>> Groups
>> > "Google Code-in Mentors" group.
>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
>> an
>> > email to gci-mentors+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
>> > To post to this group, send email to gci-mentors@googlegroups.com.
>> > To view this discussion on the web visit
>> >
>> >
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>> > <
>> >
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>> > >
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>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
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>> > edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>> > <(484)%20477-8649>
>> >
>> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
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>> >
>>
>
--
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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 - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open
September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Posted by Nayan Ambali <na...@gmail.com>.
Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program.
I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project.
-
Nayan Ambali
On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ed and Community
>
> I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an
> awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project as
> well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies
> that they want to learn.
>
> I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the community,
> so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less.
>
> I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on
> students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and
> community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our volunteer
> resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions last
> year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b) an
> ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics.
>
> James
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
> >
> > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once
> > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major
> changes
> > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one
> being
> > that the program is starting early this year - applications have already
> > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from October
> > 23 to December 12.
> >
> > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018
> > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and
> committed
> > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right
> now
> > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation
> > across our entire community.
> >
> > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to
> open
> > source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3 to
> 5
> > hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
> > Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
> > Interface.
> >
> > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
> > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high
> school
> > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
> > mobilized as mentors.
> >
> > Please read our wrap-up post -
> > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our
> > involvement last year.
> >
> > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like
> to
> > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great
> way
> > to begin deepening your role in the community.
> >
> > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
> > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
> >
> > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
> > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
> > thread.
> >
> > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll
> soon
> > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd like
> to
> > see done.
> >
> > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
> > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
> > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
> > contest begins October 23rd for students
> > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
> >
> >
> > Hello GCI mentors,
> >
> > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>,
> > the
> > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
> > 13-17. Please
> > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous
> > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
> >
> > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the contest
> > site <http://g.co/gci>.
> >
> > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
> > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and
> reach
> > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors for
> > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
> > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
> > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September 18th
> > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
> > October 23rd.
> >
> > The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
> >
> > -
> >
> > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with
> their
> > org when deciding on finalists and winners
> > -
> >
> > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
> > -
> >
> > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
> > -
> >
> > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental Consent
> > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things
> down
> > but
> > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
> > -
> >
> > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be
> allowed
> > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with
> > info
> > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
> >
> > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record
> > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
> > <
> > https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-
> code-in-2018.html
> > >
> > .
> >
> > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
> > gci-support@google.com
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Stephanie and Mary
> >
> > --
> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> > "Google Code-in Mentors" group.
> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> > email to gci-mentors+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
> > To post to this group, send email to gci-mentors@googlegroups.com.
> > To view this discussion on the web visit
> >
> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-
> 3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com
> > <
> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-
> 3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=
> email&utm_source=footer
> > >
> > .
> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Ed Cable*
> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
> > edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
> > <(484)%20477-8649>
> >
> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
> >
>
Re: Call for Mentors - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open
September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Posted by Nayan Ambali <na...@gmail.com>.
Ed, please count me for mentoring in GCI program.
I do believe these small tasks make big difference to the project.
-
Nayan Ambali
On 08-Sep-2018 5:21 AM, "James Dailey" <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ed and Community
>
> I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an
> awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project as
> well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies
> that they want to learn.
>
> I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the community,
> so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less.
>
> I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on
> students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and
> community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our volunteer
> resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions last
> year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b) an
> ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics.
>
> James
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
> >
> > Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once
> > again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major
> changes
> > to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one
> being
> > that the program is starting early this year - applications have already
> > opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from October
> > 23 to December 12.
> >
> > The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018
> > for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and
> committed
> > group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right
> now
> > and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation
> > across our entire community.
> >
> > This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to
> open
> > source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3 to
> 5
> > hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
> > Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
> > Interface.
> >
> > We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
> > number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high
> school
> > students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
> > mobilized as mentors.
> >
> > Please read our wrap-up post -
> > http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our
> > involvement last year.
> >
> > To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like
> to
> > serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great
> way
> > to begin deepening your role in the community.
> >
> > This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
> > developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
> >
> > If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
> > https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
> > thread.
> >
> > A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll
> soon
> > begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd like
> to
> > see done.
> >
> > More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
> > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
> > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
> > contest begins October 23rd for students
> > To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
> >
> >
> > Hello GCI mentors,
> >
> > We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>,
> > the
> > 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
> > 13-17. Please
> > be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous
> > years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
> >
> > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the contest
> > site <http://g.co/gci>.
> >
> > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
> > start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and
> reach
> > out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors for
> > the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
> > Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
> > September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September 18th
> > giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
> > October 23rd.
> >
> > The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
> >
> > -
> >
> > Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with
> their
> > org when deciding on finalists and winners
> > -
> >
> > Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
> > -
> >
> > We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
> > -
> >
> > Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental Consent
> > form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things
> down
> > but
> > it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
> > -
> >
> > No tasks asking for personal information about students will be
> allowed
> > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with
> > info
> > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
> >
> > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record
> > number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
> > <
> > https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-
> code-in-2018.html
> > >
> > .
> >
> > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
> > gci-support@google.com
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Stephanie and Mary
> >
> > --
> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> > "Google Code-in Mentors" group.
> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> > email to gci-mentors+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
> > To post to this group, send email to gci-mentors@googlegroups.com.
> > To view this discussion on the web visit
> >
> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-
> 3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com
> > <
> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-
> 3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=
> email&utm_source=footer
> > >
> > .
> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Ed Cable*
> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
> > edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
> > <(484)%20477-8649>
> >
> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
> >
>
Re: Call for Mentors - 2018 Google Code-In - Applications open
September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Posted by James Dailey <ja...@gmail.com>.
Hi Ed and Community
I think this is a terrific program and brings many new developers to an
awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an open source project as
well as the world of finance, financial inclusion and cool technologies
that they want to learn.
I would echo Ed's request - this needs to be driven more by the community,
so that the lift for the org of Mifos or the PMC of Fineract is less.
I would also suggest that we collectively need to be sure to only take on
students and projects that are going to be useful to the project and
community overall - being pragmatic about resources including our volunteer
resources is really important. I'm curious if the code contributions last
year led to either a) contributions that are part of a release and/or b) an
ongoing developer being involved. Those would be my suggested metrics.
James
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
> Hello Mifos and Apache Fineract communities,
>
> Google just announced it's Google Code-In program will be occurring once
> again for the 9th consecutive year. This year there are some major changes
> to the program itself which you can see below - the most pressing one being
> that the program is starting early this year - applications have already
> opened and are due September 17. The program itself will run from October
> 23 to December 12.
>
> The Mifos Initiative is considering participating in Google Code-In 2018
> for the third time but it's contingent upon having an active and committed
> group of mentors. The community has many major projects going on right now
> and can only take on this intensive program if we have the participation
> across our entire community.
>
> This is Google's program to help introduce pre-university students to open
> source where students compete to complete as many bite-sized tasks (3 to 5
> hours) as possible across the following buckets: Code,
> Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User
> Interface.
>
> We grew our participation immensely last year, more than tripling the
> number of tasks completed. It was a honor to work with talented high school
> students and a great way to get many of our newest community members
> mobilized as mentors.
>
> Please read our wrap-up post -
> http://mifos.org/blog/2017-google-code-in-wrap-up/ - to learn about our
> involvement last year.
>
> To determine if we'll apply, I wanted to begin capturing who would like to
> serve as a mentor. For all of our recent GSOC interns, this is a great way
> to begin deepening your role in the community.
>
> This call for mentoring is open to to everyone - you don't have to be a
> developer as we need mentors for students working on all the domains.
>
> If you're interested in mentoring, please fill out the form at
> https://goo.gl/forms/CI8xbg04hgkLMpmL2 or respond to this mailing list
> thread.
>
> A critical part of a successful GCI is a wealth of small tasks - we'll soon
> begin generating our list so put on your thinking cap of work you'd like to
> see done.
>
> More on the 2018 GCI program can be found below.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ed
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:34 PM
> Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
> contest begins October 23rd for students
> To: Google Code-in Mentors <gc...@googlegroups.com>
>
>
> Hello GCI mentors,
>
> We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>,
> the
> 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
> 13-17. Please
> be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous
> years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
>
> The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the contest
> site <http://g.co/gci>.
>
> Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
> start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and reach
> out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors for
> the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
> Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
> September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September 18th
> giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
> October 23rd.
>
> The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
>
> -
>
> Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with their
> org when deciding on finalists and winners
> -
>
> Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
> -
>
> We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
> -
>
> Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental Consent
> form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things down
> but
> it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
> -
>
> No tasks asking for personal information about students will be allowed
> (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with
> info
> like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
>
> We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record
> number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
> <
> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html
> >
> .
>
> If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
> gci-support@google.com
>
> Best,
>
> Stephanie and Mary
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Google Code-in Mentors" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to gci-mentors+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
> To post to this group, send email to gci-mentors@googlegroups.com.
> To view this discussion on the web visit
>
> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com
> <
> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547-7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
> >
> .
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>
>
> --
> *Ed Cable*
> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
> edcable@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
> <(484)%20477-8649>
>
> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
> <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
>