[gci-announce] Organization Applications now open for Google Code-in 2015

[Charles Profitt]

Regardless of the competitive nature of the application I think it might
be worth the interested parties go through the process. At the very
least it will give people experience with the process.

Charles


On Mon, 2015-11-09 at 18:39 +0000, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
> I think with deadline this week and not much effort put into an app
> the likelihood of approval is slim. The process is pretty competitive.
> 
> Might be best to pass till next year and then you could even spend
> that time talking to previous Ubuntu GSoC mentors.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 10:36 AM José Antonio Rey <jose at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
> 
>         Just as a quick reminder, deadline is on Wednesday. I believe
>         all teams will benefit from this project, since anyone needing
>         a hand will be able to register a task in the system. Also, we
>         can get a new whole generation of contributors, and even maybe
>         find some new leaders in the project.
>         
>         I'd love to see this come to life, and if anyone from any team
>         wants to be a mentor or org admin if we get accepted, please
>         let us know here!
>         
>         
>         On Mon, Nov 9, 2015, 13:30 Nicholas Skaggs
>         <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com> wrote:
>         
>                 On 11/04/2015 02:23 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
>                 > The last attempt was by myself and Luke Faraone it
>                 wasn't so much a
>                 > lack of mentors but our application process was
>                 difficult to navigate
>                 > because we needed sign off from Canonical. We
>                 finally got it in and
>                 > Google declined is.
>                 >
>                 > We have had other non Google mentoring programs
>                 alongside Ubuntu that
>                 > worked like a The WOU and Purdue classes I mentored
>                 on Ubuntu Dev work.
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, Elizabeth K. Joseph
>                 <lyz at ubuntu.com
>                 > <mailto:lyz at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>                 >
>                 >     On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:46 PM, José Antonio Rey
>                 <jose at ubuntu.com
>                 >     <javascript:;>> wrote:
>                 >     > Hey everyone,
>                 >     >
>                 >     > I got this email today and believe this would
>                 be a great
>                 >     opportunity to get
>                 >     > fresh people in the community. What do you
>                 say?
>                 >
>                 >     I love these programs and think it would be
>                 great for Ubuntu get
>                 >     involved with one (whether it be a Code-in, or
>                 GSoC or Outreachy). But
>                 >     we've always struggled to find mentors and
>                 administrators for the
>                 >     program.
>                 >
>                 >     So I think the better question is:
>                 >
>                 >     Are there any volunteers who would like to run
>                 this? Two org admins
>                 >     are required.
>                 >
>                 >     --
>                 >     Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2
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>                 > Benjamin Kerensa
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >
>                 
>                 I'll volunteer as well. I like the idea, and I'm happy
>                 to help as
>                 needed. I agree with Liz though. Many hands make light
>                 work, and the
>                 success of initiatives like this depend on having a
>                 few volunteers to
>                 help run it. Anyone else willing to put there name in
>                 to help make it
>                 happen?
>                 
>                 
>                 Nicholas
>                 
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