<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c7bc93-de17-9310-dd8a-9a7a90538746"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Dear Students,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">This is a reminder that GSoC coding period starts today! By Sunday 29 you are requested to send your first progress report [1]. You can safely abstain from writing about setting up environment and studying documentation, as these tasks were supposed to be carried out during bonding period. Please be punctual sending your reports, if you </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">occasionally</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> can’t make it by Sunday, please let us know well ahead. If you systematically can’t make it on Sunday, for example because you don’t have internet access at your home place, and need to send your reports from your university, then we recommend you to let us know, and to organize your work in order to be able to send the report earlier in the week, for example by Friday. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Remember that we admins remain at your disposal during all GSoC for any concerns or doubts you want to talk about. Also, beside the guidance of your mentors, ask your community for second opinion when you don’t know how to proceed in your work. Don’t be shy! The community expect that you pose questions and will be happy to support and help you.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Last but not least: remember to have fun!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">All the best,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Your GSoC admins</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">[1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students#Weekly_reports">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students#Weekly_reports</a></span></p><div><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666">Margherita Di Leo</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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