[OSGeo-Discuss] Google Code In (GCI) 2017 just announced! And we want to participate

[SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA]

Hi Madi. As we are working with Secondary students in some FOSS4G projects I thought that there might be some opportunity to join in this initiative. I have a colleague in my office that had already joined GSoC twice and we were sharing ideas about how to be part of Google Code-In. We would like to be part of but don't know exactly how.


Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
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De: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com>
Enviado: martes, 19 de setiembre de 2017 8:48
Para: OSGeo Discussions; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo-SoC
Cc: gsoc-adminosgeo.org
Asunto: [OSGeo-Discuss] Google Code In (GCI) 2017 just announced! And we want to participate

Dear Community,

great news! Google Code-in has just been officially announced [1] and we are excited to apply for the first time as mentoring organization! Google Code In is a program addressed to students aged 13 to 17.

As always, we need your help! We need mentors.
Mentors for Google code in are not necessarily top developers (they are also needed, but not only). Also educators, advocates, researchers are much needed, people that normally take care of documentation and preparation of educational material, that give presentations, take care of web site or wiki etc.

In fact, the tasks for google code in are supposed to take 3 to 5 hours for students to complete, and entail:
* coding
* documentation / training
* outreach / research
* quality assurance
* user interface

See examples here [2].

The idea is to individuate suitable tasks and submit them in the bug tracker with a special keyword like "beginner" or something TBD. In this way, students can easily find and claim the task they're interested in.

Note that the whole "how to" is to be discussed yet, for the moment, let's try to create a critical mass of interested volunteers.

Here [3] I created a wiki page with relevant info, instructions, timeline etc. Kindly take a look and if you are willing to participate, please write an email to gsoc-admin AT osgeo.org<http://osgeo.org>, we will send you a form to fill with your data. Next step: in less than one week from now we'll have the first kickoff meeting on IRC in the channel #osgeo-gsoc at Freenode. Everyone that will have filled the form will be informed about exact date and time.

Please, do participate, and bring your questions, your ideas and your energy with you. We don't have all the answers, but will try to figure things out together.. We believe that engaging the young generation will bring in OSGeo a breeze of innovation and fresh energy. Don't miss the opportunity to be part of the change!

Cheers!!


[1] https://opensource.googleblog.com/2017/09/announcing-google-code-in-2017.html
[2] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/example-tasks
[3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017

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Margherita Di Leo
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