[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [GCI-mentors] Thank you all for 10 incredible years of Google Code-in

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Hello Victoria and the whole OSGeo GCI team,

thanks a lot for sharing this information.

Sad to hear that there will be not GCI in the future.

It os so impressive to see your numbers about only 3 year that OSGeo 
participated - 898 students and 2096 completed tasks. Wow. Amazing.

Thanks a lot to the OSGeo GCI Admins team and all mentors, people and 
projects involved in GCI. GCI was a great way to get young people 
introduced and involved in Open Source Software and bring people from 
all over the world together and inspire to collaborate. Thanks a lot.

Astrid

Am 11.06.2020 16:21 schrieb Victoria Rautenbach:
> Good day
> 
> The 2019 OSGeo GCI Admin team thought we would share this with you.
> The 2019 edition of GCI was the last, the Google Open Source group
> will now GSoC and Summer of Docs.
> 
> OSGeo participated in GCI for 3 years! Over the three years, we worked
> with 898 students that completed 2096 tasks across various OSGeo
> projects. Thank you to those of you that served as mentors or answered
> questions from GCI students. Thank you!
> 
> Regards
> OSGeo GCI Admins team
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: 'Stephanie Taylor' via Google Code-in Mentors
> <gci-mentors at googlegroups.com>
> Date: Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:55 PM
> Subject: [GCI-mentors] Thank you all for 10 incredible years of Google 
> Code-in
> 
> 
> Hi GCI Mentors and Org Admins,
> 
> 
> Google Code-in concluded 10 amazing, productive, exhilarating years in
> January. This program has been a success because of the amazing energy
> and passion all of you have exhibited; volunteering dozens, hundreds,
> and in some cases, thousands(!) of hours to help 14,700+ teenagers,
> from 115+ countries, complete a whopping 76,200+ open source tasks,
> during the past 10 years!
> 
> 
> We wanted all of you to be among the first to know that Google Code-in
> 2019 was our final Google Code-in contest. We've been looking hard at
> our portfolio of programs and as open source evolves, our programs
> need to evolve too. We've decided to focus our efforts on Google
> Summer of Code and programs like Season of Docs that meet projects'
> sustainability needs going into the next 10 years of open source.
> 
> 
> We want to thank you all for being inspiring role models to these
> students. Many of you were GCI or GSoC students yourselves and have
> been paying it forward for years by helping teenagers discover their
> passion for open source software development. The extent of your
> support was something many didn’t expect when they first started out
> trying to complete a few tasks to earn a Google T-shirt.
> 
> 
> You have welcomed students into your communities and shown them how
> open source is making the world a better place and how they can be a
> part of that. You all have inspired, taught, listened, and made a
> difference in the lives of thousands of students. THANK YOU! These
> students have brought fresh new perspectives and ideas into your
> communities, inspiring long-term committers with their enthusiasm,
> curiosity and skills.
> 
> 
> Many of you have been mentors for all 10 years of GCI (plus GHOP!),
> while others came into the GCI family just this past year. Regardless
> of when you joined, thank you all for showing immense kindness,
> patience, dedication, organization and guidance to the students, the
> other mentors in our GCI community, and to me and the rest of our team
> over the years.
> 
> 
> These past 10 years of Google Code-in have been an exciting,
> adrenaline pumping adventure – thanks for coming along on the ride
> with us!
> 
> 
> We will continue to be dedicated to helping open source communities be
> sustainable and finding new contributors is an essential part of those
> efforts. While Google Code-in is now officially retired, we look
> forward to finding new ways to support your communities.
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Stephanie Taylor
> 
> GCI Program Lead
> 
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