[OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo @ GSoC 2021] Call for Projects to Prepare Project Ideas Page for Google Summer of Code 2021

[Rajat Shinde]

Hello Vicky,

Thanks for the additions! :)

Kind regards.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 9:01 PM Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de> wrote:

> Hello Community
>
> I would like a small summary about the difference between last year and
> this year:
>
> What are the changes for 2021 from 2020?
>
>    1. *Smaller project size** - *all students participating in the 2021
>    program will be working on a 175 hour project (instead of a 350 hr
>    project).
>    Reasoning from GSoC administrators:
>
>
>    - Currently we are missing out on many wonderful students who could
>    never commit to such a huge project and time commitment but would be great
>    contributors to your community. This is a significant change as we now are
>    no longer strongly encouraging students to focus only on GSoC over their
>    summer. Students have many other responsibilities especially during the
>    pandemic that make it hard for them to spend 30 hours a week on a project.
>    - We realize this is going to require all of you to think about
>    smaller projects and update your project ideas.
>
>
>    1.
>
>    *2 evaluations  (instead of 3)* - There will be an evaluation after 5
>    weeks and the final evaluation will take place after the 10th week. We are
>    also no longer requiring students complete their first evaluation (though
>    we encourage them to do so), so if a student doesn’t complete the first
>    evaluation they will not automatically be removed from the program. They
>    are still required to complete the final evaluation.
>    2.
>
>    *Eligibility requirements* - In 2020 there are many ways students are
>    learning and we want to acknowledge that so we will be allowing students
>    who are 18 years old AND currently enrolled (or accepted into) a
>    post-secondary academic program as of May 17, 2021 or have graduated from a
>    post-secondary academic program between December 1, 2020 and May 17, 2021
>    to apply to the GSoC program.
>
>
>    - What this means is that now the program will be open to folks
>    participating in a variety of different academic programs, not just
>    accredited university programs. This includes licensed coding camps,
>    community colleges, and many other programs that may not be accredited yet
>    but are post-secondary academic programs.
>
> Regards
> Vicky Vergara
> GSoC Mentor since 2015
>
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