[QGIS-Developer] We need mentors for Google Code-In

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks Werner.  Please note that if you are interested to be a mentor, 
it is important that you fill out the Google form mentioned at 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017_Mentors   thanks all!  -jeff



On 2017-10-06 1:35 PM, Werner Macho wrote:
> Hi Developers and Users (Sorry for crossposting, but there is not much
> time left)
> 
> Google starts a new competition for Students. Google Code in.
> 
> GCI is a competition addressed to high-school students aged 13-17, as an
> introduction to the open source world. They are supposed to complete as
> much tasks as possible to win the contest. These tasks should be short
> simple stuff (3-5 hours) from beginner stuff such as installing the
> software and displaying a map to more advanced things such as proposing
> a patch of code to fix a bug. However, since the students have to
> complete several tasks to win, we need to plan lots of them and be
> available to review what the students submit rather quickly, so they can
> start with a new one. For that reason, it is better if we are more
> mentors. Since the tasks do not involve only code stuff, everyone
> interested is invited to propose tasks and join as mentor!
> 
> Extra info about GCI and examples of tasks might be found in the
> dedicated OSGeo wikis:
> - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017
> - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017_Tasks
> 
> Kind regards
> Werner
> _____