Hello, GSOC would be great. Can someone also look into getting Clojure to participate in Outreachy?
On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 10:18 PM, Alex Miller <a...@puredanger.com> wrote: > As far as I'm aware the work involved here is: > > - submitting the organization application (in Jan) > - soliciting and writing up project ideas (in Jan/Feb) > - soliciting potential mentors for each project (often there is a natural > match between idea and mentor) - spring > - pairing up selected students/projects and mentors - spring > - getting mentors to write evals for their students - summer > - accepting funds - fall > - if desired, distributing those funds in some way (when I helped > Cognitect run it, we redistributed the funds to pay for students to travel > to Clojure conferences) - fall > > Great opportunity for someone to contribute! > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 10:35 AM Daniel Compton < > daniel.compton.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi folks, I'm the secretary of Clojurists Together. >> >> Thanks very much for the background on GSoC and the kind words Alex :) >> >> Clojurists Together would be happy to help provide the backing admin >> infrastructure (bank accounts, international payments, etc.) and oversight >> to help run GSoC. However, I don't think anyone on the committee has the >> bandwidth to be the primary person to lead the GSoC project; we'd need >> someone from the community to volunteer to be that person. >> >> If someone else wants to run this as part of a different organisation >> that's also totally fine with us, don't consider this us calling "dibs". >> >> Thanks, Daniel. >> >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 9:34 AM Alex Miller <a...@puredanger.com> wrote: >> >>> GSoC is an amazing opportunity if you get the right combination of an >>> appropriately sized project, a motivated student, and a mentor that has >>> both sufficient availability and expertise in guiding (like Ambrose's Typed >>> Clojure work). If any of those aren't right, the project tends to fizzle >>> out or go unused so a lot of the time and effort does not result in an >>> effectual end result. >>> >>> To some degree, Clojurists Together is doing the same kind of work but >>> prioritizing projects that people care about and developers that are >>> already "in" the project rather than students starting fresh (and paying >>> more for the work). I think CT has created way more total value for the >>> community than GSoC ever did. >>> >>> But again, depends on goals. If your goal is to connect students more >>> closely to Clojure, then GSoC is great for that. >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 2:06:13 PM UTC-6, Daniel Slutsky wrote: >>>> >>>> Ag, Alex, many thanks. >>>> >>>> These days some of us are trying to think where we should put our >>>> efforts in the next few months. This might be one of the things we have to >>>> consider. We'll update if we do. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:20:47 UTC+2, Alex Miller wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Any "group" or organization can submit a project to GSoC as long as >>>>> there are 2+ committers and there are existing releases under an OSI >>>>> license (which includes EPL). The organization select projects, connects >>>>> mentors to students, prods people about evaluations, and receives >>>>> $500/completed student. Students submit proposals (usually these should >>>>> happen under consultation with the project) and are directly paid stipends >>>>> by Google for completed projects. I think the organization application is >>>>> usually open in January. >>>>> >>>>> I think there are several groups in the Clojure ecosystem that would >>>>> potentially be great orgs for this - CIDER, ClojureBridge, clj-commons, >>>>> etc. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 5:23:43 AM UTC-6, Ag Ibragimov wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Would you do it Daniel, would you apply? I apologize for if that >>>>>> sounds like I'm brazenly pushing you. If I had capacity to do that, I >>>>>> would >>>>>> volunteer, alas I'm afraid I don't even know how that works. >>>>>> It would be awesome if Clojure once again accepted in GSoC. How can >>>>>> we (ordinary Clojuristas) help to get there? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun 01 Dec 2019 at 15:12, Daniel Slutsky <daniel...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> > Thanks so much, that helps to know. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > On Sunday, 1 December 2019 06:36:33 UTC+2, Alex Miller wrote: >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> We applied and were not accepted for a couple years. Having done >>>>>> some of >>>>>> >> the admin/org stuff in the past, I don't really want to do it >>>>>> again, but an >>>>>> >> organization like Clojurists Together would be great for that part >>>>>> >> (although I'm not looking to add any work to anyone else either). >>>>>> It's not >>>>>> >> really that hard, just a little tedious to deal with the money >>>>>> parts. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> On Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 1:37:14 PM UTC-6, Daniel Slutsky >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>> has there been thoughts about clojure activity in GSoC since >>>>>> 2017? >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> On Monday, 6 March 2017 11:35:41 UTC+2, Daniel Solano Gómez >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> We are pleased to announce that Google has selected Clojure as a >>>>>> >>>> mentoring organisation for this year’s summer of code! This >>>>>> means that >>>>>> >>>> Google will sponsor students from around the world to work on >>>>>> projects that >>>>>> >>>> are part of the Clojure ecosystem. Now that we know that Clojure >>>>>> will be >>>>>> >>>> participating, what happens next? >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Getting involved >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> The student application period will be open from the 20th of >>>>>> March >>>>>> >>>> through the 3rd of April. In the meantime, there are a number of >>>>>> ways to >>>>>> >>>> get involved: >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> *Mentors* >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> If you maintain an open source Clojure(Script) project and would >>>>>> like to >>>>>> >>>> grow it, you should consider becoming a mentor. You can find out >>>>>> more about >>>>>> >>>> what being a mentor is about out on the mentors page >>>>>> >>>> <http://clojure-gsoc.org/mentors/>. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> *Students* >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> While it is still to early to formally apply as GSoC student, >>>>>> this is a >>>>>> >>>> great time to start thinking about project ideas and reach out >>>>>> to potential >>>>>> >>>> mentors. Check out the students page < >>>>>> http://clojure-gsoc.org/students/> >>>>>> >>>> for more information on how to apply successfully. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> *Everyone else* >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Even if you can’t participate as student or don’t want to be a >>>>>> mentor, >>>>>> >>>> you can still help by letting people know about GSoC at your >>>>>> local Clojure >>>>>> >>>> meetup, university, or other local group. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> We would also like to extend a big thank you to all of the >>>>>> people who >>>>>> >>>> contributed to our project ideas >>>>>> >>>> <http://clojure-gsoc.org/project-ideas/>. 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Noor Afshan Fathima -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/CANCQ33Orp61WR59MivBTxKgYvWphLo7zbXn%3Diw9%2BfY16LGYzJg%40mail.gmail.com.
