[ Mail-Followup-To: -project ] TL;DR: I'm looking for volunteers that will act as Debian Project liaisons (or "admins") for the Google Code In initiative [1]. Deadline for project applications is November 1st; we'll miss it unless we have the volunteers before that date. Feel free to volunteer either on -project or by mailing me at leader@d.o.
------- The Google Code In (GCI) initiative [1] is a contest organized by Google that encourages student participation into Free Software projects. Compared to the more famous Google Summer of Code (GSOC) initiative [2], GCI focuses on smaller tasks. [1] http://code.google.com/gci [2] http://code.google.com/soc According to feedback I've received from the Debian liaisons from last year GCI (thanks a lot, Ana!), GCI students are quite likely to remain involved into Debian, with higher percentages than GSOC. That outcome is really valuable for our project. Additionally, we could use the chance of initiatives like GCI to work on ways to maintain a list of Debian "easy hacks". As recently shown by the LibreOffice example, such lists can be very effective in attracting new contributors to a Free Software project. We have tried in the past similar initiatives using "gift" tags [3,4], but that has not really worked out. I think we should try again and make it work, possibly via different/new technical means. [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/12/msg00679.html [4] http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2008/08/PTS_integrated_with_mentors_and_gifts/ For all the above reasons, I'm calling for volunteers willing to act as GCI admins. The task / requirements are about: - having time to devote to the task from the beginning of November to the beginning of January - calling for / organizing ways to collect Debian "easy hacks", that will be given out as GCI tasks - interacting with the students that will take part in GCI Background material and feedback/proposals on how to make it work properly in Debian can be found in a slide deck by Ana [5]. [5] http://penta.debconf.org/dc11_schedule/attachments/189_google-code-in.pdf The deadline for *project* applications in GCI is November 1st. We'll need to have volunteers before that date, as it'd be pointless to apply if we aren't sure Debian can participate properly in GCI. According to feedback from past admins, it'd be wise to have at least 3 volunteers before deciding to apply. Many thanks in advance!, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences ...... http://upsilon.cc/zack ...... . . o Debian Project Leader ....... @zack on identi.ca ....... o o o « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »
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