On Oct 24, 2013, at 5:21 AM, Ulrich Stärk <u...@apache.org> wrote: > No. I have forwarded this information to the ComDev PMC a few weeks back but > nobody seems to have an > interest in driving this. > > I think we have never participated in GCI because the tasks don't match well > with what we do and > because mentoring juvenile high-school students is something very different > than mentoring adult > college students and probably a lot more time-consuming too.
Yes I agree. I was just wondering if you were submitting or not. > > Cheers, > > Uli > > On 2013-10-24 11:14, Sebastien Goasguen wrote: >> Are you submitting something ? >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> *From: *Stephanie <sttay...@google.com <mailto:sttay...@google.com>> >>> *Subject: **[GSoC Mentors] Deadline for Google Code-in 2013 Mentoring Org >>> Apps is Monday, Oct 28th >>> at 19:00 UTC* >>> *Date: *October 23, 2013 8:58:54 PM EDT >>> *To: *google-summer-of-code-mentors-l...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:google-summer-of-code-mentors-l...@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> Hi GSoC Mentors and Org Admins, >>> >>> Just a quick reminder that for those organizations interested in >>> participating in Google Code-in >>> 2013 [0] the deadline to apply is in 5 days - Monday, October 28th at 19:00 >>> UTC. >>> >>> If your org has decided it would like to apply to participate in the >>> contest, please read the >>> Mentor Information [1] to make sure you have the time and capacity to >>> participate in the contest. >>> You can then go ahead and fill out the application [2] on Melange now. The >>> person filling out the >>> org app must already be registered in Melange from a prior instance of >>> Google Code-in or Google >>> Summer of Code in order to access the program application for GCI 2013. >>> >>> Please read over the rules for participating as an organization in GCI >>> before applying, they can >>> be found on the Organization Agreement [3]. >>> >>> Again this year the participating organizations will be choosing their top >>> 2 contributors during >>> the contest period, every org will have 2 students represented on the Grand >>> Prize Trip. >>> >>> The most important part of your application is the tasks list, be sure to >>> have at least 4 tasks in >>> each of the 5 categories on your app. The Task list gives you an >>> opportunity to think about how >>> your org would break up tasks into bite size chunks for students to work on >>> (sometimes this can be >>> a bit tricky). This is also a great way for orgs to see how easy/difficult >>> it will be for them to >>> come up with tasks for the contest. Orgs should expect to have between >>> 150-300 tasks completed by >>> students throughout the 7 week program. The orgs that are chosen to >>> participate will need to be >>> prepared to have at least 75 tasks on their page when the contest opens for >>> students on Nov 18th. >>> >>> If you have any questions please contact this list or you can contact me >>> directly at >>> sttay...@google.com <mailto:sttay...@google.com>. Thanks. >>> >>> We will announce the GCI 2013 Mentoring orgs on Friday, November 1st. >>> >>> [0] developers.google.com/open-source/gci >>> <http://developers.google.com/open-source/gci> >>> >>> [1] https://code.google.com/p/google-code-in/wiki/GCIMentorInfo2013 >>> <https://code.google.com/p/google-code-in/wiki/GCIMentorInfo2013> >>> >>> [2] http://www.google-melange.com/gci/org/application/google/gci2013 >>> <http://www.google-melange.com/gci/org/application/google/gci2013> >>> >>> [3] >>> http://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2013/org_admin_agreement >>> <http://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2013/org_admin_agreement> >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> Stephanie Taylor >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google Summer of Code >>> Mentors List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to >>> google-summer-of-code-mentors-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:google-summer-of-code-mentors-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> google-summer-of-code-mentors-l...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:google-summer-of-code-mentors-l...@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-mentors-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>
