We have been accepted into Google Summer of Code 2019 (GSoC)!!!
The timeline is as follows:
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January 15, 2019: Organization Application Period -
February 6, 2019: Organization Application Deadline -
February 26, 2019: Organizations Announced -
March 25, 2019 - April 9, 2019: Student Application period
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May 6, 2019: Student projects announced
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May 6 - 27, 2019: Community Bonding Period
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May 27, 2019 - August 19, 2019: Coding
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June 24 - 28, 2019: First Evaluation Period
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July 22 - 26, 2019: Second Evaluation Period
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August 19 - 26, 2019: Student Final Evaluation Period
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August 26, 2019 - September 2, 2019: Mentor Final Evaluation Period
Next Steps for Mentors
- Get yourselves signed up as mentors ASAP on the GSoC website.
- Please review the GSoC Mentor’s Manual as it goes over everything you need to do and how to evaluate proposals.
- Refine your project descriptions and be ready to respond to student questions in a timely manner. There is a feedback loop that should happen. The best students will be refining their proposals over time.
- Be available on the chat to respond to student questions in a timely manner. No questions should go unanswered for 24 hrs – let’s aim for 24-36 hours. Also, be available to respond to questions here on the forums as well.
- During the program, ALL communication must be public. Failure to do so will not end well. We will be detailing how violations will be handled a bit later. This will however be strictly enforced but each case will be given consideration as to whether or not the private communication was necessary.
- Double check and make sure you’re in the @mentors groups here on the forums. If not, send a direct message to @mentors and let us know!
Next steps for prospective students
- Introduce yourself to us. Explain your background and what you like to do.
- Review the GSoC Student Manual as it covers any questions you may have.
- Join our chat – Desktop clients and mobile clients exist – use them…
- Please keep your discussion and questions within the threads we have set up for each project. If you are proposing another project, please make a new thread, otherwise, DO NOT create new threads.
- Expect to refine your proposal over-time. We are looking evaluating you based on the proposal. You have a limited amount of time to complete your project, so you need to have a reasonable timeline defined.
- Start your proposal early, don’t wait until the last minute, it rarely ends well.
Your GSoC Admin Team: myself(@r0bby), @judywawira, and @sunbiz
Applications haven’t opened up yet however. That doesn’t mean you can’t start your application now though!