At Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:18:41 +0200, Boris Schaeling wrote:
Boost is invited to become a mentoring organization in the Google Code-in 2010 program. If you have never heard about it (like me :): It's basically Google Summer of Code for pre-university students (the most important requirement is that participants are between 13 and 18 years old). This program is organized as a contest though: It's not so much about mentoring but setting up tasks in eight categories (writing code, documenting, translating etc.). Students will pick then tasks, and judges from participating organizations decide who won. :)
While I've no idea if there is any interest to participate in this new program (are there any pre-university students on this mailing list for example?) I wanted to forward the invitation at least. As the deadline to apply as a mentoring organization is 29 October there is not much time left to decide either.
Hi Boris, Is there a place on the web where we can read more about this? A bit more official info would be helpful. Thanks, -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com