Google Code-in 2010 (another Google program like Summer of Code)
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. Boris
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
Boost is invited to become a mentoring organization in the Google Code-in 2010 program.
Hi Boris,
Is there a place on the web where we can read more about this? A bit more official info would be helpful.
http://code.google.com/opensource/gci/2010-11/index.html I didn't realize that Boost was specifically invited. From my understanding, it was an open invitation to apply that went to all of the GSoC orgs. Andrew Sutton
At Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:31:24 -0500, Andrew Sutton wrote:
Boost is invited to become a mentoring organization in the Google Code-in 2010 program.
Hi Boris,
Is there a place on the web where we can read more about this? A bit more official info would be helpful.
http://code.google.com/opensource/gci/2010-11/index.html
I didn't realize that Boost was specifically invited. From my understanding, it was an open invitation to apply that went to all of the GSoC orgs.
That's so vague; it's almost impossible to figure out what this would mean we'd be signing up for. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com
Am 21.10.2010 16:47, schrieb David Abrahams:
At Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:31:24 -0500, Andrew Sutton wrote:
Boost is invited to become a mentoring organization in the Google Code-in 2010 program.
Hi Boris,
Is there a place on the web where we can read more about this? A bit more official info would be helpful.
http://code.google.com/opensource/gci/2010-11/index.html
I didn't realize that Boost was specifically invited. From my understanding, it was an open invitation to apply that went to all of the GSoC orgs.
That's so vague; it's almost impossible to figure out what this would mean we'd be signing up for.
The FAQ is more specific: http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/opensource/gci/2010-11/faqs.html -Christopher
That's so vague; it's almost impossible to figure out what this would mean we'd be signing up for.
My impression also. Even with the FAQ, there doesn't seem to be a lot of organization-specific information. I guess if we wanted to participate, we'd just need to create a list of a couple dozen tasks among the 100-odd Boost libraries that can be readily solved by pre-college students. Of course, those tasks need to be of sufficient simplicity that a single student could address a number of them between Nov 22 and Jan 10. Andrew
On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:13:59 -0700, Andrew Sutton <asutton.list@gmail.com> wrote:
That's so vague; it's almost impossible to figure out what this would mean we'd be signing up for.
My impression also. Even with the FAQ, there doesn't seem to be a lot of organization-specific information. I guess if we wanted to participate, we'd just need to create a list of a couple dozen tasks among the 100-odd Boost libraries that can be readily solved by pre-college students. Of course, those tasks need to be of sufficient simplicity that a single student could address a number of them between Nov 22 and Jan 10.
I went to yesterday's session at the GSoC mentor summit to learn more about Google Code-In. There were quite a lot of questions from other orgs, too. My impression is that it is really a test drive from Google. That said we (Boost or any other participating org) can't do anything wrong as noone knows what's right. :) As long as we come up with some tasks, mentor students and evaluate their solutions we are fine. That said if noone objects and noone else is interested in the program I could go ahead, register Boost and try to see how the program works? There is no other mentor summit for Google Code-In (someone had asked in the session ;) but it might be still good for Boost to participate in this program from the start? Boris
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:54:32 +0200, Boris Schaeling <boris@highscore.de> wrote:
[...]I went to yesterday's session at the GSoC mentor summit to learn more about Google Code-In. There were quite a lot of questions from other orgs, too. My impression is that it is really a test drive from Google. That said we (Boost or any other participating org) can't do anything wrong as noone knows what's right. :) As long as we come up with some tasks, mentor students and evaluate their solutions we are fine. That said if noone objects and noone else is interested in the program I could go ahead, register Boost and try to see how the program works? There is no other mentor summit for Google Code-In (someone had asked in the session ;) but it might be still good for Boost to participate in this program from the start?
More information: A Samba developer told me that they plan to participate and start with 10 tasks. As it is possible to setup new tasks while the contest runs one can start slowly. As I alone can create 10 tasks I think Boost can easily participate. Furthermore, tasks do not need to be about coding (eg. students can work on the documentation; I assume this also makes mentoring and evaluating easier). Can anyone tell me whether I can register on behalf of Boost? Who is the Booster to decide? :) Boris
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