GSoC and Outreachy Summer 2020?

>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 6:34 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> >
> > I notice deadlines are approaching for Git to apply for GSoC (Feb 5th)
> > and for Outreachy (Feb 18th), though we still have some time. Do mentors
> > have sufficient bandwidth for us to participate?
>
> I am willing to mentor or co-mentor someone for GSoC.
>
> (Sorry about replying only to Peff previously.)
>
> I also just added the following file, made from SoC-2019-Ideas.md:
>
> https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/General-Application-Information.md
>
> As with https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/General-Microproject-Information.md
> the idea is to not have separate documents for each year and each
> program (GSoC or Outreachy), but rather point people to the same
> document that we should update regularly.

> While at it, I just applied on behalf of Git to the GSoC 2020 and I
> sent invite to possible Organization Administrators. I am one of the
> admins already but we need another person to accept the invite before
> tomorrow as they require at least 2 admins. This is the only thing
> left we need to apply.

> > As with https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/General-Microproject-Information.md
> > the idea is to not have separate documents for each year and each
> > program (GSoC or Outreachy), but rather point people to the same
> > document that we should update regularly.
> 
> While at it, I just applied on behalf of Git to the GSoC 2020 and I
> sent invite to possible Organization Administrators. I am one of the
> admins already but we need another person to accept the invite before
> tomorrow as they require at least 2 admins. This is the only thing
> left we need to apply.
> 
> The information I used to apply is in:
> https://git.github.io/SoC-2020-Org-Application/

>
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 05:11:20PM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
>
> > > As with https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/General-Microproject-Information.md
> > > the idea is to not have separate documents for each year and each
> > > program (GSoC or Outreachy), but rather point people to the same
> > > document that we should update regularly.
> >
> > While at it, I just applied on behalf of Git to the GSoC 2020 and I
> > sent invite to possible Organization Administrators. I am one of the
> > admins already but we need another person to accept the invite before
> > tomorrow as they require at least 2 admins. This is the only thing
> > left we need to apply.
> >
> > The information I used to apply is in:
> > https://git.github.io/SoC-2020-Org-Application/
>
> Thank you for getting this going! I'm happy to be the second admin (and
> am signed up now).

>
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 11:39 PM Christian Couder
> <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > For some time I have been thinking about trying to get more former
> > GSoC students and Outreachy interns helping us with mentoring.
>
> Hi Christian,
>
> I'd be happy to co-mentor an Outreachy intern with an experienced
> mentor, hope I'm not too late.

> > I'd be happy to co-mentor an Outreachy intern with an experienced
> > mentor, hope I'm not too late.
> 
> Thank you for your interest in co-mentoring! It's very much appreciated!
> 
> I don't think you are late. It seems that February 25 at 4pm UTC is
> the deadline for project submission.

>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 05:03:47PM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
>
> > > I'd be happy to co-mentor an Outreachy intern with an experienced
> > > mentor, hope I'm not too late.
> >
> > Thank you for your interest in co-mentoring! It's very much appreciated!
> >
> > I don't think you are late. It seems that February 25 at 4pm UTC is
> > the deadline for project submission.
>
> I think it is too late. That's the deadline for mentor project
> submission, but the signup for orgs was Feb 18th.
>

> > I think it is too late. That's the deadline for mentor project
> > submission, but the signup for orgs was Feb 18th.
> 
> You're right, but they mentioned on the website that Feb 18th is for
> new communities who haven't participated before. I double checked with
> the Outreachy organizers and they can still add Git if there's funding
> and a mentor is interested.

> On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 08:20:04PM +1300, Heba Waly wrote:
>
> > > I think it is too late. That's the deadline for mentor project
> > > submission, but the signup for orgs was Feb 18th.
> >
> > You're right, but they mentioned on the website that Feb 18th is for
> > new communities who haven't participated before. I double checked with
> > the Outreachy organizers and they can still add Git if there's funding
> > and a mentor is interested.
>
> OK. It's a bit tight to line up funding, but we might be able to make it
> work. The big question is: do we have a mentor with a proposed project?
>
> Dscho mentioned a willingness to mentor, but I don't know if he's got a
> project proposal ready.

> > Dscho mentioned a willingness to mentor, but I don't know if he's got a
> > project proposal ready.
> 
> I would be willing to co-mentor, but I have no good project lined up, so
> it feels a bit rushed to me. Maybe take it easy and apply this fall?

>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 04:48:41PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> >
> > I would be willing to co-mentor, but I have no good project lined up, so
> > it feels a bit rushed to me. Maybe take it easy and apply this fall?
>
> I think that makes sense in this case.
>

> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 04:48:41PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > >
> > > I would be willing to co-mentor, but I have no good project lined up, so
> > > it feels a bit rushed to me. Maybe take it easy and apply this fall?
> >
> > I think that makes sense in this case.
> 
> I think I'll co-mentor with Christian then :)
>

>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 01:55:46PM +1300, Heba Waly wrote:
>
> > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 04:48:41PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I would be willing to co-mentor, but I have no good project lined up, so
> > > > it feels a bit rushed to me. Maybe take it easy and apply this fall?
> > >
> > > I think that makes sense in this case.
> >
> > I think I'll co-mentor with Christian then :)
> >
> Just to be clear: you mean on GSoC, or trying to get something together
> for Outreachy?
>

> > > I think I'll co-mentor with Christian then :)
> > >
> > Just to be clear: you mean on GSoC, or trying to get something together
> > for Outreachy?
> 
> GSoC.

>
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 7:30 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 05:03:47PM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
> >
> > > > I'd be happy to co-mentor an Outreachy intern with an experienced
> > > > mentor, hope I'm not too late.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your interest in co-mentoring! It's very much appreciated!
> > >
> > > I don't think you are late. It seems that February 25 at 4pm UTC is
> > > the deadline for project submission.
> >
> > I think it is too late. That's the deadline for mentor project
> > submission, but the signup for orgs was Feb 18th.
>
> You're right, but they mentioned on the website that Feb 18th is for
> new communities who haven't participated before. I double checked with
> the Outreachy organizers and they can still add Git if there's funding
> and a mentor is interested.
>
> I'm happy to help and co-mentor on any of the two programs.

>
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 05:11:20PM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
>
> > > As with https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/General-Microproject-Information.md
> > > the idea is to not have separate documents for each year and each
> > > program (GSoC or Outreachy), but rather point people to the same
> > > document that we should update regularly.
> >
> > While at it, I just applied on behalf of Git to the GSoC 2020 and I
> > sent invite to possible Organization Administrators. I am one of the
> > admins already but we need another person to accept the invite before
> > tomorrow as they require at least 2 admins. This is the only thing
> > left we need to apply.
> >
> > The information I used to apply is in:
> > https://git.github.io/SoC-2020-Org-Application/
>
> Thank you for getting this going! I'm happy to be the second admin (and
> am signed up now).

> Emily and Jonathan, If we participate in both GSoC and Outreachy this
> summer, I think it's better if we share as much as possible, so I
> would suggest we just create a "Summer-2020-Microprojects.md" and a
> "Summer-2020-Ideas.md" that are common to both GSoC and Outreachy.
>
> So I am planning to rename "SoC-2020-Ideas.md" into
> "Summer-2020-Ideas.md". I will also create a mostly dummy
> "Summer-2020-Microprojects.md" that we can fill up with micro project
> ideas.
>
> In the future we can perhaps continue this way by creating
> "Winter-2021-Microprojects.md" and a "Winter-2021-Ideas.md" for the
> next Winter Outreachy round if we participate?