FreeBSD + Google Code-In 2014 = we need ideas.

[Wojciech A. Koszek]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 01:56:27PM -0700, Alan Somers wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Wojciech A. Koszek <wkoszek at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Hello,

BTW, FYI:

We didn't make it this year.

Judging by the GSoC 2014 Reunion, there is a lot of seasoned Orgs which
treat GCIN very seriously, so I think if we plan to participate, it'll be a
lot of effort to compete with them

Anyway: thanks for the tasks which were submitted. I will put them in Wiki
for the reference,

Wojciech

> >
> > This year we'd like to participate in the Google Code-In 2014. This is
> > Google Summer of Code, but for younger people: age range is 13--17. If
> > you're one of them, we highly encourage you to apply!
> >
> > ***This year coding tasks are possible, so feel free to add those***
> >
> > To submit idea which you'd like to see done in GCI, visit:
> >
> >         http://bit.ly/FreeBSD_GCIN2014
> >
> > Regardless of who you are, please use the form to submit ideas.  Don't add
> > stuff via Wiki, since this year we'll do direct import of all ideas from
> > Google Forms.
> >
> > To see tasks from previous year that are yet to be copied to Google Forms:
> >
> >         https://wiki.freebsd.org/GoogleCodeIn/2014Tasks
> >
> > Thanks to GCI in the previous years, we gained one more FreeBSD developer.
> > We'd like to partcipate this year too. We need:
> >
> >         1) ideas.
> 
> 
> How about converting various utility functions to use libxo?  I think
> that's within the grasp of a high-schooler.
> 
> 
> >
> >         2) mentors
> >
> >         3) participants.
> >
> > Just like in previous years we'll decide whether we're ready. Deadlines:
> >
> >         ---
> >         November 12, 2014 - The 10-12 Mentoring organizations are announced for
> >         Google Code-in 2014 and the orgs can start entering their tasks into the
> >         Google system (the tasks will not be viewable to students until the contest
> >         opens on Dec 1).
> >         December 1, 2014 17:00 UTC - Google Code-in 2014 contest opens for students
> >         January 19, 2015 17:00 UTC - Google Code-in 2014 student work ends
> >         ---
> >
> > MORE INFO:
> >
> >         [0] http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2014
> >         [1] gci-mentors at googlegroups.com
> >         [2] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/mentor-and-orgadmin-info
> >
> > --
> > Wojciech A. Koszek
> > wkoszek at FreeBSD.czest.pl
> > http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/~wkoszek/
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Wojciech A. Koszek
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http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/~wkoszek/