[IAEP] GCI discontinued - backup plan

[Jui Pradhan]

Hello,
Great to know that the plan is still on. Yes, global outreach would be a
major issue. Besides, if we solve that issue do you have anything specific
in mind about what we give back to the students? Payments can be an issue
if the students( I assume will be under 18) belong to different countries
with different regulations on receiving money.

I would also like to inform the community about a recent email on the gsoc
mailing-list: It reads:
"For 2021 we are excited to offer smaller sized projects and thus a lower
time commitment for those interested in participating in the program. In
2021 all student projects will be 175 hour projects (instead of the
previous 350 hr projects) and the coding period will be 10 weeks. There are
many folks who have been unable to commit to a 350 hr project but are
interested in learning more about open source and being a part of these
amazing open source communities so we hope this will allow those folks to
apply for the program. We are trying to add more flexibility into the
program for folks."

I went ahead and checked their official website
<https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq>. The money the
organization will receive has dropped to 400 USD per student and the number
of hours has nearly halved. I have seen maximum activity(contributions)
during the months these programs happened. Do you think these recent
changes to the open-source student programs can significantly affect the
organization?



On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 10:04 AM J T <jtis4stx at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Walter & All
> It's been awhile my friend I hope all is well! I would like to join this
> discussion see if I can be helpful. Let me know when and what irc channel
> you will be on to discuss.
>
> All the Best!
> John Tierney
>
>
>
> Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note10+.
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> Date: 10/28/20 9:44 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Martin Abente Lahaye <tch at sugarlabs.org>
> Cc: iaep <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>, Mariah Villarreal <
> villarrealmn at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] GCI discontinued - backup plan
>
> I have not had the bandwidth to really wrap my head around how to do
> this yet. Coming up with projects is not a problem. Global outreach
> w/o Google will be a challenge. @tincho maybe we can grab a few
> minutes to discuss this?
>
> -walter
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 4:24 PM Martin Abente Lahaye <tch at sugarlabs.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > I would love to see this happening as well.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 5:00 PM Mariah Villarreal <
> villarrealmn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm happy to help with outreach for participants if this comes to
> fruition. I have some free time these days :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/28/20 6:45 PM, Samson Goddy wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, Walter mentioned it at some point, looking forward in helping too.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 6:43 PM Samson Goddy <samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yes, Walter mentioned it at some point, looking forward in helping too.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 6:32 PM Jui Pradhan <juipradhan2k at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> I'm aware that GCI has been discontinued and sugarlabs was a
> participating organization before. Generally, it was around December and
> January.
> >>>> I remember reading a mail about the discussion on "how we might
> continue the concept without formal support".
> >>>> Has anything been finalized yet? Also, I would be happy to help. Do
> let me know.
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> --
> >>>> Jui Pradhan
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Regards,
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Jui Pradhan
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