<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I would also like to inform the community about a recent email on the gsoc mailing-list: It reads: </div><div>"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."</div><div><br></div><div>I went ahead and checked their <a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq" target="_blank">official website</a>. 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?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 10:04 AM J T <<a href="mailto:jtis4stx@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jtis4stx@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div dir="auto"> <div dir="auto">Hello Walter & All</div> <div dir="auto">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.</div> <div dir="auto"><br> </div> <div dir="auto">All the Best!</div> <div dir="auto">John Tierney</div> <div dir="auto"><br> </div> <div dir="auto"><br> </div> <div dir="auto"><br> </div> <div id="gmail-m_1664102500209146274gmail-m_4854815218301697253gmail-m_8518546626933996423x_composer_signature" dir="auto"> <div dir="auto" style="font-size:85%;color:rgb(87,87,87)">Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note10+.</div> </div> <div dir="auto"><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>-------- Original message --------</div> <div>From: Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> </div> <div>Date: 10/28/20 9:44 PM (GMT-05:00) </div> <div>To: Martin Abente Lahaye <<a href="mailto:tch@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">tch@sugarlabs.org</a>> </div> <div>Cc: iaep <<a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>>, Mariah Villarreal <<a href="mailto:villarrealmn@gmail.com" target="_blank">villarrealmn@gmail.com</a>> </div> <div>Subject: Re: [IAEP] GCI discontinued - backup plan </div> <div><br> </div> </div> <font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"> <div>I have not had the bandwidth to really wrap my head around how to do<br> this yet. Coming up with projects is not a problem. Global outreach<br> w/o Google will be a challenge. @tincho maybe we can grab a few<br> minutes to discuss this?<br> <br> -walter<br> <br> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 4:24 PM Martin Abente Lahaye <<a href="mailto:tch@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">tch@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > I would love to see this happening as well.<br> ><br> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 5:00 PM Mariah Villarreal <<a href="mailto:villarrealmn@gmail.com" target="_blank">villarrealmn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> >><br> >> I'm happy to help with outreach for participants if this comes to fruition. I have some free time these days :)<br> >><br> >><br> >><br> >> On 10/28/20 6:45 PM, Samson Goddy wrote:<br> >><br> >> Yes, Walter mentioned it at some point, looking forward in helping too.<br> >><br> >><br> >> Regards<br> >><br> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 6:43 PM Samson Goddy <<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote:<br> >>><br> >>> Yes, Walter mentioned it at some point, looking forward in helping too.<br> >>><br> >>><br> >>> Regards<br> >>><br> >>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 6:32 PM Jui Pradhan <<a href="mailto:juipradhan2k@gmail.com" target="_blank">juipradhan2k@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> >>>><br> >>>> Hi,<br> >>>> I'm aware that GCI has been discontinued and sugarlabs was a participating organization before. Generally, it was around December and January.<br> >>>> I remember reading a mail about the discussion on "how we might continue the concept without formal support".<br> >>>> Has anything been finalized yet? Also, I would be happy to help. 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