[Sugar-devel] Fwd: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students

[James Cameron]

I'm looking forward to it.

On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 05:09:50PM -0400, Walter Bender wrote:
> 
> Note that everything is pushed ahead by 1 month.
> Any interest in participating this year?
> 
> regards.
> 
> -walter
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> From: Google Code-in Mentors <[1]gci-mentors at googlegroups.com>
> Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 3:34 PM
> Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 - contest
> begins October 23rd for students
> To: Google Code-in Mentors <[2]gci-mentors at googlegroups.com>
> 
> Hello GCI mentors,
> 
> We are pleased to announce[3] Google Code-in (GCI) 2018, the 9th consecutive
> year of our contest for pre-university students ages 13-17. Please be aware GCI
> will start about a month earlier this year than in previous years - the contest
> starts for students October 23rd!
> 
> The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the[4] contest
> site.
> 
> Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please start
> thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and reach out to
> your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors for the program.
> Organization applications open for GCI orgs next week on Thursday, September
> 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday, September 17th. We will
> announce organizations on Tuesday, September 18th giving orgs 5 weeks to create
> their tasks before the contest begins on October 23rd.
> 
> The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
> 
>   • Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with their org
>     when deciding on finalists and winners
> 
>   • Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
> 
>   • We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
> 
>   • Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental Consent form
>     before they can claim their first task. This will slow things down but it
>     is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
> 
>   • No tasks asking for personal information about students will be allowed
>     (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves with info
>     like what country they are from, or photos of the students, etc.).
> 
> We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record number
> of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s[5] blog post.
> 
> If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at [6]
> gci-support at google.com
> 
> Best,
> 
> Stephanie and Mary
> 
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