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

[Devin Ulibarri]

Hi,
Certainly.
Devin
On Thu, 2018-08-30 at 00:02 +0100, Glide wrote:
> Would love to participate!
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:14 PM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
> wrote:
> > 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
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > 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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> > > --
> > > Walter Bender
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> > > [12]
> > > 
> > > References:
> > > 
> > > [1] mailto:gci-mentors at googlegroups.com
> > > [2] mailto:gci-mentors at googlegroups.com
> > > [3] http://g.co/gci
> > > [4] http://g.co/gci
> > > [5] https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-c
> > ode-in-2018.html
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