<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey Vaibhav Gupta, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Being a mentor for this years GCI requires that you're a contributor to sugarlabs, take a look at the list below - by James Cameron - <br></div><div>Looking forward to your contributions. Thanks.<br></div><div><br></div><div>New to Sugar Labs?  Unlock these achievements in any order;</div>
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1.  Use Sugar or Sugarizer,<br>
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    <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/how-can-i-help.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/how-can-i-help.md</a><br>
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    * by using Sugar or Sugarizer you will learn how it works, and<br>
      what can be improved.<br>
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    * mandatory,<br>
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2.  Read our Code of Conduct,<br>
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    <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md</a><br>
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    * mandatory,<br>
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3.  Join the developer mailing list,<br>
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    <a href="https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a><br>
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    * for asking questions and helping others,<br>
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    * don't use digest mode if you plan to post messages or replies,<br>
      as it breaks threads, and please try to keep discussions public,<br>
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    * mandatory,<br>
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4.  Get a GitHub account,<br>
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    <a href="https://github.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/</a><br>
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    * for reporting issues, and fixing problems in source code,<br>
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    * recommended,<br>
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5.  Join the Sugar Labs GitHub organisation,<br>
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    <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs</a><br>
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    * for regular source code contributors, and reviewers, by<br>
      invitation, contact one of the existing members,<br>
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    * helpful for mail notification of GitHub activity,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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6.  Join as a Member of Sugar Labs,<br>
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    <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members</a><br>
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    * requires some contribution; code, documentation, translations,<br>
      maintenance, running a Sugar deployment, or any other<br>
      non-trivial activities which benefit Sugar Labs,<br>
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    * reviewed by committee,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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7.  Get a <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">wiki.sugarlabs.org</a> account,<br>
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    <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/</a><br>
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    * needed for maintaining Wiki content,<br>
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    * needed as part of moving Wiki content to GitHub,<br>
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    * for subscribing to edit notifications.<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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8.  Get an <a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">activities.sugarlabs.org</a> account,<br>
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    <a href="https://activities.sugarlabs.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://activities.sugarlabs.org/</a><br>
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    * needed for releasing new versions of Sugar activities,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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9.  Get a <a href="http://shell.sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">shell.sugarlabs.org</a> account,<br>
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    <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Service/shell#Requesting_a_shell_account" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Service/shell#Requesting_a_shell_account</a><br>
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    * requires a justification,<br>
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    * may also provide @<a href="http://sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">sugarlabs.org</a> mail address,<br>
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    * for releasing new versions of Sugar components, test builds,<br>
      large data sets, or public git hosting,<br>
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    * for limited experimentation with non-root network services, such<br>
      as bots or IRC proxies,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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10. Get a <a href="http://translate.sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">translate.sugarlabs.org</a> account,<br>
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    <a href="https://translate.sugarlabs.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://translate.sugarlabs.org/</a><br>
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    * if you are bi- or multi-lingual, use your skills,<br>
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    * especially if you can test Sugar activities and components, as<br>
      this will inform your translations,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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11. Get a <a href="http://bugs.sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">bugs.sugarlabs.org</a> account,<br>
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    <a href="https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/</a><br>
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    * only if you must maintain old bug reports,<br>
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    * new issues may be reported via GitHub,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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12. Join Sugar on Fedora live system mailing list,<br>
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    <a href="https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a><br>
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    * download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package,<br>
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    * share your experience with others who focus on this<br>
      distribution,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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13. Join Sugar on Debian mailing lists,<br>
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    <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md#packaging" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md#packaging</a><br>
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    * download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package,<br>
<br>
    * share your experience with others who focus on this distribution,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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14. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar<br>
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    irc://<a href="http://irc.freenode.net/#sugar" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net/#sugar</a><br>
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    * for synchronous chat with others,<br>
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    * requires registration with <a href="http://freenode.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">freenode.net</a>,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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15. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar-meeting<br>
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    irc://<a href="http://irc.freenode.net/#sugar-meeting" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net/#sugar-meeting</a><br>
    <a href="http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/</a><br>
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    * for meetings, but keep your own transcripts and minutes,<br>
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    * requires registration with <a href="http://freenode.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">freenode.net</a>,<br>
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    * optional,<br>
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16. Maintain an Activity<br>
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    <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md#checklist---maintainer" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md#checklist---maintainer</a><br>
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    * many learner focused activities (apps) need simple maintenance,<br>
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    * adopt an activity you like as your focus.<br>
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Hope that helps!<div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><pre style="color:rgb(46,52,54);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">-- <br></span></pre><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span></span><span></span>Ibiam Chihurumnaya <br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><a href="mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(42,118,198)" target="_blank">ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com</a></span></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 2:08 PM VAIBHAV GUPTA <<a href="mailto:guptavaibhav18197@gmail.com">guptavaibhav18197@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-6377318628688688618gmail-docs-internal-guid-eb5685cf-7fff-f1ae-9ce0-5c1ff1abe6ee"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello everyone,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am Vaibhav, a computer science undergraduate researcher from IIIT Hyderabad. This past summer, I was software developer intern at Google Summer of Code where my task was to built a complete tool, including an administrative interface for manual annotation of datasets for Red Hen Lab. I also have an intern project in The Linux Foundation (OPNFV) revolving around research into http-profiling and defining performance metrics for benchmarking of OpenStack’s Swift Object Storage.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I have been working and contributing to various open source projects. I have acquired fair amount of open source experience working with organizations like Red Hen Lab, ZENODO (CERN), OPNFV (The Linux Foundation) and AIMA Code. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am an open source enthusiast and would love to mentor students new to opensource. It would be highly appreciated if I could get a chance to guide the students being a mentor in Sugar Labs for Google Code-in’18.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since I am new to Sugar Labs it would be great if you could tell me if new comers can apply to be mentor in GCI and if so what are the requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Vaibhav</span></p></span></div>
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