Re: [Mifos-users] GSOC 2019: Calling all Mentors for the Mifos Initiative

[Ed C. <ed...@mi...>]

Hi everyone, I'm having technical difficulties with my laptop. Stand by and
I'll have have go to training session up and meeting running ...


Ed

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 00:49 Ed Cable <ed...@mi... wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just a reminder that haven't expressed an interest in being a
> mentor,please do so via this form: https://goo.gl/forms/Nv1PjbLLeYT9omv12
>
> As a reminder, prospective mentors (please no students as of yet) we have
> a call this Friday (originally scheduled for 1400GMT) but I have to move to
> 1300GMT as I have a flight I have to catch that morning.
>
> Register at: https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/4779555451592106242
>
> Ed
>
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 11:57 PM Ed Cable <ed...@mi...> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We just concluded Google Code-In and we've already got to prepare for
>> hopefully our next Google Open Source Programs initiative - GSOC! Our goal
>> is for Mifos to get accepted for the eighth year and have interns work on
>> both Mifos X web and mobile apps as well as Fineract and Fineract CN.
>>
>> Google Summer of Code applications open on January 15 and are due
>> February 6. So right now we need to ready our application which means we
>> need a group of committed mentors and and most importantly a solid ideas
>> list.
>>
>> The coding program officially runs from May 27 to Aug 26 (two weeks later
>> than last year) .
>>
>> 2018 was our biggest year of participation in GSOC to date with 13
>> interns mentored by the Mifos Initiative. With that high volume of
>> students, and a few mentors that weren't available, we tested the limits of
>> our mentors. So I want to emphasize this year that if you express interest
>> in being a mentor, know the commitment it takes.
>>
>> Mifos participation is in addition to whatever participation Apache
>> Fineract might do as part of the umbrella organization, Apache Software
>> Foundation.
>>
>> *Developers!*
>> This program is one of our most impactful ways to extend our software but
>> most importantly grow our community over the long run. Our most active
>> volunteers, committers, and maintainers in the community have all been
>> former GSOC students so if you're a senior community member looking for a
>> great way to give back, this is it!
>>
>> I gave a talk this past year that explains how GSOC is truly the
>> lifeblood and organic growth engine for our community -
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtxBX7Sbqv0
>>
>> In case you forgot, here's a wrap-up of our 2018 GSOC:
>> https://mifos.org/blog/2018-google-summer-of-code-wrap-up/
>>
>> If interested please *fill out this form*
>> <https://goo.gl/forms/Nv1PjbLLeYT9omv12> and/or reply to this email
>> thread. If you know someone who would be a good mentor, don't hesitate
>> to invite them.
>>
>> We have a developer meeting scheduled for January 18 at 1400GMT
>> <https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/4779555451592106242> so let's use
>> that as a means to solidify our list of ideas and answer any questions you
>> might have about mentoring!
>>
>> *Partners & Users!*
>>
>> Regarding our list of Ideas, this year we'll both revisit some of the
>> ideas that weren't picked up last year, continue evolving the apps that
>> students have worked on in the past and try to do more projects on Apache
>> Fineract CN, the Gen 3 architecture.
>>
>> As we did last year, the majority of ideas we'll submit for our
>> application will be related to Mifos X distribution powered by Apache
>> Fineract 1.0 including web app (Community App), mobile apps (field officer,
>> mobile banking, mobile wallet ), and other modules (data import tool, etc.)
>> powered by Apache Fineract.
>>
>> We'll be refining the list of ideas started at
>>  2019 GSOC Ideas
>> <https://docs.google.com/a/mifos.org/document/d/1-FkvbLQntJsTOoeh3gtzz5HCsAz01u0C0aOIzAJGDv0/edit?usp=drive_web>
>>
>> and then adding them to the 2019 Ideas page at
>> https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/spaces/RES/pages/812810251/Google+Summer+of+Code+2019+Ideas
>>
>> We especially need more functional use cases of what the mobile apps
>> should support - if you would like to see new innovation and more
>> development - this is your chance to have your feedback be heard!
>>
>> Mark your calendars and register for our January 18 developer meeting
>> <https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/4779555451592106242> - we'll use
>> part of it to discuss what it means to be a GSOC mentor, and refine our
>> list of ideas.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> *Ed Cable*
>> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
>> ed...@mi... | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>>
>> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
>> <http://facebook.com/mifos>  <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
>>
>>
>
> --
> *Ed Cable*
> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative
> ed...@mi... | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649
>
> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org
> <http://facebook.com/mifos>  <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
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