Google Code In 2019

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Central page for administering OSGeo participation in Google Code In 2019

= Background =


 * Google Code In program has been officially announced
 * Google Code In main page
 * How Google Code-in Works
 * Examples of Google Code-in Tasks (also see OSGeo's tasks from the 2018 contest here)
 * Logo, flyer and presentation
 * Roles and responsibilities of Students, Mentors and Admins

= Timeline =


 * Full timeline
 * Oct 10 2019: Organizations can start drafting application to be mentoring organizations
 * Oct 28 2019: Application deadline (exact time) for mentoring organizations (we should have mentors and tasks by then - we need a minimum of 25 tasks by 17 Sept, but we should aim to have between 150 & 500 tasks in total before the contest begins)
 * Oct 29 2019: Mentoring organizations announced
 * Dec 2 2019: Contest opens for entries by student participants (exact time)
 * Jan 21 2020: Deadline for students to claim new tasks (exact time)
 * Jan 23 2020: All student work must be submitted; contest ends (exact time)
 * Jan 24 2020: Mentoring organizations complete all evaluations of students’ work (exact time)
 * Jan 30 2020: Mentoring organizations submit list of Winners and Finalists (exact time)
 * Feb 10 2020: Grand Prize Winners and Finalists announced
 * June (exact dates TBD): Grand Prize Winner’s Trip

= Rules =


 * Contest rules
 * Ineligible individuals (according to the above rules):
 * a resident of a United States embargoed country, Brazil, Italy, or Quebec (see Google's reasons; link to the Italian law about online contests),
 * ordinarily resident in a United States embargoed country,
 * participating as a Mentor in the 2019 Contest, or
 * otherwise prohibited by applicable export controls and sanctions programs.

= Communication =


 * OSGeo's gci-discuss mailing list, which is for students to ask general questions to OSGeo admins and mentors (subscribe at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gci-discuss)
 * Gitter (requires a Github account), https://gitter.im/OSGeo-GCI/community
 * Google's "Code-in Discuss" forum (mostly for general program questions, monitored by Google staff): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gci-discuss

= Administrators =

Contact OSGeo's administrators: gci-osgeo at googlegroups.com
 * Victoria Rautenbach  (IRC nickname: "vrautenbach")
 * Rahul Chauhan  (IRC nickname: "rahulworld")
 * Cameron Green  (IRC nickname: "CamGreen")
 * Frikan Erwee  (IRC nickname: "FrikanRw")

= Interested mentors / volunteers =


 * please fill out the Google form mentioned at Google Code In 2019 Mentors

= Recommendations for Students =


 * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2019_Recommendations_for_Students

= Tasks =


 * available on the GCI Dashboard when the contest starts on 2 December 2019: https://codein.withgoogle.com/
 * OSGeo's 2017 tasks: https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2017/organization/5168183002529792/task/
 * OSGeo's tasks from the 2018 contest: https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2018/organization/5912217769738240/task/
 * mentors: for bulk uploading tasks see steps here

= Application =


 * our OSGeo application as a mentor organization, see: Google Code In 2019 Application

= Lessons Learned =
 * 2018, 2017

= Mentor Representation at the Grand Prize Winners Trip =


 * 1 mentor will represent OSGeo at the GCI Grand Prize Winners trip in either May 31 - June 4 or June 21-25
 * a travel stipend of 2200 USD will be available for flight & travel costs (Google will pay for 4 nights in hotel)

Deadline for signing up is 17 February 2020 at 16:00 UTC. To determine the winner, a lottery will be done using Randompicker.

If you think that you will be able to get a USA visa and would like an oppurtuntiy to attend the GCI trip, please sign add your name below:
 * Cameron Green 
 * Sunveer Singh 
 * Luqmaan Hassim
 * Abhinav Kumar 

Result of the lottery
Sunveer Singh was selected to represent OSGeo at the GCI grand winners trip. Congratulations.

You can access the public record of the draw here, https://app.randompicker.com/protocol/653156x47412