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 