Google Code In 2018

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Central page for administering OSGeo participation in Google Code In 2018

= 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
 * Logo, flyer and presentation
 * Roles and responsibilities of Students, Mentors and Admins

= Timeline =


 * Full timeline
 * Sept 7 2018: organizations can start drafting application to be mentoring organizations
 * Sept 17 2018: application deadline (exact time) for mentoring organizations (we should have mentors and tasks by then - "between 150 to 500 tasks")
 * Sept 18 2018: Mentoring organizations announced
 * Oct 23 2018: Contest opens for entries by student participants
 * Dec 10 2018:	Deadline for students to claim new tasks
 * Dec 12 2018:	All student work must be submitted; contest ends
 * Dec 13 2018:	Mentoring organizations complete all evaluations of students’ work
 * Jan 7 2019:	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 2018 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)
 * IRC-channel: #osgeo-gsoc channel on freenode.net
 * how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with webchat
 * Google's "Code-in Discuss" forum (mostly for general program questions, monitored by Google staff): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gci-discuss

= Administrators =


 * Jeff McKenna  (IRC nickname: "jmckenna")

= Interested mentors / volunteers =


 * fill out the Google form mentioned at Google Code In 2018 Mentors

= Recommendations for Students =


 * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018_Recommendations_for_Students

= Tasks =


 * available on the GCI Dashboard when the contest starts on 23 October: https://codein.withgoogle.com/
 * mentors: for bulk uploading tasks see steps here

= Application =


 * our OSGeo application as a mentor organization, see: Google Code In 2018 Application

= Lessons Learned =


 * see https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017_Lessons_Learned

= 2017 pages =


 * see https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Google_Code_In_2017