Google Code In 2019

2020-02-10T06:09:36Z

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Central page for administering OSGeo participation in Google Code In 2019

= Background =

* Google Code In program has been [https://opensource.googleblog.com/2019/10/google-code-in-2019-org-applications.html officially announced]
* [https://codein.withgoogle.com/ Google Code In main page]
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/how-it-works How Google Code-in Works]
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/example-tasks Examples of Google Code-in Tasks] (also see OSGeo's tasks from the 2018 contest [https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2018/organization/5912217769738240/task/ here])
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/media Logo, flyer and presentation]
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/help/responsibilities Roles and responsibilities of Students, Mentors and Admins]

= Timeline =

* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/timeline Full timeline]
* Oct 10 2019: Organizations can start drafting application to be mentoring organizations
* Oct 28 2019: Application deadline ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191028T16&p1=1440 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 ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191202T18&p1=1440 exact time])
* Jan 21 2020: Deadline for students to claim new tasks ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200121T18&p1=1440 exact time])
* Jan 23 2020: All student work must be submitted; contest ends ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200123T18&p1=1440 exact time])
* Jan 24 2020: Mentoring organizations complete all evaluations of students’ work ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200124T18&p1=1440 exact time])
* Jan 30 2020: Mentoring organizations submit list of Winners and Finalists ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200130T18&p1=1440 exact time])
* Feb 10 2020: Grand Prize Winners and Finalists announced
* June (exact dates TBD): Grand Prize Winner’s Trip

= Rules =

* [https://codein.withgoogle.com/student-terms/ Contest rules]
** Ineligible individuals (according to the above rules):
*** a resident of a United States embargoed country, Brazil, Italy, or Quebec (see Google's [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/gci-mentors/KOZY6ivqfqA/9NazTL65AgAJ reasons]; [http://www.ce.camcom.it/files/normativa/dpr430_01.pdf 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 =

* [[Victoria Rautenbach]] <libravatar email="victoria.rautenbach@gmail.com"/> (IRC nickname: "vrautenbach")
* [[Rahul Chauhan]] <libravatar email="rahulnitsxr@gmail.com"/> (IRC nickname: "rahulworld")
* [[Cameron Green]] <libravatar email="cameron.green@tuks.co.za"/> (IRC nickname: "CamGreen")
* [[Frikan Erwee]] <libravatar email="ferwee@gmail.com"/> (IRC nickname: "FrikanRw")
''Contact OSGeo's administrators: gci-osgeo at googlegroups.com''

= 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 [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2019_Tasks#Bulk_Uploading_Tasks here]

= Application =

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

= Lessons Learned =
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018_Lessons_Learned 2018], [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017_Lessons_Learned 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 [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=2019+GCI+winners+trip+lottery+&iso=20200217T16&p1=1440 17 February 2020 at 16:00 UTC]. To determine the winner, a lottery will be done using [https://www.randompicker.com 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]] <libravatar email="cameron.green@tuks.co.za"/>
* [[Sunveer Singh]] <libravatar email="singhsunveer54@gmail.com"/>
* Luqmaan Hassim
* [[Abhinav Kumar]] <libravatar email="abby37kapoor@gmail.com"/>

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