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<!-- [[Image:GCI-2018-results.png|thumb|right|333px|Top 5 OSGeo students from the GCI 2018 contest]]-->
 
<!-- [[Image:GCI-2018-results.png|thumb|right|333px|Top 5 OSGeo students from the GCI 2018 contest]]-->
  
Central page for administering OSGeo participation in Google Code In 2018
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Central page for administering OSGeo participation in Google Code In 2019
  
 
= Background =
 
= Background =
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* [https://codein.withgoogle.com/ Google Code In main page]
 
* [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/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 2017 contest [https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2017/organization/5168183002529792/task/ here])
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* [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/resources/media Logo, flyer and presentation]
 
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/help/responsibilities Roles and responsibilities of Students, Mentors and Admins]
 
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/help/responsibilities Roles and responsibilities of Students, Mentors and Admins]
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* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/timeline Full timeline]
 
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/timeline Full timeline]
* Sept 7 2018: organizations can start drafting application to be mentoring organizations
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* Oct 10 2019: Organizations can start drafting application to be mentoring organizations
* Sept 17 2018: application deadline ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2018&month=09&day=17&hour=16&min=0&sec=0 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)
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* 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)
* Sept 18 2018: Mentoring organizations announced
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* Oct 29 2019: Mentoring organizations announced
* Oct 23 2018: Contest opens for entries by student participants ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2018&month=10&day=23&hour=16&min=0&sec=0 exact time])
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* Dec 2 2019: Contest opens for entries by student participants ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191202T18&p1=1440 exact time])
* Dec 10 2018: Deadline for students to claim new tasks
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* Jan 21 2020: Deadline for students to claim new tasks ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200121T18&p1=1440 exact time])
* Dec 12 2018: All student work must be submitted; contest ends
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* Jan 23 2020: All student work must be submitted; contest ends ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200123T18&p1=1440 exact time])
* Dec 13 2018: Mentoring organizations complete all evaluations of students’ work
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* 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 7 2019: Grand Prize Winners and Finalists announced
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* Jan 30 2020: Mentoring organizations submit list of Winners and Finalists ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200130T18&p1=1440 exact time])
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* Feb 10 2020: Grand Prize Winners and Finalists announced
 
* June (exact dates TBD): Grand Prize Winner’s Trip
 
* June (exact dates TBD): Grand Prize Winner’s Trip
  
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*** 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]),
 
*** 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,
 
*** ordinarily resident in a United States embargoed country,
*** participating as a Mentor in the 2018 Contest, or
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*** participating as a Mentor in the 2019 Contest, or
 
*** otherwise prohibited by applicable export controls and sanctions programs.
 
*** otherwise prohibited by applicable export controls and sanctions programs.
  
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* 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)
 
* 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
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* Gitter (requires a Github account), https://gitter.im/OSGeo-GCI/community
** how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-gsoc webchat]
 
 
* Google's "Code-in Discuss" forum (mostly for general program questions, monitored by Google staff): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gci-discuss
 
* Google's "Code-in Discuss" forum (mostly for general program questions, monitored by Google staff): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gci-discuss
  
 
= Administrators =
 
= Administrators =
  
* [[Jeff McKenna]] <libravatar email="jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com"/> (IRC nickname: "jmckenna")
 
 
* [[Victoria Rautenbach]] <libravatar email="victoria.rautenbach@gmail.com"/> (IRC nickname: "vrautenbach")
 
* [[Victoria Rautenbach]] <libravatar email="victoria.rautenbach@gmail.com"/> (IRC nickname: "vrautenbach")
''Contact OSGeo's administrators: gci-admin at osgeo dot org''
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* [[Rahul Chauhan]] <libravatar email="rahulnitsxr@gmail.com"/> (IRC nickname: "rahulworld")
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* [[Cameron Green]] <libravatar email="cameron.green@tuks.co.za"/> (IRC nickname: "CamGreen")
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* [[Frikan Erwee]] <libravatar email="ferwee@gmail.com"/> (IRC nickname: "FrikanRw")
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''Contact OSGeo's administrators: gci-osgeo at googlegroups.com''
  
 
= Interested mentors / volunteers =
 
= Interested mentors / volunteers =
  
* please fill out the Google form mentioned at [[Google Code In 2018 Mentors]]
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* please fill out the Google form mentioned at [[Google Code In 2019 Mentors]]
  
 
= Recommendations for Students =
 
= Recommendations for Students =
  
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018_Recommendations_for_Students
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* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2019_Recommendations_for_Students
  
 
= Tasks =
 
= Tasks =
  
* available on the GCI Dashboard when the contest starts on 23 October: https://codein.withgoogle.com/
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* available on the GCI Dashboard when the contest starts on 2 December 2019: https://codein.withgoogle.com/
* see the archive of OSGeo's tasks from the 2017 contest: https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2017/organization/5168183002529792/task/
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* OSGeo's 2017 tasks: https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2017/organization/5168183002529792/task/
* mentors: for bulk uploading tasks see steps [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018_Tasks#Bulk_Uploading_Tasks here]
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* OSGeo's tasks from the 2018 contest: https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2018/organization/5912217769738240/task/
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* mentors: for bulk uploading tasks see steps [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2019_Tasks#Bulk_Uploading_Tasks here]
  
 
= Application =
 
= Application =
  
* our OSGeo application as a mentor organization, see: [[Google Code In 2018 Application]]
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* our OSGeo application as a mentor organization, see: [[Google Code In 2019 Application]]
 
 
= Kickoff (virtual) meeting =
 
 
 
* 2018-09-13 at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2018&month=09&day=13&hour=16&min=0 16.00 UTC]
 
* On IRC in the '''#osgeo-gsoc''' channel on irc.freenode.net (connect directly in your browser via [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-gsoc webchat])
 
* agenda:
 
** discuss ideas for tasks for the students (we need 25 tasks minimum for the application due 17 Sept)
 
** plan to share mentor invites to all OSGeo projects
 
  
 
= Lessons Learned =
 
= 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]
 
* [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 =
 
= Mentor Representation at the Grand Prize Winners Trip =
  
* 1 mentor will represent OSGeo at the GCI Grand Prize Winners trip on June 24-27, 2019 (more information on the [https://sites.google.com/view/2018-grand-prize-trip/home trip site]
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* 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)
 
* a travel stipend of 2200 USD will be available for flight & travel costs (Google will pay for 4 nights in hotel)
* Please sign your name below if you are interested to represent OSGeo as a mentor at the GCI trip:
 
** [[Rahul Chauhan]] <libravatar email="rahulnitsxr@gmail.com"/> (IRC nickname: "rahulworld")
 
**[[Frikan Erwee]] <libravatar email="ferwee@gmail.com"/> (IRC nickname: "FrikanRw")
 
**[[User:Cvvergara]] <libravatar email="vicky@georepublic.de"/> (IRC nickname: "cvvergara")
 
** your name here
 
 
= Grand Prize Winner Trip Mentor Report =
 
Every year Google invites the Grand-Prize winners and their parents, and a mentor to it’s headquarters in San Francisco, California for a 4 days trip. I ([[Rahul Chauhan]] (rahulworld)) was offered the opportunity to go and represent OSGeo in the summit and meet these 2 brilliant folks in person. This report covers activities and other things that happened there.
 
 
I was visiting Google San Francisco, meeting with the two winner students from Google Code-In as well as the students and mentors from the 14 other organisations participating in GCI.
 
Our two winning students : Matthew Murzaku from the USA, and Shubham Sharma from India. Both our winners were amazing and did the tasks with great quality.  I am still surprised to see their work at such a young age. I am also hoping to see them as GCI mentors or GSoC students in the future.
 
  
=== Day 1 (Reception) ===
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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].  
I met with Matthew and Shubham and the other students and mentors in the Hotel lobby where there was a “meet and greet” reception in the evening. Students were given a list of traits (“Did I ride bike last week”, “can speak 3 or more languages fluently”, etc) and had a few minutes to find as much students and mentors as possible matching the traits. This was a good way for the students to get to know each other and the mentors a bit. We then stayed in the hotel lobby for some discussion or hacking.
 
  
=== Day 2 (Full Day at Google headquarters in Mountain View) ===
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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:
This day was special since we were going to explore Googleplex and talk to Google Engineers at Google Cloud office. We were also offered $75 and $150 to mentors and students respectively to buy our choice of Google Merchandise. Students met  with Google employees of their home country and parted to have lunch with them. We had a line up of talks by great folks from Google.
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* [[Cameron Green]] <libravatar email="cameron.green@tuks.co.za"/>
* Recruiting – Lauren Alpizar
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* [[Sunveer Singh]] <libravatar email="singhsunveer54@gmail.com"/>
* Android OS: Ally Sillins
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* Luqmaan Hassim
* Cloud: Ryan Matsumoto
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* [[Abhinav Kumar]] <libravatar email="abby37kapoor@gmail.com"/>
* Chrome OS – Grant Grundler
 
* Google Assistant – Daniel Myers
 
* Google TensorFlow – Paige Bailey
 
We had Dinner at the same office and then head back to the hotel.
 
  
=== Day 3 (Fun Day in San Francisco) ===
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== Result of the lottery ==
Probably the day most of us would remember. We had option to select one of Segway tour or cable car tour. We split into 2 groups for different activities. I Selected the Segway tour. We later met for lunch in a park by the sea, and boarded the bus once again to visit the Golden Gate bridge. The day ended with a Yacht course across the bay, and we could enjoy a beautiful view of San Francisco from there.
 
  
=== Day 4 (Closing reception in Google SF office) ===
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Sunveer Singh was selected to represent OSGeo at the GCI grand winners trip. Congratulations.
On the last day, we had to go the office a bit early. We had breakfast in the office itself followed by the award ceremony (to grand prize winners). We were given 4 minutes per org time to share something if we wished. A lot of students shared their experience with GCI. we shared a little intro on OSGeo projects and my GCI experience as mentor and Metthew shared his favourite task experience. We had lunch after than and meanwhile a video crew was taking interview of people who signed up for it. I and Matthew went for video interview. We had left the office by 3pm after taking a lot of pictures in front of the San Francisco – Oakland bridge.
 
  
=== People who made this possible ===
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You can access the public record of the draw here, https://app.randompicker.com/protocol/653156x47412
Thanks to every student who participated. Everyone of you were amazing and I hope to see you all.
 
Thanks to [[Victoria Rautenbach]], [[Jeff McKenna]] and Michael for being there when needed, and keeping the conversation alive. A very special thanks to [[Victoria Rautenbach]] for being the backbone of this. Of course all the mentors, Thank you for giving all the time and I hope to be a part of this along with all of you in the coming years.
 
  
= 2017 pages =
 
  
* see https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017
 
  
 
[[Category:Google Code In]]
 
[[Category:Google Code In]]

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Central page for administering OSGeo participation in Google Code In 2019

Background

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

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

Recommendations for Students

Tasks

Application

Lessons Learned

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 <libravatar email="cameron.green@tuks.co.za"/>
  • Sunveer Singh <libravatar email="singhsunveer54@gmail.com"/>
  • Luqmaan Hassim
  • Abhinav Kumar <libravatar email="abby37kapoor@gmail.com"/>

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