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- Hi GSoC students,
- We are proud to announce that we are holding Google Summer of Code [1]
- again in 2014 - a very special GSoC - the 10th instance of the
- program! Yes, GSoC has been going on that long! We will be doing a
- bunch of interesting things to promote GSoC and celebrate the
- students, mentors and projects that have made the program so
- successful.
- 1. The OSPO team will be visiting 10 countries around the world where
- we've seen high participation over the last 9 years.
- 2. We're raising the student stipend by 10% to $5500!
- 3. We'll be hosting a 10-year reunion event on Google's campus for
- students and mentors next year. Stay tuned for more details!
- If you would like to help spread the word about GSoC, we have
- presentations [2], logos [3], and flyers [4] for you to use. Please
- host meetups, tell your friends and colleagues about the program, go
- to conferences, talk to people about the program, and just generally
- do all the awesome word-of-mouth stuff you do every year to promote
- the program.
- The GSoC calendar, FAQ, and events timeline have all been updated with
- this year's important dates, so please refer to those for the
- milestones for this year's program.
- Please consider translating the presentations and/or flyers into your
- native language and submitting them directly to me to post on the
- wiki. Localization for our material is integral to reaching the widest
- possible audience around the world. If you decide to translate a
- flyer, please fill out our form to request a thank you gift for your
- effort. [5]
- If you decide to host a meetup, please email me to at least 3 weeks
- before the meetup to let me know the date, time, and location so I can
- put it on the GSoC calendar. Also, remember to take pictures at your
- meetup and write up a blog post for our blog using our provided
- template for formatting [6]. If you need promotional items for your
- attendees, please fill out our form [7] to request some; we're happy
- to send some along, but you need to give us a minimum of 3 weeks prior
- to your event. We can provide up to about 25 pens, notebooks, or
- stickers and/or a few t-shirts. Please keep in mind, though, that
- shipping restrictions and timeline vary country-to-country; request
- items early to make sure they get there on time! If you have questions
- about hosting meetups, please see the section in our FAQ [8].
- Please consider applying to participate as an organization again this
- year or maybe joining as a mentor for your favorite organization if
- they are selected this year.
- And for those of you with younger siblings, family members, friends,
- etc. that are 13-17 year old pre-university students please let them
- know about Google Code-in [9] which is a fun contest introducing the
- younger students to open source software. It begins 18 November.
- We rely on you for your help for the success of this program, so thank
- you in advance for all the work you do!
- [1] - http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/50-million-lines-of-code-and-counting.html
- [2] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/ProgramPresentations
- [3] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocLogos
- [4] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers
- [5] - http://goo.gl/FSr9GU
- [6] - http://goo.gl/zrq3FS
- [7] - http://goo.gl/Wk0reS
- [8] - http://goo.gl/G72Pag
- [9] - https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/
- Cheers,
- Carol
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