<div dir="ltr">A few changes to GSoC I want all KDE developers to be aware of.<div><br></div><div>TLDR: we need both ~175 hr projects and ~350 hour projects included in the Ideas List. Please begin adding Ideas along with your own /team contact information NOW. <a href="https://community.kde.org/GSoC/2022/Ideas">https://community.kde.org/GSoC/2022/Ideas</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you are willing to mentor, please subscribe to KDE-Soc-Mentor ML NOW. <a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-soc-mentor">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-soc-mentor</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Valorie</div><div><br></div><div>PS: I also need admin help this year, please. Now.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">'sttaylor' via Google Summer of Code Mentors List</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:google-summer-of-code-mentors-list@googlegroups.com">google-summer-of-code-mentors-list@googlegroups.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 11:16 PM<br>Subject: [GSoC Mentors] GSoC 2022 Org Applications open Feb 7-21<br></div><p dir="ltr"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Happy New Year!</span><br></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">We are excited to announce the full GSoC 2022 </span><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">timeline</span></a><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">. With Organization applications opening in a few weeks, February 7 - 21, we wanted to remind everyone of the important changes to think about when considering your application.</span></p><ol><li dir="ltr" style="white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Be sure to have </span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">both</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> ~175 hr projects and ~350 hour projects that you would like GSoC contributors to work on included in your Ideas List.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Reach out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors for the program. This year with the option of extending projects for up to 22 weeks we hope some of your community members that weren’t able to participate before will be able to make the more flexible schedule work for them.</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap">Having a thorough and well thought out list of </span><a href="https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/defining-a-project-ideas-list" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">Project Ideas</span></a><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap"> is the most important part of your application</span><span style="font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">You can check out the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OL62tQtj72NB94gsEiu8DsqQGmCJgnhVKiKWXruGd0o/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">2022 GSoC Org Application Short Answer Questions</span></a><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> if you’d like to start preparing your responses in advance so you can copy over your answers once the org applications open February 7 at <a href="http://g.co/gsoc" target="_blank">g.co/gsoc</a> - there are a couple of different questions this year.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Please encourage other open source orgs to apply -- if you know of other open source projects that may be interested in applying to GSoC as a first time org please remind them to check out the available resources below and have them put your org (or you) down as a reference when they apply.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Open source projects can </span><a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">apply</span></a><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> to be mentoring organizations from February 7- 21 at 1800 UTC.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap">Resources:</span></p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mentor Guide</span></a></p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">Timeline</span></a></p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">FAQs</span></a></p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/responsibilities" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">Roles and Responsibilities</span></a></p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/marketing" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marketing Materials</span></a><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap"> (slide deck, flyers)</span></p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/videos" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">Videos</span></a><br></p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">Best,</p><p dir="ltr">Stephanie</p><p dir="ltr">GSoC Program Admin</p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="http://about.me/valoriez" target="_blank">http://about.me/valoriez</a> - pronouns: she/her<br></div></div></div></div></div>