Invitation to collaborate with KUOSC

[Tomaz Canabrava]

On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 at 19:18 Kathmandu University Open Source Community <
contact at kuosc.org.np> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> I'd already answered the questions but it seems like it only got mailed to
> John about it. Either way, thanks for all of you being so welcoming about
> it. We're probably expecting the mentoring session to be a remote session,
> and if you have any suggestions regarding the timeline, we're planning to
> extend the time for it because of interested companies and their needs.
>
> To address the questions, I'll go pointwise:
>
> 1. We're currently in the process of deploying the website for this event,
> it'll be up in the next 1-2 weeks. In the meantime, you can checkout
> KUOSC's website to checkout our previous work.
>
> 2. As for the timeline of the project, we're in discussion of starting at
> the ~second week of December till TBD. I would be able to provide a
> proposal for this event if you're interested.
>
> 3. We're mostly expecting mentors and willing to look through commits made
> through our Community, it'll be great if you could provide a list of
> ideas/projects that you want contributions in. Also, the contributors could
> work alone/groups, it is of their choice.
>

all the projects will welcome contributions but there are many levels of
projects, projects such as krita and kdenlive are much harder to start than
the small games we have.
it's important that the students want to work in the program that they
choose because most of the time it is the choice of the professor, then the
students do nothing.

see the list in apps.kde.org


> 4. As for the knowledge of the students that are going to be involved will
> be beginners-intermediate in C++ as our curriculum involves too.
>
> 5. This event in particular does target a variety of audience and we'll be
> awarding the contributors with the most beneficial and the most
> contributions, so we'll just want you to review at the end of the event the
> list of contributors coming through our end.
>
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2025, 17:15 Paul Brown, <paul.brown at kde.org> wrote:
>
>> On Friday, 28 November 2025 22:12:45 Central European Standard Time
>> Johnny
>> Jazeix wrote:
>> > Hello!
>> > This project fits our "KDE needs you" goal where we want to welcome
>> > more newcomers.
>> > As replied by Tomaz, we have no limitation on participating in our
>> > projects. Do you have a web page or document that would explain how
>> > your program work and when it is?
>> > For example, what kind of support from our side do you expect? Would
>> > you like a list of projects where people are willing to mentor? Would
>> > you like us to provide a list of ideas where students can work and
>> > they need to choose among them or is it more students coming (in group
>> > or alone) on the projects they want with an idea on implementing a
>> > feature to discuss?
>> > Also, what is the level in programming of the students? Beginners
>> > (never coded before or know what c++ is), intermediate (learnt some
>> > languages but need practice)...?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Johnny
>> >
>> >
>> > Le ven. 28 nov. 2025 à 10:16, Kathmandu University Open Source
>> >
>> > Community <contact at kuosc.org.np> a écrit :
>> > > Hello KDE Community,
>>
>> Hello Shriharsh,
>>
>>
>> > > I hope this message finds you well. My name is Shriharsh Acharya, and
>> I am
>> > > the coordinator of the KU Open Source Community (KUOSC) at Kathmandu
>> > > University. We are organizing our first-ever KUWoC event, a month-long
>> > > initiative aimed at engaging students from our university in
>> contributing
>> > > to open-source projects.
>> > >
>> > > We would like to respectfully inquire if KDE would be open to
>> supporting
>> > > this event, either by allowing our contributors to participate in your
>> > > projects or by offering guidance and mentorship.
>>
>> To add to Johnny's and Tomaz's comments: Yes, please!
>>
>> Apart from answering Johnny's questions, we would need to know
>>
>> * When is this going to happen? Do you have a calendar so we can build
>> something that fits your needs?
>>
>> * Would it be possible to do mentorships remotely (which is this usually
>> works) or are you expecting on-site sessions too?
>>
>> Thanks for thinking of KDE. We look forward to working with you.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Paul
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