Hello GSoC students!

[Lukas Hetzenecker]

On 29 May 2017 at 04:00, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> So happy for all the response!
>
> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 6:03 AM, Lukas Hetzenecker
> <lukashetzenecker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Nice of you to ask! Community bonding has been a joy so for, things
>> are going pretty well. Everything is ready for official coding start
>> on May 30.
>
> Excellent.
>
>> I'd like to use this opportunity to start a discussion on this list
>> about this years Akademy in Almería. I've just booked my flight and
>> will be there from 21st to 24th of July.
>> Are there also other student on this list who expect to go to the
>> conference? If yes, it would be great if we could organize some kind
>> of a GSoC-get-together. Anyone else interested in this?
>
> I hope quite a few of you are interested. It's a bit late too ask for
> funding from the e.V. but you can still try:
> https://reimbursements.kde.org/events/40

Thanks for this advice, I hadn't known it was possible to get the
travel expenses reimbursed by the e.V.
Just submitted my request, I'll keep my fingers crossed. :)

> Please tell us if you are coming, so that you can give a brief talk
> about your project and how it's going. For many of us, this is our
> favorite talk of the entire Akademy! We can certainly schedule time
> for the students as a BoF or informally gather for a meal together as
> well. We often have a session with students, mentors and anyone else
> interested in becoming involved in Student Programs. By the way, this
> should include former GCi and SoK students as well.

Yes, I definitely will be there and am happy to give a short talk
about my project.

>> Thanks to all of you for your great support, it's really appreciated,
>> Lukas
>
> Thank you students for your awesome proposals, and thanks in advance
> for your work on behalf of the KDE community.
>
> Valorie

Thanks again,
Lukas

>> On 27 May 2017 at 00:41, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Please reply to the list and not me personally.
>>>
>>> How are you doing? Do you feel that you are properly integrated into
>>> the KDE community, and into the team you will be working with? How are
>>> things going with your mentors? Do you feel comfortable with git,
>>> phabricator, and the codebase you will be working on? Have you found
>>> the documentation you need to guide you as you begin coding?
>>>
>>> If there is anything in general you'd like to say, please say it here
>>> on the list. Your fellow students will appreciate it.
>>>
>>> If you have a problem that needs admin attention, please write
>>> directly to kde-soc-management at kde.org
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Valorie
>
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