Hello GSoC students - Akademy 2019 is coming

[Valorie Zimmerman]

On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 5:28 AM Akshay Kumar <email.akshay98 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Valorie,
> I have a question, is there accommodation available at the venue for
> Akademy 2019?
>

Yes, please indicate that you need lodging as well as airfare if you are
asking for sponsorship. AFAIK there is no estimate of cost yet, so I put in
50 euro as an estimate.

Valorie

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:34 PM Valorie Zimmerman <
> valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:54 AM Shakeb Ameen <shakebameen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Valorie,
>>>
>>> A question, is Academy trip sponsorship and participation only for GSoC
>>> participants?
>>>
>>
>> Indeed not. Everyone is welcome. However, *sponsorship* is for people who
>> are already contributing, and need to meet up with others to further that
>> contribution. Many teams use their BoF time as a mini-sprint; reviewing the
>> past work and planning together the road map in the coming year. Ask your
>> team!
>>
>> There will be another round of sponsorships considered later, so don't
>> worry if your plans are not yet complete. Again, ask around.
>>
>> Valorie
>>
>> On Wed, May 15, 2019, 10:52 Valorie Zimmerman <
>>> valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> See https://akademy.kde.org/2019 and talk to your mentors. Ask them
>>>> how to submit a talk idea, how to ask for travel support, and why you
>>>> should come to Akademy!
>>>>
>>>> Also, you can band together with some of your fellow students and give
>>>> a talk together, as a panel, or get a "BoF" together. BoF is short for
>>>> "birds of a feather" and it is a gathering in a smaller room to do anything
>>>> from a talk, panel or even a workshop on a particular project or other
>>>> common focus. We often have a GSoC/GCi/SoK Bof during Akademy week, and
>>>> will have a time for all students who are sponsored to tell everyone about
>>>> your project. Those are usually very short talks, 3-5 minutes, depending on
>>>> the timeframe we have available and how many students want to talk.
>>>>
>>>> If you ask for sponsorship money, we do expect you to stay around
>>>> during the week. In the past we've had students leave to do various
>>>> touristy things around the city, and that's really not fair. The KDE e.V.
>>>> has only a certain amount of money to put towards travel sponsorship, so
>>>> please use it to make KDE an even better project.
>>>>
>>>> Another thought -- think big! If you are part of a strong student
>>>> community, consider putting in a proposal to host Akademy in your city next
>>>> year or the one after. Of course KDE has an awesome Akademy team, but they
>>>> rely on local volunteers for a lot of the local work.
>>>>
>>>> Valorie
>>>>
>>>> PS: If you are having any trouble getting your blogs to appear on the
>>>> planet or getting your git config set up correctly, please ask for help! Do
>>>> not suffer in silence!
>>>>
>>>
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