[Fwd: Google Code-In: Do we want to partcipate?]

[Alan Coopersmith]

I probably should have cc'ed devel as well, since if we were to do this
we'd need developers to help think up tasks, mentor participants and
review their submissions.

	-alan-

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Google Code-In: Do we want to partcipate?
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:35:44 -0700
From: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>
To: X.Org Foundation Board <board at foundation.x.org>,  Stephane Marchesin
<marchesin at icps.u-strasbg.fr>
CC: Xorg Members List <members at x.org>

A question I plan to ask at tomorrow's board meeting, but which people
probably want to read about before answering:

	Do we want to participate in the Google Code-In?

This is Google's "Winter Break" program for 13-18 year old pre-college students,
and is geared towards much shorter projects than the summer of code program.

Details are posted at:

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/10/google-code-in-schools-out-codes-in.html
http://code.google.com/opensource/gci/2010-11/faqs.html
http://code.google.com/gci

If we want to partcipate, we need to apply by the end of this week.
(We've already met the first requirement - being a successful mentoring
 organization in a previous Summer of Code program.)

We'll also need some short tasks - coding, documentation, etc. - which are
within the skill range and time available for the expected participants, and
which don't require already knowing the X Window System in great depth.
(Participants should be able to perform multiple tasks between Nov. 22 &
 Jan. 10.)

Like the Summer of Code, I would expect the X.Org organizational entry to
cover projects across our entire set of interrelated communities - the modules
hosted by X.Org as well as DRI, Mesa, XCB, etc.

-- 
	-Alan Coopersmith-        alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
	 Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System