Call for GSoC 2024 mentors

[Alex]

Hi all,

bad luck, this year google did not accept Xfce as GSoC orga.

 > Google Summer of Code
 >
 > Thank you for applying to be a Google Summer of Code 2024 mentor
organization.
 > Sadly, we were unable to accept Xfce this year. We had many more
applications than available slots. We hope you will apply again in the
future!

Let's take another try next year.

Best regards, Alex(xcons)

Am 24.01.24 um 15:52 schrieb Alex:
> Hi all,
>
> the 2024 Google Summer of Code Organization Applications is open since
> yesterday, so It's time again to ask if someone would be interested in
> mentoring.
>
> This year, I plan to mentor myself again. (And ofc doing the Xfce org
> admin stuff ).
>
> According to the GSoC FAQ, there seem to be 3 possible project sizes
> this year 90h, 175h  and 350h. The time-frame to finish the work is
> variable .. depending on the project-size, it can be between 8 and 22
> weeks.
>
> My plan would be to register Xfce for GSoC 2023 on ~1st February[1].
> For registration I need to fill in the number of Xfce mentors. So in
> case you are interested, please let me know till end of January!
>
> On 2022 GSoC mentoring took me an average of ~2hours a week from May
> till November (350h project).
>
> While some mentors do regular video calls with the contributors, I
> preferred to just chat with them via Matrix, on gitlab issues, merge
> requests or via email.
>
> Generally I can say that GSoC mentoring is a nice way for getting
> things done, and to lure people into Xfce-development :)  Though it
> for sure will eat some of your time.
>
> If you are interested, later on you will need to define some possible
> projects from which GSoC applicants can pick from and add them to our
> "GSoC Project Ideas" Wiki page [2].
>
> Xfce mentors will receive $500 per participant as "mentor stipend".
>
> So if you are interested in mentoring for Xfce (or if you have
> questions), please let me know !
>
>
> Best regards, Alex(xcons)
>
>
> [1]: Timeline for GSoC 2024:
> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline?hl=en
>
> [2] Xfce GSoC 2024 project list:
> https://wiki.xfce.org/projects/gsoc/start#project_ideas
>