Participate in Google Summer of Code (GSoC)

[EwoutH]

I thought it might be interesting for Mesa to participate in the Google Summer of Code program. It might bring in fresh blood to the Mesa project and engage more people/students in agent-based modelling.

Organizations
Open source projects apply to be mentor organizations. Once accepted, organizations discuss possible ideas with contributors and choose the proposals they wish to mentor for the summer. They provide mentors to help guide each contributor through the program.

Mentors
Community members and committers already active in the mentoring organizations can choose to mentor a contributor project. Mentors and GSoC contributors work together to determine appropriate goals for the program period. Mentor interaction is a vital part of the program.

The GSoC Mentor Guide contains a lot more information. Organizations apply in February 2022, so maybe we can also discuss this at the next dev session February 19th (#1134).

[EwoutH]

I will write up a draft for the GSoC application. @jackiekazil @tpike3 @rht could you let me know if these mentoring responsibilities is something you're willing to take on?

• Google Summer of Code: Mentor Responsibilities

Also, if you have any ideas for projects GSoC contributors could pick up, post them here!

The application deadline for us is this Monday, February 21th18:00 UTC.

[EwoutH]

@tpike3 I think it's best if you can register as Organization Administrator for Mesa with GSoC.

• Google Summer of Code Organization Registration

After that you can add me as Mentor and then I can draft the rest of the application.