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FOSSASIA joining Google Code-In Program for Students Age 13-17

We are proud to announce that FOSSASIA has been chosen as a mentor organization for Google Code-In 2015. FOSSASIA is one of twelve global organizations participating in the program for students from the 13-17 years old.Google Code-In is a global, online contest for 13-17 year old pre-university students interested in learning more about Open Source development. Students work on bite-sized tasks for real-world open source projects in a variety of categories.Students can register and take over tasks starting from December 1, 2014 and work on tasks until January 19. All tasks are listed on the website at http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2014Contest TimelineDecember 1, 2014, 9:00 AM Pacific Time / 17:00 UTC: Contest opens for entries by student participantsJanuary 18, 2015, 9:00 AM Pacific Time/ 17:00 UTC: No more tasks can be claimed by students after this timeJanuary 19, 2015, 9:00 AM Pacific Time / 17:00 UTC: All work stops, Contest endsJanuary 26, 2015: Mentoring Organizations submit their grand prize winner nominees to Google Open Source Programs OfficeFebruary 2, 2015: Google Open Source Programs Office announces the grand prize winners via blog postJune 2015: Grand Prize trip to Google and northern California Links* Google Code-In http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2014* FOSSASIA at Google Code-In http://www.google-melange.com/gci/org/google/gci2014/fossasia

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FOSSASIA is Mentor Organization for Google Summer of Code 2014

FOSSASIA participates again as a mentor organization in Google Summer of Code 2014. Students can apply for scholarships of FOSSASIA on the Google Melange website. Accepted projects will be published on the site here.Google Summer of Code is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects.  Historically, the program has brought together over 7,500 students with over 440 open source projects, to create over 50 millions of lines of code. The program, which kicked off in 2005, is now in its tenth year. If you are feeling nostalgic or are interested in learning more about the projects we have worked with in the past, check out the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 program pages (https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page)Timeline10 March: 19:00 UTC Student application period opens.21 March: 19:00 UTC Student application deadline.Interim Period: Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.18 April: All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor - 07:00 UTC Student acceptance choice deadline.21 April: 19:00 UTC Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2014 site.Community Bonding Period: Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.19 May: Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects; Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities.Work Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.23 June: 19:00 UTC Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.27 June: 19:00 UTC Mid-term evaluations deadline; Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file. Work Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.11 August: Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.18 August: 19:00 UTC Firm 'pencils down' date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.22 August: 19:00 UTC Final evaluation deadline. Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.22 August: 20:00 UTC Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google25 August: Final results of Google Summer of Code 2014 announcedLinks* Google Summer of Code 2014 https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014

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