# Come be a mentor for the Google Summer of Code (GSOC) program! **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Created:** [January 21, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671 "2017-01-21T07:16:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![surangak](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/surangak/32/1456_2.png) [@surangak](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/surangak)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/1 "2017-01-21T07:16:50Z")
Hi everyone, We are currently seeking mentors for the 2017 Google Summer of Code program (GSOC) ### Timeline - 9 Feb 16:00 UTC – our organization application is due - 20 March - 3 April – student applications - 30 May - 21 August - summer of code - Late October – mentor summit We need to have many of our mentors & project descriptions in place by 9 Feb. The entire program timeline can be seen at : [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline](https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline) ## The GSoC Mentor Experience ### Before student selection - Commit to spending a minimum of 4 hours each week to be available to guide and mentor students (not just your assigned student). - Commit to being present in IRC and/or Telegram to help answer questions as much as your schedule allows, at a minimum of 4 hours each week. - Prepare a good overview of your project idea(s) and have them linked to this wiki page. - Watch OpenMRS Talk for questions about your project idea(s). - Review student proposals and work with other mentors and organization admins to select the best candidates for OpenMRS. - Treat returning students who have applied with as much (or more!) scrutiny than first-time students. ### After student selection - Ensure your student is ready & active. They should have a dev environment, be regularly communicating in the community, and have prepared a project plan together with you. (See above for student expectations.) - Read the GSoC Mentoring Manual and ask questions if you have them. - Reach out to the Summer of Code organization administrators if you have questions or concerns. - If the student is not active during the community bonding period, please contact the organization administrators. ### During the program - Help your student be successful. Commit to spending a minimum of 4 hours each week answering questions, giving advice, working with your student on blockers, and evaluating your student’s progress. - Complete a short “progress report” each week to help stay on schedule and catch potential problems early. - Have fun and work hard! The highest-performing mentors will get an expenses-paid trip to Google’s headquarters in October to geek out with fellow mentors from other open source projects. - Schedule some time to chat 1-on-1 with your student to talk about their post-GSoC plans. Will they continue in their university program? Are they looking for a job? Help them understand the world beyond GSoC, and how they can continue contributing to OpenMRS. ### After completing GSoC - Stay in touch with your student and help them find interesting ways to stay involved with OpenMRS. - Apply to attend the GSoC mentor summit in October! It’s an awesome way to connect with other people in the open source world and have fun. * * * If you’d like to take on this role for 2017, please respond to this thread and let us know! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/harsha89/32/8073_2.png) [@harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/harsha89)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/2 "2017-01-21T17:32:07Z")
+1 will be join. ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/3 "2017-01-21T20:45:59Z")
Me too. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![surangak](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/surangak/32/1456_2.png) [@surangak](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/surangak)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/4 "2017-01-24T17:46:03Z")
@harsha89 and @dkayiwa, excellent! can you start thinking up ideas, and putting them onto a wiki page project? the more detailed wiki page, the better 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![k.joseph](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/k.joseph/32/8097_2.png) [@k.joseph](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/k.joseph)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/5 "2017-01-25T15:55:43Z")
wish to definitely be in 😄 ---
**Author:** ![emekaaliu](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/emekaaliu/32/2926_2.png) [@emekaaliu](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/emekaaliu)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/6 "2017-01-25T20:49:37Z")
This is encouraging worthy of dedicating performance to ---
**Author:** ![burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/burke/32/17_2.png) [@burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/burke)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/7 "2017-01-25T23:28:41Z")
Count me in. I will encourage not only @dkayiwa, but also @raff and @wyclif to mentor as well, since part of Regenstrief’s mission within the OpenMRS Community is to grow the ranks of skilled OpenMRS Developers worldwide. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pascal](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/pascal/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@pascal](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/pascal)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/8 "2017-01-26T01:15:53Z")
I’m most likely in. Can you add dates to the titles in your original post? ---
**Author:** ![surangak](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/surangak/32/1456_2.png) [@surangak](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/surangak)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/9 "2017-01-26T17:08:19Z")
Friends, I’ve attached a link to the program timeline in the main post. Please note - right now, our biggest need is for everyone to put together project descriptions on the wiki for submission on the 9th Feb! ---
**Author:** ![raff](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/raff/32/11894_2.png) [@raff](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/raff)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/10 "2017-01-27T12:04:28Z")
Count me in! ---
**Author:** ![wyclif](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/wyclif/32/19607_2.png) [@wyclif](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/wyclif)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/11 "2017-01-27T14:58:40Z")
Count me in ---
**Author:** ![maurya](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/maurya/32/281_2.png) [@maurya](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/maurya)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/12 "2017-01-27T16:20:30Z")
I’m in! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sunveer50732](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/sunveer50732/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@sunveer50732](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/sunveer50732)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/13 "2017-01-28T06:04:09Z")
Count me in ---
**Author:** ![larslemos](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/larslemos/32/3158_2.png) [@larslemos](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/larslemos)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/14 "2017-02-06T16:07:39Z")
Please count me in. ---
**Author:** ![harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/harsha89/32/8073_2.png) [@harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/harsha89)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/15 "2017-02-06T18:27:47Z")
Hi All, We need to post rough ideas of your projects very soon. Please have a small draft ready on your ideas as we need to submit project ideas with our GSoC organization proposal. Thanks, Harsha ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/16 "2017-02-06T18:41:31Z")
@harsha89 you may need to give some directions regarding where people should put their ideas, in what format? or anything else. 🙂Would that also be a thread different from this? ---
**Author:** ![harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/harsha89/32/8073_2.png) [@harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/harsha89)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/17 "2017-02-06T18:45:16Z")
@dkayiwa Yeas sure. Please create a project under this unassigned projects page of OpenMRS wiki which can be found in [1]. Sample project detail format can be similar to [2]. [1] [https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/Unassigned+Projects](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/Unassigned+Projects) [2] [https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/FHIR+OAuth+Smart+Apps+Integration+and+OAuth+module+enhancements](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/FHIR+OAuth+Smart+Apps+Integration+and+OAuth+module+enhancements) I will start a new thread as well. ---
**Author:** ![harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/harsha89/32/8073_2.png) [@harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/harsha89)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/18 "2017-02-06T18:51:58Z")
@dkayiwa Please refer to [GSoC 2017 Project Brainstorming](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/gsoc-2017-project-brainstorming/9783) ---
**Author:** ![harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/harsha89/32/8073_2.png) [@harsha89](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/harsha89)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/19 "2017-02-07T09:49:54Z")
Any more mentors who willing to take part in GSoC 2017? ---
**Author:** ![eudson](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/eudson/32/16527_2.png) [@eudson](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/eudson)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671/20 "2017-02-08T15:59:09Z")
Sure, it would be a pleasure. Please count me in. Cheers [Next page](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-be-a-mentor-for-the-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-program/9671.md?page=2)