GCI 2016 participant & mentor virtual meet-and-greet

Thanks man, got my access finally! That low cost machine sounds interesting, PM me the parts!

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Finally I did it! You just have to go to the Help Desk, Create a New Case, tell them that you need access for Wiki and JIRA, and give them the reasons why you want access. They are very helpful!

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Hey all! I am Chaitya Shah. I’m an organization admin with OpenMRS this year :slight_smile: A little bit about myself: I went to high school in New Jersey, USA at a school with a program called the Computer Science Academy. After learning a bit about computer science, I became interested in GCI, and in 2013 I participated with another organization. In 2014, I participated again, this time with OpenMRS and was named grand prize winner :D. Afterwards, I graduated from high school and began my undergraduate degree at Georgia Tech. As a university student, I could not participate in GCI as a student anymore, so I participated as a mentor with OpenMRS. And finally, that brings me to 2016. I’m now a 2nd year student at Georgia Tech, and an organization admin with OpenMRS :slight_smile:

I truly cannot wait for the amazing things you all will bring to OpenMRS, and I hope you learn from your experiences in this GCI! Keep in mind, that though GCI is a competition, we want you all to learn how open source software works, and gain something out of this 7 week experience. Have fun with it!

If you want to talk about my past experiences with GCI or anything else, definitely join us on irc or telegram :slight_smile: I look forward to working with you all!

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Hi my name is Damian,

I am from Australia which is a great place, my current hobbies consist of Coding and doing UI Design. This has sparked my interest for the Google Code-in, it seems like a great place to learn a lot more about the open source community and to have quite an experience while doing it.

I love technology and specifically discovering new technology and how it works, I’ve always been interested in technology but I will never get tired of it. Thank you for taking the time to learn a little about me!

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Hi to everyone :smiley: Myself Himanshu studying in 10th grade and like programming too much especially in HTML & CSS.I am 15 years old and my favorite Computer Science teacher is Mr.Vipin Ramola and he inspired me for this organization and I thanks a lot to sir. I found this community very useful and helpful too. Really this organization is awesome :slight_smile:

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Hi everyone,

My name is Harsha. Software Engineer from Colombo, Sri Lanka. I have been a Google Summer of Code student, GSoC/GCI mentor & partial committer to our wonderful OpenMRS open source project. Looking forward to be a mentor this time :slight_smile:

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hola Zoe, good to see you agin!

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hola Chaitya, Good to see you agin! nice work.

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I guess we have some intriguing common interests.

Hi,

I’m Harsha from Sri Lanka. This is my 3rd time to be a GCI mentor. It was a great experience me to work with young kids with GCI. Every piece of contribution to OpenMRS will help thousands of people to make their life better. Looking forward to have a awesome GCI with OpenMRS

Thanks, Harsha

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I want to create an AI as well in the future ! Just like jarvis lol

Hey Uzanysa and @harsha89 Harsh, If i have a question or 2 how can i contact you guys?

Hey… I am from India and I’m 15 years old. This the the 3rd consecutive year that I’m participating in GCI. I like to take up tasks from OpenMRS and suggest others the same. :smiley:

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how bout we discuss it in messages? or is it fine here?

@divya261999 Hello, Divya. What kind of tasks in GCI are you interested in?

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I’d suggest having lengthier conversations over IRC/Telegram so you dont flood this thread. :slight_smile:

can my task be reviewed pls ?

Hi! I’m Sanskar Jindal and I’m from Jaipur, India. I had being a keen interest in Technologies. I got to know about GCI while surfing on the web. . I am good at Documenting and know a bit of coding (Beginner). OpenMRS being a open source organization found to be a interesting organization to work with. GCI will be a great platform to learn and deal with the Open Source World. :slight_smile:

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Hi, I’m from Indonesia. I heard Google Code-in from a news article and was interested because it opens a developer to open source projects, and I would love to participate with OpenMRS as our improvements and ehancements can change lives. In fact I chose OpenMRS for that reason.

My hobbies are programming, game developing, learning the physics behind games, … and playing sports sometimes when I have free time.

I haven’t participated in GCI before so I’m very excited! Hopefully I’ll learn a great deal about open-source developments and OpenMRS in general.

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Hey guys!

My name’s Yusuf Karim and I’m currently a junior (16 yrs. old) in the U.S. Some things about me: I’ve loved technology ever since I was 4 (would always tinker around on the home computer). Some interests of mine include robotics, programming (probably my favorite hobby), and biology. It’s my first time participating in Google Code In and I’m very eager to start and meet new people along the way. OpenMRS to me seems like the perfect way to delve into open source programming : doing something that not only helps me improve my skills but also helps many people worldwide.

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