OCL currently being tested by the Banda Health team from Kenya. We are working on fixing issues together. A few days ago raff did a new release of the module with some fixes, but expect to do another release this week. (update 12/6)
Leaned a lot on a few mentors who were doing the heavy lifting for GCI task review
Felt like we leaned too much on Daniel for reviewing technical tasks
Could have used more mentors with technical skills this year
Mentor team was limited to previous GSoC & GCI students and mentors
Many mentors were too busy during GCI
Have moved on to curated tickets
Students have blown us away
Claiming many tasks and even claiming some difficult tasks (and teaching Daniel a thing or two along the way )
For future GCI:
Experienced mentors
Understand availability of mentors ahead of time
Be clearer with expectations
Consider having mentors sign up for specific hour(s)
Create a timeline where people can help cover all times during the week
It would help if mentors could be assigned to particular types of tasks
Consider accepting more mentors, but limit mentors to approve only tasks for which their experience allows.
Try to find ways to motivate mentors for availability.
Some mentors seem to get tired along the way.
Expectation: 20% of mentors active, 40% fairly active, 40% not active or unseen
Did not have statistics to help getting started
How many tasks needed up front?
What types of tasks are needed? e.g., some tasks (like video tasks) can be done by many students; however, coding tasks cannot easily be taken by many students without creating confusion
How many mentors are needed?
Start preparing for GCI 1-2 months earlier (before announcement) to get more coding tasks prepared
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