Mentor LibreOffice at CodePeak 2023!

Ilmari Lauhakangas ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoffice.org
Sun Nov 26 09:55:31 UTC 2023


On 26.11.2023 1.27, gautam.sharma at iitg.ac.in wrote:
> Greetings from the community of programmers of IIT Guwahati and IIT Patna!
> 
> This is Gautam Sharma, pursuing a BTech in the Department of Computer 
> Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. 
> I am also Competitive Programming Head at Coding Club, IIT Guwahati. We 
> at Coding Club, IIT Guwahati were truly awe-inspired by your project 
> LibreOffice <https://www.libreoffice.org/>! Apart from the wonderful 
> open-source community that constantly improves and develops LibreOffice, 
> we would like to invite you to put LibreOffice at CodePeak-2023 
> <https://www.codepeak.tech/> for contributions!
> 
> Every year, the Coding Club, IITG organizes CodePeak, which is a 
> month-long open-source event organized in collaboration with NJACK, IIT 
> Patna. The event invites participants to contribute to various projects, 
> aiming to lay a foundation for future involvement in larger programs 
> like GSoC and Outreachy. The event targets first-timers who wish to 
> participate in Free and Open Source(FOSS) Contributions and the 
> experienced developers who want to show their skills by contributing to 
> real-world projects.
> 
> CodePeak 2023, now in it's third iteration is one of the *biggest 
> open-source events for Indian college students*, serving as a pre-cursor 
> for many prestigious events like GSoC and Outreachy. We have had *over 
> 6000 participants*, with *over 150 projects*, and *3800 pull requests* 
> in the past iterations of CodePeak! The contributors and mentors are 
> also rewarded handsomely for their efforts towards open source by the 
> organizers and our respected sponsors! This year, the winners will get a 
> chance to visit Oxford!
> 
> Mentoring LibreOffice at CodePeak 2023 can go a long way, making it 
> mainstream/known to the untapped talent pool of open-source enthusiasts 
> who would definitely enjoy contributing to LibreOffice during and after 
> CodePeak 2023.
> 
> Kindly refer to the mentor guide of CodePeak 2023 here 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zgjsiAMsqqExznSTFi1k3lloNOi7LY4O/view?usp=sharing>.
> 
> Looking forward to your reply and involvement in CodePeak 2023!
> 
> CodePeak 2023: www.codepeak.tech <https://www.codepeak.tech/>
> Coding Club IITG Instagram Page: www.instagram.com/codingclubiitg/ 
> <https://www.instagram.com/codingclubiitg/>

Have GSoC organisers confirmed that participating in CodePeak does not 
void eligibility for GSoC?

Ilmari


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