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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