Re: GSoC Student Engagement

[Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 5:59 AM Nick Vidal <nick.vidal@rocket.chat> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This is Nick Vidal from Rocket.Chat
>
> We’ve been part of GSoC for 5 years now, and as a way to celebrate and
> give back to the open source community, this year we are reaching out
> to other GSoC organizations to provide assistance on setting up
> Rocket.Chat to engage with students (pro bono).

Thanks! Except email, and either GitHub or GitLab, we usually don't
suggest specific communication tools to our GSoC students or Outreachy
interns. We are open to using other forms of communication, like
instant messaging or video calls, and associated tools, if they'd like
it though.

> Rocket.Chat is a leading open source chat platform, and we’ve been
> using the platform itself to engage with our own GSoC students. With
> Rocket.Chat, it’s possible to create private/public channels for each
> student/project so that mentors and students can communicate, share
> ideas, and keep track of progress both asynchronously and in real
> time. It’s also possible to create integrations to display pull
> requests, mergers, and issues directly on these channels.

Nice!

> Please let me know if you would be interested in trying Rocket.Chat to
> engage with your GSoC students. Myself and the Community Engagement
> team are at your full disposal to help. Our mission is to serve the
> open source community!

Ok, we will contact you if we agree with our students to try it.

Thanks,
Christian.