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# Twitter Space | Navigating Google Summer of Code organizations

- Date: March 13, 2022
- Time: 8 PM - 10 PM
- Link: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vOxwyYmEBLGB
- Hosts:
    - Harsh Mishra
    - Gagandeep Singh
    - Abhinav Raj
- Speakers:
    - Confirmed
        - Harsh Mishra (MetaCall)
        - Meet Patel (Percona)
        - Gagandeep Singh (Sympy & Lfortran)
        - Abhinav Raj (FOSSASIA)
        - Oleg (Jenkins, Keptn) 
        - ThinkX (PostgreSQL) 
        - Meet (Percona) 
        - Gagandeep (NUMFOCUS) 
        - Shivay (CNCF, Tensorflow)
        

- Action Items
    - [ ] What is Google Summer of Code?
        - [ ] GSoC timeline
    - [ ] Introduction of speakers (5-10 mins each)
        - [ ] A high level GSoC related experience sharing
    - [ ] Stats of organisations selected this year
        - [ ] No of organisations selected - 350 applied, 203 selected
        - [ ] No of new organisations selected - 32
        - [ ] Interesting facts
            - [ ] Organisations like Mozilla, Percona not selected this year
    - [ ] Pre-requisties of participating 
    - [ ] How to select an organisation
    - [ ] What are ways to get started with GSoC application?
        - Speakers can recount their experiences
        - Tips specific to specific organizations
        - How much prior contributions are necessary?
    - [ ] Making a proposal for GSoC 
    - [ ] Mentors can talk about their specific organisation
        - [ ] People can ask their doubts to mentors 
    - [ ] Q&A
