<commit_before>[![Google Summer of Code 2017](https://github.com/Sing-Li/bbug/raw/master/images/gsoclogo.jpg)](https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/)

## How to apply

For general information, please visit our community server Google Summer of Code 2017 discussion group:    https://open.rocket.chat/channel/gsoc17

Final proposal submission is now officially closed.  

Our sincere thanks goes to every student who had worked hard in creating one of the SIXTY EIGHT proposals we have received across all projects.  We are totally surprised and flattered as a first year GSoC participating organization.

The official list of accepted students and projects is now available directly from Google:

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6368590472151040/

Out of the SIXTY EIGHT proposals we received, we have painstakingly selected a short list of NINE outstanding ones.  We have personally met (video conferenced) with every one of the students behind these NINE proposals during the last few weeks.

Google has incredibly sponsored FOUR out of the NINE students (first year organization typically gets 1 or 2 students/projects only). Thank you, Google GSoC 2017 !

The FOUR Google sponsored students and projects for GSoC 2017 are:

 Student             | Project                                  | Mentor(s) 
:------------------- | :--------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------
<NAME>          | To Create a PWA Client                   | <NAME>, <NAME> 
<NAME>            | Rocket.Chat iOS SDK                      | <NAME>, <NAME>
<NAME>        | Integrated Personal Email Gateway        | <NAME>, <NAME>
<NAME>          | E2E encryption with Signal protocol      |   <NAME>, Marius

Team bonding and familiarization activities have started  between mentors and the selected students.

We have contacted the FIVE other students to discuss potential Rocket.Chat sponsorships.  One student happily reported that he has already been selected by another GSoC 2017 mentoring organization.  Another did not reply to any of our offers and queries before the deadline. THREE other students have accepted Rocket.Chat sponsorship and are currently working diligently with their mentors. 

The THREE Rocket.Chat sponsored students and projects for 2017 are:

 Student             | Project                                  | Mentor(s) 
:------------------- | :--------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------
<NAME>          | Automatic Channels                       | Mitar, <NAME>
<NAME>        | Rocket.Chat Android SDK                  | <NAME>
<NAME>        | Federation Server                        | <NAME>, <NAME>, <NAME>

Please keep monitoring this page for the latest Rocket.Chat GSoC 2017 updates.

## Coding has started

June is finally upon us.  All of our GSoC students who have had prior apprenticeship or other engagements are now free of their obligations, and have started to code for Rocket.Chat full time.  The _commmunity bonding_ period has come and gone smoothly, with the mingling between our students and the core team on the 24 x 7 community chat server, on GitHub, via email, or at our weekly scheduled team video-conference.   Many of our students have also made friends with our extended community - helping them and exchanging ideas for their projects.

In fact, due to their overwhelming enthusiasm, most of our GSoC students have started coding even before the beginning of June. Here are some of the most recent contributions (of many!) to Rocket.Chat by our new team of GSoC recruits:

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Federation/pull/5

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/pull/7137

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.iOS/pull/438

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.PWA/pull/12

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/pull/7088

Congratulations to the new team members, and keep up the great work!  We are all looking forward to the first evaluation milestone at the end of June.

## Creating open source citizens

July is in full swing.  First evaluation has completed and we're working towards our end-of-July milestone.

We are happy to report that all *seven* of our students have passed their first evaluation.  Most are making very good pace on their projects, with some close to completion and in planning phase for extensions. We are also keeping a keen eye out on potential candidate(s) for full-time hire at end of their term.

The following are the Rocket.Chat projects that our new team members are working on. Contribution and participation are welcomed immediately from the greater Rocket.Chat community:

* [iOS SDK](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.iOS.SDK)
* [Android SDK](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Android.SDK)
* [Java SDK](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Java.SDK)
* [PWA](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.PWA)
* [Federation](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Federation/tree/tsmatrixlib/tsmatrixserverlib)

After the evaulation, we have made sure that they all have received the first stipend payment - especially the students under Rocket.Chat's sponsorship.  

Working with a publicity company, we have been creating open source "hero stories" profiling every one of our new summer-term team members.  Many of them have already been featured on our Blog:

* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/blog/mrinal-dhar-developing-end-to-end-encryption-with-signal-protocol)
* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/blog/manish-kakoti-extending-communications-beyond-teams-with-rocketchat-federation)
* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/blog/pradeep-kumar-bridging-the-email-and-rocketchat-divide-with-personal-email-gateway)
* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/blog/sachin-shinde-add-rocketchat-to-any-app-with-mobile-sdk)
* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/blog/naman-gupta-smaller-faster-and-more-bandwidthefficient-client-with-pwa)

In July, along with continued technical progress, we are focusing to help the student in development of their open source citizenship skills - something hopefully useful beyond their GSoC terms with us.  

This will include activities in:

* promoting their open source project
* build and nurture a community around their project
* interaction with internal and external open source team members

Over the next two months, guided by their mentor(s) - each student will be giving a presentation on their project to the larger Rocket.Chat team.

We continue to be extremely optimistic going into the critical mid-term evaluation in late July.
<commit_msg>Fixed Blog Links in webpage<commit_after>[![Google Summer of Code 2017](https://github.com/Sing-Li/bbug/raw/master/images/gsoclogo.jpg)](https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/)

## How to apply

For general information, please visit our community server Google Summer of Code 2017 discussion group:    https://open.rocket.chat/channel/gsoc17

Final proposal submission is now officially closed.  

Our sincere thanks goes to every student who had worked hard in creating one of the SIXTY EIGHT proposals we have received across all projects.  We are totally surprised and flattered as a first year GSoC participating organization.

The official list of accepted students and projects is now available directly from Google:

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6368590472151040/

Out of the SIXTY EIGHT proposals we received, we have painstakingly selected a short list of NINE outstanding ones.  We have personally met (video conferenced) with every one of the students behind these NINE proposals during the last few weeks.

Google has incredibly sponsored FOUR out of the NINE students (first year organization typically gets 1 or 2 students/projects only). Thank you, Google GSoC 2017 !

The FOUR Google sponsored students and projects for GSoC 2017 are:

 Student             | Project                                  | Mentor(s) 
:------------------- | :--------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------
<NAME>          | To Create a PWA Client                   | <NAME>, <NAME> 
<NAME>            | Rocket.Chat iOS SDK                      | <NAME>, <NAME>
<NAME>        | Integrated Personal Email Gateway        | <NAME>, <NAME>
<NAME>          | E2E encryption with Signal protocol      |   <NAME>, Marius

Team bonding and familiarization activities have started  between mentors and the selected students.

We have contacted the FIVE other students to discuss potential Rocket.Chat sponsorships.  One student happily reported that he has already been selected by another GSoC 2017 mentoring organization.  Another did not reply to any of our offers and queries before the deadline. THREE other students have accepted Rocket.Chat sponsorship and are currently working diligently with their mentors. 

The THREE Rocket.Chat sponsored students and projects for 2017 are:

 Student             | Project                                  | Mentor(s) 
:------------------- | :--------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------
<NAME>          | Automatic Channels                       | Mitar, <NAME>
<NAME>        | Rocket.Chat Android SDK                  | <NAME>
<NAME>        | Federation Server                        | <NAME>, <NAME>, <NAME>

Please keep monitoring this page for the latest Rocket.Chat GSoC 2017 updates.

## Coding has started

June is finally upon us.  All of our GSoC students who have had prior apprenticeship or other engagements are now free of their obligations, and have started to code for Rocket.Chat full time.  The _commmunity bonding_ period has come and gone smoothly, with the mingling between our students and the core team on the 24 x 7 community chat server, on GitHub, via email, or at our weekly scheduled team video-conference.   Many of our students have also made friends with our extended community - helping them and exchanging ideas for their projects.

In fact, due to their overwhelming enthusiasm, most of our GSoC students have started coding even before the beginning of June. Here are some of the most recent contributions (of many!) to Rocket.Chat by our new team of GSoC recruits:

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Federation/pull/5

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/pull/7137

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.iOS/pull/438

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.PWA/pull/12

<NAME>:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/pull/7088

Congratulations to the new team members, and keep up the great work!  We are all looking forward to the first evaluation milestone at the end of June.

## Creating open source citizens

July is in full swing.  First evaluation has completed and we're working towards our end-of-July milestone.

We are happy to report that all *seven* of our students have passed their first evaluation.  Most are making very good pace on their projects, with some close to completion and in planning phase for extensions. We are also keeping a keen eye out on potential candidate(s) for full-time hire at end of their term.

The following are the Rocket.Chat projects that our new team members are working on. Contribution and participation are welcomed immediately from the greater Rocket.Chat community:

* [iOS SDK](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.iOS.SDK)
* [Android SDK](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Android.SDK)
* [Java SDK](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Java.SDK)
* [PWA](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.PWA)
* [Federation](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Federation/tree/tsmatrixlib/tsmatrixserverlib)

After the evaulation, we have made sure that they all have received the first stipend payment - especially the students under Rocket.Chat's sponsorship.  

Working with a publicity company, we have been creating open source "hero stories" profiling every one of our new summer-term team members.  Many of them have already been featured on our Blog:

* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/2017/07/02/mrinal-dhar-developing-end-to-end-encryption-with-signal-protocol/)
* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/2017/07/02/manish-kakoti-extending-communications-beyond-teams-with-rocketchat-federation/)
* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/2017/07/02/pradeep-kumar-bridging-the-email-and-rocketchat-divide-with-personal-email-gateway)
* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/2017/07/05/sachin-shinde-add-rocketchat-to-any-app-with-mobile-sdk)
* [<NAME>](https://rocket.chat/2017/07/06/naman-gupta-smaller-faster-and-more-bandwidthefficient-client-with-pwa)

In July, along with continued technical progress, we are focusing to help the student in development of their open source citizenship skills - something hopefully useful beyond their GSoC terms with us.  

This will include activities in:

* promoting their open source project
* build and nurture a community around their project
* interaction with internal and external open source team members

Over the next two months, guided by their mentor(s) - each student will be giving a presentation on their project to the larger Rocket.Chat team.

We continue to be extremely optimistic going into the critical mid-term evaluation in late July.

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