From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 15:08:38 -0500 From: a@9srv.net Message-ID: <1ea5eada29a3d8b5da50bbf0360b19ce@9srv.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [9fans] Plan 9 and Google's Summer of Code Topicbox-Message-UUID: 82604b54-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Folks: The window for mentor organizations to apply for Google's Summer of Code 2016 opens on Monday, February 8th, and we'll be applying again. As in the past several years, I'll be submitting an application for us to participate as an "umbrella organization", and we'll happily accept applications for projects relating to Plan 9, Inferno, Plan 9 from User Space, or any of the related technolgoies. Erik has volunteered to again serve as our backup org admin. There have been some changes to the program this year, but for the most part it's as you remember: college & university students 18 and over are invited to apply to a list of mentoring organizations and, if selected, paired with a mentor to work on a specific project. The most significant change from previous years is probably that students may only participate a maximum of 3 times (as students; you're welcome to talk to us about being a mentor!). For a full rundown on the program, check out Google's Summer of Code site[1]. I've started the process of updating the wiki information, but it's not all there yet; feel free to help out. In particular, as always, we need to make sure our Ideas page is in good shape by the time the application period ends =E2=80=94 this is usually the main facto= r determining which orgs get selected; please take a look[2]. If you'd be interested in being a mentor, co-mentor, or backup mentor, please either speak up here or drop me a line. If you have specific ideas you'd like to work on, please add them to the Ideas page on the wiki, or pass them along and I'll fill them in. If you would like to mentor but don't have a specific project idea, that's cool to; just let me know. If you're in contact with students, please start getting them thinking about spending their summer with us. If you have any questions about the program or how to participate, feel free to ask here, drop me a line, or come find me on IRC (irc.freenote.net, anth in #plan9, #inferno, and #plan9-gsoc). We've also got a GSoC-specific mailing list I'd encourage you to sign up for, or browse discussions from previous years[3]. Google has produced a lot of material to help both mentors and students better understand the program and increase their odds of acceptance and success. If you're interested in reading more, I suggest starting with their SoC manuals[4]. Your friendly neighborhood org admin, Anthony ----- [1] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/ [2] The web interface to the wiki is currently down, but you can get at it via the Acme interface. The page is GSoC-2016-ideas. [3] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/plan9-gsoc [4] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/manual