Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

["Devon H. O'Dell" <devon.odell@gmail.com>]

Op 24 februari 2012 11:19 heeft Calvin Morrison
<mutantturkey@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
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> On 24 February 2012 11:13, Anthony Sorace <a@9srv.net> wrote:
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>> Folks:
>>        The fine folks over at Google's Open Source Programs
>> Office have announced the 2012 edition of Summer of
>> Code. I intend to submit an application for Plan 9 to again
>> participate. I'd like your help in making this year a success.
>>
>>        We had one major problem last year. Between Google's
>> decision to focus on bringing in a larger number of smaller
>> organizations and our own group's tendency to be pretty
>> hands-off on marketing, we got an abysmal showing in the
>> student application process. We got very few applications
>> (7, from memory), and only 3 of those (at best) were viable.
>> We were given two slots for student projects.
>>
>>        This is bad for a few reasons. Obviously it means we
>> don't get as many people exposed to our code and our
>> community, we don't get as much work done, and we don't
>> have the opportunity to create new contributors, which is
>> the fundamental point of GSoC. It also makes our numbers
>> pretty vulnerable when, as happened last year, one
>> student goes silent at midterms and never resurfaces.
>>
>>        This year, I'd like to make an explicit call for help from
>> our community in getting the word out. I know we have
>> several members who're attached to higher education
>> institutions; that's really the best route here. It's likely that
>> your school provides several ways of getting this program
>> in front of students; It'd be wonderful if you could look into
>> those. I've spoken to a few of you individually, but I'm sure
>> there are several more I'm not aware of.
>>
>>        If you'd like help in terms of written text, presentation
>> outlines, whatever, just let me know. There's a good
>> collection of such things that folks have done for GSoC in
>> the past, and I'm happy to point you at relevant ones of
>> those or help you create more specific things. Just let me
>> know what you need. A good place to start is the FAQ[0].
>>
>>        In the mean time, I'll be going through the wiki and
>> giving it a good scrubbing, moving the 2011 pages out of
>> the way and preparing for 2012. I'd encourage anyone
>> who's got some free time to take a look at that, as well.
>> And, of course, we'll need projects! Think about what
>> would make a good summer-sized project for a student.
>> And if you're at all interested in Plan 9's participation in
>> GSoC, I'd suggest joining the Google group for the
>> topic[1], where most of the discussion in the summer
>> goes on.
>>
>>        Aside from that one major issue, last year went well. I
>> was able to get good feedback from a few people during
>> the application process, mentors signed up without
>> hassle, reviews of student applications were done well
>> and promptly. I'd like to thank everyone who's participated
>> so far, and I hope you'll sign up again once that's open.
>>
>> Anthony
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>> [0]
>> http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs
>> [1]     http://groups.google.com/group/plan9-gsoc
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> How can I apply for GSoC as a student? is it to late?

This year's program has not yet started; application submissions will
begin soon for organizations. After that, it will be a bit before
student applications begin being accepted. So it's definitely not too
late. Just check out the timeline at
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012. Hopefully
we are accepted again this year, and you can apply.

--dho

> Calvin Morrison