a***@9srv.net
2013-03-28 20:38:39 UTC
Folks:
We're down to just about 24 hours remaining until org
applicaitons are due for Summer of Code 2013. After tomorrow
evening, the fine folks at Google will grab the application and
some key pages linked from it, such as the ideas page and
student application template, and begin evaluating orgs to
decide who gets to participate.
The application itself is coming along nicely. It's mostly
the same as the past few years, so that's the easy part. The
bigger deal is the linked pages, most particularly the ideas
page. This is a key part of the evaluation process, and is the
thing that gets brought up most in the meetings for rejected
orgs most every year. We've gotten positive feedback on ours
for the past several years, but we still need to have this in really
solid shape.
As of now, our idea page is a bit lighter on the variety of
ideas compared to what we've seen in the past. It would be
really good if folks could think hard about the sorts of projects
they'd be interested in being a mentor for and get those in
there ASAP. It would be especially good to have ideas attached
to a few more prospective mentors.
Remember, putting your name on that page is in no way a
commitment to mentor any particular student/application/project.
We'll take a look at the specific applications we get and evaluate
them at that point. If you're thinking "I'd work on this, but only if
the student looked stellar", then put that in!
The easiest (for me, and given the timing, for us generally)
way to do this is to edit the wiki directly; just follow the template
of the existing examples. If you can't do that, just send me email
with a description of the project (decent detail, please) and an
estimated difficulty, and I'll add it in.
The wiki in general isn't really brought into the application
process, but it will be an important resource for interested
prospective students. If you've been putting off making any
changes there, adding things, fixing out of date info, now would
be a really good time to get a move on that.
Much thanks to all the folks who've submitted ideas so far,
either to me or on the wiki directly. Looking forward to getting
this application done!
Anthony
We're down to just about 24 hours remaining until org
applicaitons are due for Summer of Code 2013. After tomorrow
evening, the fine folks at Google will grab the application and
some key pages linked from it, such as the ideas page and
student application template, and begin evaluating orgs to
decide who gets to participate.
The application itself is coming along nicely. It's mostly
the same as the past few years, so that's the easy part. The
bigger deal is the linked pages, most particularly the ideas
page. This is a key part of the evaluation process, and is the
thing that gets brought up most in the meetings for rejected
orgs most every year. We've gotten positive feedback on ours
for the past several years, but we still need to have this in really
solid shape.
As of now, our idea page is a bit lighter on the variety of
ideas compared to what we've seen in the past. It would be
really good if folks could think hard about the sorts of projects
they'd be interested in being a mentor for and get those in
there ASAP. It would be especially good to have ideas attached
to a few more prospective mentors.
Remember, putting your name on that page is in no way a
commitment to mentor any particular student/application/project.
We'll take a look at the specific applications we get and evaluate
them at that point. If you're thinking "I'd work on this, but only if
the student looked stellar", then put that in!
The easiest (for me, and given the timing, for us generally)
way to do this is to edit the wiki directly; just follow the template
of the existing examples. If you can't do that, just send me email
with a description of the project (decent detail, please) and an
estimated difficulty, and I'll add it in.
The wiki in general isn't really brought into the application
process, but it will be an important resource for interested
prospective students. If you've been putting off making any
changes there, adding things, fixing out of date info, now would
be a really good time to get a move on that.
Much thanks to all the folks who've submitted ideas so far,
either to me or on the wiki directly. Looking forward to getting
this application done!
Anthony