GSoC, call for mentors
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| GSoC, call for mentors | Alexandre Prokoudine | 03 Feb 22:05 |
| GSoC, call for mentors | Jehan Pagès | 04 Feb 02:48 |
| GSoC, call for mentors | Alexandre Prokoudine | 04 Feb 14:44 |
GSoC, call for mentors
Hi,
It appears that I've got myself into administrating GSoC this year, with schumaml being backup admin :)
I know that Jehan was interested in being a mentor, and I guess that mitch will be joining the fun, but I'm not sure that the idea of meta-mentors will be seen by Google all that appealing. So I'd like to get a better understanding where we stand:
1) who is willing and will realistically be able to do the job of a mentor; 2) who is willing and will realistically be able to stick around and be a backup mentor.
Here's the GSoC timeline for you to check against your personal one: http://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014
Just in case, we will be accepting project ideas for both GIMP and GEGL.
An official announcement that we are submitting an application to participate at GSoC again will be sent later.
Alexandre
GSoC, call for mentors
Hi,
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
Hi,
It appears that I've got myself into administrating GSoC this year, with schumaml being backup admin :)
I know that Jehan was interested in being a mentor, and I guess that mitch will be joining the fun, but I'm not sure that the idea of meta-mentors will be seen by Google all that appealing. So I'd like to get a better understanding where we stand:
1) who is willing and will realistically be able to do the job of a mentor; 2) who is willing and will realistically be able to stick around and be a backup mentor.
Here's the GSoC timeline for you to check against your personal one: http://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014
I definitely want to do it seriously, but I realize that it starts way
sooner than I thought.
Basically I will be more settled from end of May. Before that, my
schedule and my internet time will be limited, just like now. It still
means that I will read all my emails and will answer them. But it may
mean that my response time can be a few days (like it is currently).
From end of May though, I can be a full time geek again with its own
Internet connection, through all summer.
How would such a thing work with gsoc? Is it acceptable?
Just in case, we will be accepting project ideas for both GIMP and GEGL.
On my side, I would concentrate on GIMP side. There are many things that can be improved in GIMP, with or without a GEGL piece too, and I definitely can propose and mentor various projects.
Jehan
An official announcement that we are submitting an application to participate at GSoC again will be sent later.
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GSoC, call for mentors
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 6:48 AM, Jehan Pags wrote:
Here's the GSoC timeline for you to check against your personal one: http://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014
I definitely want to do it seriously, but I realize that it starts way sooner than I thought.
Basically I will be more settled from end of May. Before that, my schedule and my internet time will be limited, just like now. It still means that I will read all my emails and will answer them. But it may mean that my response time can be a few days (like it is currently). From end of May though, I can be a full time geek again with its own Internet connection, through all summer.How would such a thing work with gsoc? Is it acceptable?
It's not exactly desirable, but given enough backup mentors it's acceptable. The trick is to keep a student involved while you are a bit late with replies :) I think we can have a simple protocol to address this:
- get students to hang out on IRC where multiple developers are available; - for email communication, keep admin/backup admin in CC so that absence of replies could be determined and dealt with in a timely manner.
Just in case, we will be accepting project ideas for both GIMP and GEGL.
On my side, I would concentrate on GIMP side. There are many things that can be improved in GIMP, with or without a GEGL piece too, and I definitely can propose and mentor various projects.
Awesome :)
Alexandre
