Hi folks,
We've been accepted again for another Google Summer of Code! What this
means:
* Mentors: please go to this page to formally apply to be a mentor:
http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/mentor/request/google/gsoc2010/wikimedia
Note: you can't officially be a mentor until you do this, and we can't do it
for you (part of it involves agreeing to the mentor agreement).
Question for the group: how many student slots do you think we should
request? On the "advice for mentors page", it says: "
A good rule of thumb when finding and assigning mentors is to have two
mentors per student. It is also a good idea to have a spare mentor or two
who can pay attention to many students and keep track of the big picture."
Given our current list of mentors (we have 9 listed, plus 1 "maybe"), that
would give us "4" as the number of slots. Does that seem like a number
that's both low enough that we can be reasonably confident we'll do a good
job mentoring, but high enough that we're not selling ourselves short?
* Students: it's still not yet formally time to apply, but now is a really
good time to start brainstorming ideas, and getting clarifications on what's
already been suggested:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2010
While you may be tempted (from a competitive perspective) not to reveal what
your ideas are early, it is almost certainly going to be to your benefit to
engage now. By "engage", I mean "demonstrate that you're really
thinking
about how to improve MediaWiki and other Wikimedia project technologies, and
have the wherewithal to do it", not merely "impress us with what skills you
have". The more specific and thoughtful your ideas, questions, and
suggestions are, the more comfortable we'll all feel in selecting you.
You might want to take a peek at the GSoC student agreement now, since
you'll be required to agree to it as a precondition for being part of this
year's program:
http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2010/stude…
Rob
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+1. I can be a secondary mentor/general resource for students
to come to, I just hadn't put my name on the list.
-Chad