Google just allocated slots and...
On 05/05/2013 09:23 PM, Quim Gil wrote:
Based on the feedback received from the mentors we are
requesting
11 min
21 max
... WE HAVE GOT 21 SLOTS ALLOWED!!!!
First: congratulations to everybody involved: mentors AND students. This
number reflects succinctly how much someone like Google trusts you.
Second: this relaxes a lot our selection process. Between this and OPW
we can accommodate many good proposals.
Third: still, we will keep standards high as we have done so far. Having
21 slots doesn't mean that we will take them blindly. We will continue
asking questions to mentors and students about the feasibility of each
proposal and we will consider accepted only those that have all the
foundations in place.
Last but not least: remember the important point about confidentiality.
Now several projects might look pretty obvious candidates but this
doesn't authorize anybody to leak / pre-announce our decisions made.
Google is still the one that must announce all accepted GSoC projects first.
PS: and now, if you don't mind, I'll go get some sophisticated
alcohol-free drink to celebrate. Salut!
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Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil