Hello, all, There were a number of questions about how to participate in Clojure's Google Summer of Code effort in my last GSoC post, enough that I felt it warranted its own thread. There is a section on the wiki about getting involved [1], but I'll make a few suggestions here.
Everyone ======== Please talk about GSoC at your Clojure user group meetings. If you happen to work at a university, the GSoC team has some materials available [2] if you are interested in putting on a promotional event. Mentors ======= If you are interested in being a mentor, even as a secondary/backup mentor, there are a few things you can do: 1. Sign up to be a mentor on Melange [3]. You will need to sign in with a Google account, create a profile, and request a connection with Clojure. 2. If you have any ideas that are not on our Project Ideas page [4], please add them. If you don't have write access to the wiki, feel free to post them to this mailing list with '[GSoC Idea]', and we'll add it for you. 3. Feel free to talk about GSoC on other project mailing lists. 4. Engage with students who express an interest in a project that might interest you. Students ======== The student application period will be from the 10th to 21st of March. >From now through then, you should research your project, get know members, and engage the community. Posting your project ideas to this mailing list is a great way to achieve the last two. Remember that having a good rapport with your mentors and the community is one of the most important criteria for being selected as a GSoC student. As far as project ideas go, check out the project ideas page [4], but don't feel restricted to that. You can do any project so long as you can find a suitable mentor, and it both involves Clojure programming and has a reasonable scope. I hope this helps. Thanks for helping out with Clojure's GSoC effort. Sincerely, Daniel [1]: http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Google+Summer+of+Code+2014#GoogleSummerofCode2014-Gettinginvolved [2]: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page#3._What_can_I_do_to_spread_the_word [3]: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014 [4]: http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Project+Ideas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
