On Apr 15, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > On 15/04/2010 23:00, Rahul Akolkar wrote: >> Suggestion for next year, so I think d...@community is appropriate. >> Perhaps some folks on code-awards@ may have input, so CC'ed that list. >> >> I think those mentees that suggest original ideas for GSoC projects >> and manage to get committers interested in mentoring those original >> project ideas should be recognized with a separate evaluation question >> in the mentee ranking process. While question two currently includes >> "original input" it can be interpreted in various ways (original >> project idea, original proposed solution etc.). >> >> I am suggesting the following for next year and beyond: >> >> * Is the project definition and idea originally the mentee's, the >> mentor's or a collaborative effort? (0-2 points, 2 if mentee's idea, 1 >> if collaborative, 0 if mentor's) >> >> Thereby, coming up with an idea and garnering mentor interest becomes >> a dimension in the mentee that gets rewarded (as it should be, IMO). > > +1 - if there are no objections we'll add this after the current selection > process has completed, ready for next year. >
I think this is a great idea and pretty much reflects the how we do it for Mahout. We push pretty hard for students to come w/ their own ideas. We've gotten a lot of mileage out of this approach.
