Sorry to derail the topic of this thread, but how many slots will Apache have, and how many slots will each project get?
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de> wrote: > Looks fine to me except for two small things. > > Comments inline. > > Uli > > On 09.04.2013 16:14, Sally Khudairi wrote: > > Hi everyone --I've drafted up an announcement that I can send out by 12 > Noon ET today, if not sooner. > > > > Please review the draft below and forward any corrections/additions no > later than 11.15AM ET. > > > > Thanks for this, > > Sally > > > > ...also, we need to update http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html :^) > > On it. Thanks for the reminder. > > > > > = = = > > > > The Apache Software Foundation Community Development Project Welcomes > Student Proposals for Google > > Summer of Code 2013 > > > > Hundreds of students mentored in “The Apache Way” of Open Source > community leadership > > > > Forest Hill, MD –9 April 2013– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)'s > Community Development (ComDev) > > project today announced its acceptance into the Google Summer of Code > (GsoC) as a mentoring > > organization for the eighth consecutive year. > > > > The ComDev team helps newcomers learn about the ASF's projects, > governance, and activities, and > > guides them in becoming part of the meritocratic, all-volunteer Apache > community. > > > > Established in 2005, the Google Summer of Code offers student developers > from around the word > > stipends to write code for various Open Source software projects over a > three month period. > > > > The ASF has actively participated in GSoC since the program's inception, > mentoring 30-45 students > > each year, and providing exposure to real-world software and community > development “The Apache Way”. > > > > Countless GSoC students mentored by the Apache community continue to be > long-term code committers on > > a variety of Apache projects. Some active program participants have even > been elected as members of > > the ASF. > > > > This year, dozens of Apache projects have committed to mentoring GSoC > students. They include > > Accumulo, Airavata, Axiom, Bloodhound, CloudStack, CouchDB, Crunch, > Giraph, Gora, Hama, Hive, Isis, > > Jena, Lenya, Lucene, Mahout, ManifoldCF, Mesos, Nutch, ODE, > OpenMeetings, OpenOffice, Pig, Rat, SIS, > > Sling, Solr, Stanbol, Tika, VXQuery, Wookie, XalanJ, and XercesJ. > > Make clear that this list isn't exclusive. Maybe "They include but are not > limited to..."? > > > > > The ComDev team invite GSoC students to propose application ideas > directly with all Apache > > project(s) of interest no later than Sunday, 21 April 2013. The ASF's > more than 100 Top-Level > > Projects and nearly three dozen initiatives in the Apache Incubator are > listed at > > http://www.apache.org/ and http://incubator.apache.org/ respectively. > > "The ComDev team recommends GSoC students to discuss application ideas > directly with all Apache > project(s) of interest before the official start of the application phase > on Monday, 22 April 2013." > > > > > For more information on Apache Community Development and to get involved > with Apache projects for > > GSoC, visit http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html > > > > Details on the Google Summer of Code is available at > > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013 > > > > About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) > > Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees nearly one > hundred fifty leading Open > > Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server — the world's most popular > Web server software. > > Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way", more > than 400 individual Members > > and 3,500 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely > available enterprise-grade software, > > benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions > are distributed under the > > Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing > lists, mentoring initiatives, > > and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, trainings, and > expo. The ASF is a US > > 501(3)(c) not-for-profit charity, funded by individual donations and > corporate sponsors including > > AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go Daddy, Google, HP, > Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, > > InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW Group, > SpringSource/VMware, WANdisco, and Yahoo!. > > For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on > Twitter. > > > > "Apache", "Accumulo", "Apache Accumulo", "Airavata", "Apache Airavata", > "Axiom", "Apache Axiom", > > "Bloodhound", "Apache Bloodhound", "CloudStack", "Apache CloudStack", > "CouchDB", "Apache CouchDB", > > "Crunch", "Apache Crunch", "Giraph", "Apache Giraph", "Gora", "Apache > Gora", "Hama", "Apache Hama", > > "Hive", "Apache Hive", "Isis", "Apache Isis", "Jena", "Apache Jena", > "Lenya", "Apache Lenya", > > "Lucene", "Apache Lucene", "Mahout", "Apache Mahout", "ManifoldCF", > "Apache ManifoldCF", "Mesos", > > "Apache Mesos", "Nutch", "Apache Nutch", "ODE", "Apache ODE", > "OpenMeetings", "Apache OpenMeetings", > > "OpenOffice", "Apache OpenOffice", "Pig", "Apache Pig", "Rat", "Apache > Rat", "SIS", "Apache SIS", > > "Sling", "Apache Sling", "Solr", "Apache Solr", "Stanbol", "Apache > Stanbol", "Tika", "Apache Tika", > > "VXQuery", "Apache VXQuery", "Wookie", "Apache Wookie", "XalanJ", > "Apache XalanJ", "XercesJ", > > "Apache XercesJ", and "ApacheCon" are registered trademarks or > trademarks of the Apache Software > > Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands > and trademarks are the > > property of their respective owners. > > > > # # # > > > > Contact: > > Sally Khudairi > > Vice President > > The Apache Software Foundation > > pr...@apache.org > > +1 617 921 8656 > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *From:* Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com> > > *To:* Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de>; "dev@community.apache.org" < > dev@community.apache.org> > > *Cc:* "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 8:42 > > *Subject:* Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google > Summer of Code 2013 > > > > Perfect. Thank you, Uli! > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *From:* Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de> > > *To:* dev@community.apache.org > > *Cc:* Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org>; "pr...@apache.org" < > pr...@apache.org> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 8:36 > > *Subject:* Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for > Google Summer of Code 2013 > > > > Here's your list: > > > > Accumulo, Airavata, Axiom, Bloodhound, CloudStack, Lenya, > OpenOffice, ManifoldCF, CouchDB, > > Crunch, > > Giraph, Gora, Hama, Hive, Isis, Jena, Lucene, Mahout, Mesos, > Nutch, Ode, Openmeetings, Pig, Rat, > > SIS, Sling, Solr, Stanbol, Tika, VXQuery, Wookie, XalanJ, XercesJ > > > > It isn't exclusive, these are simply the projects that have > submitted project ideas. Every > > student > > is free to approach any project and propose an idea (which is > also highly encouraged). > > > > Cheers, > > > > Uli > > > > On 09.04.2013 14:20, Ulrich Stärk wrote: > > > Any project can be involved. The ones listed at [4] have > explicitly submitted ideas for > > students but > > > that doesn't mean students can't approach projects not > mentioned there. I'll compile a > > list from [4] > > > for you. > > > > > > Uli > > > > > > On 09.04.2013 14:16, Sally Khudairi wrote: > > >> One more thing: do we have a list of Apache projects that > will be involved here? > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Sally > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> *From:* Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de <mailto: > u...@spielviel.de>> > > >> *To:* "pr...@apache.org <mailto:pr...@apache.org>" < > pr...@apache.org > > <mailto:pr...@apache.org>>; Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org<mailto: > s...@apache.org>> > > >> *Cc:* "dev@community.apache.org <mailto: > dev@community.apache.org>" > > <dev@community.apache.org <mailto:dev@community.apache.org>> > > >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 8:11 > > >> *Subject:* ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for > Google Summer of Code 2013 > > >> > > >> Recycling last years email on the topic. All dates and > links updated. It would be cool > > if we could > > >> get this out asap. Is there anything else you need? > > >> > > >> Uli > > >> > > >> -------- Original Message -------- > > >> Subject: Apache Software Foundation accepted as a > mentoring organization for Google > > Summer of > > >> Code 2012 > > >> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:21:40 +0100 > > >> From: Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de <mailto: > u...@spielviel.de> > > <mailto:u...@spielviel.de <mailto:u...@spielviel.de>>> > > >> To: pr...@apache.org <mailto:pr...@apache.org> <mailto: > pr...@apache.org > > <mailto:pr...@apache.org>> > > >> CC: dev@community.apache.org <mailto: > dev@community.apache.org> > > <mailto:dev@community.apache.org <mailto: > dev@community.apache.org>> > > >> > > >> Hey Sally & Co., > > >> > > >> this year we won't forget to provide you with some infos > on our GSoC endeavours. > > Yesterday, we have > > >> been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google > Summer of Code 2013 [1],[2]. This > > means that > > >> over the summer, our committers will mentor students that > are sponsored by Google and > > will be > > >> working on our projects. The program helps us not only to > get some code written but > > also to > > >> introduce students into open source development and > hopefully recruit some new > > long-term committers. > > >> More information on the program is available at [3]. > Students are now encouraged to > > discuss ideas > > >> with the respective projects and begin drafting proposals. > An extensive list of > > already existing > > >> project ideas is available at [4]. The actual application > phase is from April 24 until > > May 3, coding > > >> will take place from June 17 to September 23. See [5] for > the detailed timeline. > > >> > > >> Can you please run any press release past us ( > dev@community.apache.org > > <mailto:dev@community.apache.org> > > >> <mailto:dev@community.apache.org <mailto: > dev@community.apache.org>>) before publishing? > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> > > >> Uli > > >> > > >> [1] > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013 > > >> [2] > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/apache > > >> [3] > > > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page > > >> [4] http://s.apache.org/gsoc2013ideas > > >> [5] > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
