12 seems good. Let's wait a few more minutes if anybody wants to add something.
Uli On 09.04.2013 16:57, Sally Khudairi wrote: > Ack. Thanks, Uli. > > Any other comments? Do you still want to go live at 12Noon-ish ET? > > If I get the final signoff soon, I might be able to get it out at 11.30am. > > Cheers, > Sally > > [From the mobile; kindly excuse spelling/spacing/auto-correct anomalies] > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Ulrich Stärk" <u...@spielviel.de> > To: "Sally Khudairi" <s...@apache.org> > Cc: "Sally Khudairi" <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com>, "dev@community.apache.org" > <dev@community.apache.org>, "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org> > Subject: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code > 2013 > Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 10:42 AM > > > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
