Very cool! Thanks a ton Sally! Uli
On 09.04.2013 18:28, Sally Khudairi wrote: > Hello again --we are live: > > -PR Newswire > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-apache-software-foundation-community-development-project-welcomes-student-proposals-for-google-summer-of-code-2013-202143091.html > -ASF Foundation Blog http://s.apache.org/AVV > -@TheASF Twitter feed https://twitter.com/TheASF/status/321653839973466112 > > ...as well to announce@ and our dedicated media/analyst list. This is also on > the apache.org homepage. > > Thanks, everyone, for your help! > > -Sally > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de> >> To: dev@community.apache.org >> Cc: Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com>; Sally Khudairi >> <s...@apache.org>; "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 11:08 >> Subject: Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of >> Code 2013 >> >> 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 >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>
