Could you go through the process described in Isabel's earlier mail: "Back then the ASF applied as a whole to be accepted as organisation for GSoC. I remember Uli Stärk explaining once to me some of the paperwork required from the "OSS project side". Upon acceptance, Google granted several dozen slots for students, those were then distributed across projects. The exact process should be on the com dev page here:
http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html"; On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 6:55 PM, Aditya <adityasarma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > I sent an email to d...@community.apache.org asking if there would be a > problem if I apply for a GSoC in Apache Mahout even though the ideas list > page does not contain any issue related to Mahout. I went on to mention > that as far I my knowledge goes, organizations often encourage students who > propose a new idea other than those already listed. I also emailed Trevor > and Shannon personally. > > I am waiting for their replies. is everyone busy with the 0.13 version > release? > > Regards, > Aditya. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 12:43 AM, Aditya <adityasarma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello Shannon, > > > > I have emailed you personally. Hoping to hear from you soon. > > > > Aditya. > > > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Shannon Quinn <squ...@gatech.edu> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Aditya, > >> > >> Looking forward to working with you! Please feel free to contact me > >> directly and we'll get you up and running. > >> > >> Shannon > >> > >> > >> On 3/9/17 11:43 AM, Andrew Musselman wrote: > >> > >>> Aditya, Shannon Quinn is a committer who mentioned he'd be happy to > >>> mentor > >>> you this season. > >>> > >>> Thanks again for reaching out; let him know where you are in the > process > >>> and let's get you up and running. > >>> > >>> Best > >>> Andrew > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Andrew Palumbo <ap....@outlook.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello Aditya, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Welcome to Mahout! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Here is some information on GSoC requirements [1]. While Mahout has > >>>> participated in the GSoC before, please note that you must find a > >>>> committer > >>>> on the Mahout project who will have the bandwidth to be a good mentor > to > >>>> you. My suggestion would be to start with this step. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hope this helps, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Andy > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> [1] https://community.apache.org/gsoc.html > >>>> > >>>> Apache Community Development - GSoC<https://community.apache. > >>>> org/gsoc.html > >>>> community.apache.org > >>>> Google is sponsoring the 2016 Summer of Code and The Apache Software > >>>> Foundation (ASF) has been accepted as a mentoring organization. This > >>>> page > >>>> is your entry point to ... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ________________________________ > >>>> From: Aditya <adityasarma...@gmail.com> > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 10:06:54 AM > >>>> To: Andrew Musselman > >>>> Cc: dev@mahout.apache.org > >>>> Subject: Re: Contributing to Apache Mahout via Google Summer of Code > >>>> 2017 > >>>> > >>>> Hello Andrew, > >>>> > >>>> With respect to the application process for Google Summer of Code, > once > >>>> you > >>>> guys are sure that I'll be able to contribute to the community on > >>>> something > >>>> meaningful during summer. I'll be drafting a proposal (with guidance > >>>> from > >>>> someone from Mahout) detailing the timeline and the plan of action. I > >>>> guess > >>>> the mentor will be decided based on what my contribution is going to > be. > >>>> I'm sorry for the delay in replying. It has been a crazy week for me > in > >>>> terms of my thesis. I'll take some time and look through the framework > >>>> and > >>>> try to get some hands on experience by contributing to a bug fix / an > >>>> existing issue in Jira. > >>>> > >>>> I had a question though, do I submit the application proposal to > someone > >>>> from Mahout? or is there a centralized process for ASF as a whole. > >>>> > >>>> PS: With respect to help from your side, it would be a mentor willing > to > >>>> mentor me through the summer as I work. I will talk to Saikat and see > of > >>>> what use I can be in the Generalized Linear Model that has been > >>>> proposed. > >>>> > >>>> Best Regards, > >>>> Aditya > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 4:43 AM, Andrew Musselman < > >>>> andrew.mussel...@gmail.com > >>>> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> Also would probably be good to subscribe to the community list by > >>>>> sending > >>>>> mail to dev-subscr...@community.apache.org. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Andrew Musselman < > >>>>> andrew.mussel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Aditya, could you go through the page Isabel noted above ( > >>>>>> http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html) and let us know what help > you > >>>>>> need applying or moving the process forward? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 1:11 AM, Isabel Drost-Fromm < > isa...@apache.org > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Disclaimer: Last time I mentored is years ago. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Back then the ASF applied as a whole to be accepted as organisation > >>>>>>> for > >>>>>>> GSoC. I remember Uli Stärk explaining once to me some of the > >>>>>>> paperwork > >>>>>>> required from the "OSS project side". Upon acceptance, Google > granted > >>>>>>> several dozen slots for students, those were then distributed > across > >>>>>>> projects. The exact process should be on the com dev page here: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Isabel > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> > > >
