Hi Dick, Thanks from me as well for keeping this idea going. Perhaps we should think in terms of co-mentoring (rather than mentor and backup). I would be willing to co-mentor the Webhelp proposal.
Thanks, David > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Hamilton [mailto:rlhamil...@frii.com] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:21 PM > To: 'docbook'; 'DocBook Apps Mailing List' > Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] DocBook and Google > Summer of Code ? > > Stefan and the DocBook community, > > Stefan, thanks for bringing the deadline to everyone's attention. > > I would be glad to act as administrator for the DocBook project. > > To that end, there are a few things that need to happen that > I cannot do on my own: > > 1) We need some mentors; so far, Stefan is the only person > who has signed on as a mentor. Seems to me that we need at > least two or three projects with mentors to make a credible > application. > > 2) We need backup mentor for each project. It's not > essential, but it would help the application and would also > make sure that students have more than one person to work > with in case someone is out of town, etc. > > I suggest the following schedule: > > 1) Until March 8 (next Monday) I'll leave the wiki open > (http://docbook.xmlpress.net) for anyone to edit (for those > just looking into this, you need to sign up, but it's > automatic and easy). Please look at the projects, add any you > are willing to be mentor for, and sign up as mentor or backup > mentor for any project. Also, if you sign up as a mentor, > please fill out the description if it needs some extra > information, and send me your contact information. > > 2) On March 8, I'll remove any projects that don't have > mentors, and if we have at least two projects with mentors, > I'll begin preparing the application. > > 3) During the week I'll work with the mentors on the > application and make it available for review on the wiki. > > 4) By Friday the 12th, I'll submit the application. > > This is the first time I've been involved with the Google > Summer of Code, so I'm open to input from anyone concerning > the process and anything else to do with this project. > > Best Regards, > Dick Hamilton > --------------------------------- > XML Press > XML for Technical Communicators > http://xmlpress.net > (970) 231-3624 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stefan Seefeld [mailto:seef...@sympatico.ca] > > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 7:27 AM > > To: docbook; DocBook Apps Mailing List; Norman Walsh > > Subject: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] DocBook and Google Summer of > > Code ? > > > > > > This is just a little reminder that the deadline for mentoring > > organization applications is drawing near (march 8th - 12th: > > http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/g > soc2010/timeline) > > We have had some discussion on possible tasks, and even a > temporary wiki > > set up for this purpose (http://docbook.xmlpress.net). > > Even though, I'm afraid it isn't quite clear whether to move > forward or > not, and in particular, who is in charge of this. > I'd be happy to help, as I have participated as mentor a > couple of times > > in the past), but I'm not able to lead the effort, mostly because I'm > not a docbook (core) developer myself. > > Yet I think this presents a great opportunity to a) spread the word > about DB, b) help work on issues and features that core developers > haven't enough time to address themselves. > > Norm, Dave, Bob, et al.: Do you think this is worthwhile ? > > Thanks, > Stefan > > > > -- > > ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin... > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: > docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: > docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
