I don't feel (and objectively am not) qualified to mentor someone in any capacity really, but if there is anything I can do to help (such as administrative stuff, or otherwise), do let me know. Other than normal job stuff, I don't have any big commitments from now through most of the summer, so it would be a pleasure to assist in any way possible if even just as a temporary placeholder for someone else more qualified to takeover later.
I hope others out there will speak up as well, even if you're on the fence for whatever reason. GSoC is a rare and generous opportunity to fund awesome developments for a tool we all love so much; it would be great to see more support for LilyPond's participation this year. On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have to bump this as the deadline is somewhat approaching and I need > some feedback. > > We have by now a nice set of project proposals online, but there are > some projects without a mentor yet. Basically what is needed is at least > one more mentor who feels comfortable mentoring someone to work on the > underlying document representation stuff (the "music tree"). > > But while this is *important* it is absolutely *required* that we will > have a second organization admin. Without that we can't even apply. > Really, this is an opportunity to support Frescobaldi development for > those who don't feel able to contribute any code, so please step up and > volunteer. I don't expect this to be overwhelming with workload, please > see below in my original post for some more details. > > Best > Urs > > > Am 31.01.2017 um 12:06 schrieb Urs Liska: > > Hi all, > > > > we decided to apply for this year's Google Summer of Code program with > > Frescobaldi. We don't expect the chances to be accepted very high, but > > it's probably worth the effort. It would give the chance to get more > > GSoC slots for the wider LilyPond cause, so it's definitely a good thing. > > > > In order to complete our application we need a few items *until Feb. 9 > > (next Thursday)*, and I would be very happy to see concrete support from > > this community: > > > > 1) > > It is an absolute requisite that we have a second "org admin". > > Org admins are responsible for communication between the project and > > Google. I think both Google and the project will hold them "accountable" > > for that. In addition they promise to be available and reliably > > responsive over the whole project period (i.e. from now on until late > > October) (obviously that doesn't rule out any vacancies ...). > > Furthermore they'll have to do some paperwork and possibly channel some > > money, for example for reimbursing mentors going to the mentors' summit. > > > > This would be an ideal task for someone interested in actively > > supporting Frescobaldi/LilyPond development who doesn't feel capable of > > doing actual programming. This is a completely administrative task. > > > > I can't say how much work it will be, but given the (lack of) size of > > the organization I can't imagine it's a lot. > > > > 2) > > As part of the application we have to submit a number of potential > > project mentors who have volunteered. Therefore it is crucial to gather > > that information right now. > > > > On https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code I've > > drafted a project idea's list similar to the one on lilypond.org. This > > is very much open for discussion and extension. > > > > So I ask anyone who can imagine mentoring a student for a Frescobaldi > > project to have a look at that list, consider the options with the > > proposed projects, feel free to suggest other projects you may prefer > > mentoring. > > > > From last year's experience I know that it is difficult to get together > > a team of potential mentors, so *please* take this call seriously and > > consider joining the effort. Also from last year's experience I can say > > that mentoring *does* take its time but it's definitely a worthwile > > thing to do. > > > > Best > > Urs > > > > > > -- > u...@openlilylib.org > https://openlilylib.org > http://lilypondblog.org > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -- Jeffery Shivers jefferyshivers.com soundcloud.com/jefferyshivers
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