> > With regard to the org admins there is no room for > placeholders/switching, I think. Registering as org admin is a > "permanent" task, so one has to take over *some* responsibility from > "now" to November. *If* the organization is actually accepted by Google, > which in the case of Frescobaldi is more than questionable, given our > small size.
Got it. The most important point is to do the commitment to - if we're selected > - stick with it over the year, most of the time having nothing to do but > ensuring at least one admin is constantly available. That sounds just fine. I'm willing/able to take on that responsibility. Let me know (off list now, I guess) what I need to do or know for now. Jeffery On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> wrote: > Hi Jeffery, > > Am 03.02.2017 um 18:58 schrieb Jeffery Shivers: > > 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. > > With regard to the org admins there is no room for > placeholders/switching, I think. Registering as org admin is a > "permanent" task, so one has to take over *some* responsibility from > "now" to November. *If* the organization is actually accepted by Google, > which in the case of Frescobaldi is more than questionable, given our > small size. > > The primary duties of the two org admins (I'm the other one) is to be > available for both (potential) mentors and Google. I think the org > admins for large projects such as GNU, who have to shepard countless > potential mentors, many organizations and eventually >40 active > projects, have quite some work to do, but with Frescobaldi, where we > won't have more than two projects in a first year, this should be really > manageable. > > The most important point is to do the commitment to - if we're selected > - stick with it over the year, most of the time having nothing to do but > ensuring at least one admin is constantly available. > > > > > > 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. > > Indeed it would be very good for us! > > Best > Urs > > > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org > > <mailto: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 > > <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 > > <http://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 <mailto:u...@openlilylib.org> > > https://openlilylib.org > > http://lilypondblog.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org <mailto:lilypond-user@gnu.org> > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jeffery Shivers > > jefferyshivers.com <http://jefferyshivers.com> > > soundcloud.com/jefferyshivers <http://soundcloud.com/jefferyshivers> > > > -- > Urs Liska > https://openlilylib.org > http://lilypondblog.org > -- Jeffery Shivers jefferyshivers.com soundcloud.com/jefferyshivers
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