Hello MacPorts developers, today, Google has announced Summer of Code 2012! I think most of you will already have heard of it. Google pays students to work on various Open Source projects over the summer. It is also a good start for students with Open Source development. MacPorts is taking part in this program every year since 2007.
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/02/google-summer-of-code-2012-is-on.html I have been the organization administrator for The MacPorts Project in the last years, but unfortunately I will not have enough time to do this again this year as I am supposed to write my thesis. I will definitely be around to help with selection of students or answer any questions regarding the program. However, I can't promise a fixed amount of time per week and thus, I hope someone else will step up to fill this position. After all, there is still some time left for the organization application deadline. I just want to list the duties and responsibilities of the organization administrator to describe this position in more detail: * Submit the organization application to Google The version from last year can be found at: -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeOrgApplication * Acquire mentors (could be for specific topics, e.g. GUI) Look through the list of mentors of the past years and ask them if they would be wiling to participate again. Also consider asking the students from last years as they are familiar with the program. -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeArchive Responsibilites of a mentor: -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeMentorGuidelines * Distribute students interested in MacPorts to the right mentors Students are supposed to report in on the mailing list or on IRC and discuss their project before submitting the final application to us. The organization administrator should keep an overview over these students and be the point of contact for them. Point them to the mentors for specific topics. * Review students' applications After the deadline, we have to request a slot count from Google. This determines how many students can work for us. This number depends on the number of mentors and the number of good applications. How such an application should look like: -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeApplicationTemplate What we expect from students: -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeGuidelines * Be the point of contact during the summer If anything important happens during this summer, Google will hold the organization administrator responsible for all communications. * Mid-term and Final evaluations Make sure all mentors and all students fill out the evaluations. Discuss with all mentors if any student should not pass the mid-term or final evaluation, for example they did not work enough on the assigned project. Well, this might look like a long list now, but the main work is to be done in March/April for the review of students' applications. See also the official timeline: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012 Rainer _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
