Hello, mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google as of tomorrow up until March, 9th. If anybody still wants to make a participation of MacPorts happen, it's not too late yet!
Rainer On 2012-02-04 19:52 , Rainer Müller wrote: > 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
