Hi all, I'm working on getting Perl into Google's Summer of Code this year, but before we can apply, we need to show a sufficient pool of willing mentors and a list of suggested projects.
Summer of Code gives students a chance at an 11-week full-time internship (with a stipend) so they can spend their summer working in an open source project instead of a lumberyard. This is a great chance for the Perl community to bring in some new blood and get some cool code written. If you're interested, willing and able to be a mentor, please add yourself on the wiki page below. You'll need to be available throughout the summer (May - Aug) to keep your student under your wing and generally steer them toward appropriate resources and provide technical feedback. Mentors will report progress weekly to Steffen Müller (who will be managing the "modules, applications, &etc" department) and will be expected to complete the mid-term and final evaluations for the student. http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_mentors If you would like to suggest a project, please add it here: http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects If you hate wikis as much as I do, please visit this handy form and I will batch the wiki edits on your behalf. http://scratchcomputing.com/loveperlhatewiki.html Thanks, Eric -- Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay --------------------------------------------------- http://scratchcomputing.com ---------------------------------------------------
