[OSM-dev] Google Summer of Code student question

2013-04-12 Thread Pavel Melnikov
Hello everyone.
I'd like to apply for this year's Summer of Code to code something
interesting and useful for OpenStreetMap, and as I enjoy mobile developing,
I'd like something mobile) I have some questions about the procedure though.

First is, since OSM projects will be hosted under OSGeo mentoring
organization this year, will it mean that there would be less OSM projects?
I mean, there probably is some quota for projects per organization - and
OSGeo certainly has projects of their own.

And secondly, what is the community acceptance status of ideas on our GSoC'13
wikihttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2013/Project_Ideas
page?
Are they proposed by a single person (possibly a to-be mentor) and need
more discussion and refining here once application period starts?

Best wishes,
  Pavel
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Re: [OSM-dev] Google Summer of Code student question

2013-04-12 Thread Ian Dees
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Pavel Melnikov positro...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hello everyone.
 I'd like to apply for this year's Summer of Code to code something
 interesting and useful for OpenStreetMap, and as I enjoy mobile
 developing, I'd like something mobile) I have some questions about the
 procedure though.

 First is, since OSM projects will be hosted under OSGeo mentoring
 organization this year, will it mean that there would be less OSMprojects? I 
 mean, there probably is some quota for projects per
 organization - and OSGeo certainly has projects of their own.


We'll get a portion of the slots that OSGeo gets. We have an agreement with
OSGeo about how many slots OSM gets but I'd rather not say how many in
order to encourage as many ideas as possible.


 And secondly, what is the community acceptance status of ideas on our GSoC'13
 wikihttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2013/Project_Ideas
  page?
 Are they proposed by a single person (possibly a to-be mentor) and need
 more discussion and refining here once application period starts?


Yes, the ideas presented there are usually proposed by a single person that
may or may not be a possible mentor. The students should use those ideas as
a base for their idea proposals.
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