Hi All, Based on a couple of emails I have seen lately, I think I have communicated the Google-Summer-of-Code (GSoC) process poorly, sorry!.
To clarify, this is how it works: - OSM has now been accepted as a mentoring organisation for GSoC - Ian Dees and I are acting as administrators for OSM. - Potential students review our project ideas page<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GSoC_Project_Ideas_2012>and ask questions on the mailing lists for guidance etc. It is really good if the person who proposed the project replies, but Ian or I step in if a quick reply is not forthcoming. I like to see the discussion of potential projects being open to the community in general to give others the chance to express opinions on the value of the proposal, potential pitfalls etc. - Students apply via the Google GSoC site (http://code.google.com/soc/), not to OSM or to a potential mentor. - In parallel with student applications OSM community members volunteer to act as mentors, and apply via the Google GSoC site ( http://code.google.com/soc/). Please drop myself and Ian an email too, in case we do not recognise you. - The people who have volunteered to act as OSM mentors identify which projects they would be willing to mentor. - The OSM mentors review and rank all of the proposals and decide which ones to accept, given the available mentors, the number of student places allocated to us by Google, and the quality of applications. We enter the ranking into the GSoC web site so Google can see it. [Note that we will discuss the applications off-list, because to me it is a bit like reviewing job applications - not the sort of thing you shout across the office]. - The administrators (Ian and I) match the students to the mentors. - Google announces the successful applicants based on the ranking we have entered. - I will provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants on why their proposals were not accepted. - Then the real work begins! I hope that helps. The student application period starts in a few days, so it would be really good if we could sign up potential mentors as soon as possible so that we can start to review the applications as they arrive, so if you are interested in acting as a mentor and would like any more information, please contact Ian and I. Regards Graham -- Graham Jones Hartlepool, UK.
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