[wp-hackers] Google Summer of Code 2007

[Doug Stewart]

On 2/21/07, Lloyd Budd <lloydomattic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Summer? Google Summer of Code 2007 is coming very quickly. Do we want
> to participate?
>
> If YES, we have to apply between Monday, March 5, 2007 and Monday,
> March 12, 2007, which will come upon us before we know it. [1]
>
> If we have one or more mentors, I am happy to volunteer as the
> administrator. [2]
>
> What we need to do [3]:
>
> 1. A pool of project ideas for students to choose from, publicly
> published by the mentoring organization
>
> http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/ is an obvious place to start
> looking, but that would be overwhelming for a student. We should provide
> a reasonable list and expand on the ideas. The work needs to be
> completable by an individual student.
>
>      Mentors?
>
> Possibly, already decide on mentors / owners. I can't think of a
> better opportunity than an idea you are passionate about, don't have
> the time to implement (a prototype of), but do have the time to mentor
> someone else in.
>
> 2. Someone available to review student "blue-sky" proposals should the
> student not find something appealing in the organization's published
> ideas.
>
>      Volunteer?
>
> 3. Someone available to review the incoming student applications
> targeted to the organization and to decide which applications should
> be accepted
>
> I can help co-ordinate that, though I would think each mentor would choose.
>
>      Mentors?
>
> 4. A person (or people) to monitor the progress of the students and to
> mentor them as their projects progress
>
>      Mentors?
>
> 5. A mentor ready to take over for the assigned mentor(s) in the event
> they are unable to continue providing guidance to the accepted student
> applicant, e.g. take a vacation, etc.
>
>       Backup Mentors?
>
> 6. A written evaluation of each student developer, including how s/he
> worked with the group, whether s/he should be invited back should we
> do another Summer of Code, etc.
>
>      Mentors?
>
> This seems like an awesome collaboration opportunity. Other projects
> had very impressive numbers of mentors and applicants last year.
>
> Respond here or I also created a scratch pad at
> http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Foolswisdom/GSoC2007
>
> Thinking of sunny summer days,
> Lloyd
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=56853&topic=10450
> [2] http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=56564&topic=10444
> [3] http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=56563&topic=10444


I dunno, Lloyd, I think it will be a failure unless we have mentors.

*grin*

-- 
-Doug

http://literalbarrage.org/blog/