Now Accepting GSoC 2016 Mentor Organization Applications

[Dirk Hohndel]

Which leads me to the question:

"do we want to do GSoC 2016?"

I'm not sure. I thought the last two years were overall good experiences.

But they have not brought us long term contributors (Gehad was the closest
we got and his last commit was from September of last year). The others
have ALL disappeared. Most of them the moment the final evaluations were
in.

And if I chart the effort of the mentors and what they could have implemented
during the time it took them to handle the students... I'm even less convinced 
that this is a net positive.

Finally - what would the projects be this year? Is there anything that people
have in mind that can be done by a student and that couldn't be done much
easier by one of the potential mentors?

OK, I guess what I wrote here reads a bit more negative than I feel. I'm open
to doing it again. But I want to get some feedback from others, ESPECIALLY
from the potential mentors (Lubomir, Robert, Anton, Miika, Tomaz, etc).

Thanks

/D

> On Feb 8, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Thiago Macieira <thiago at macieira.org> wrote:
> 
> ----------  Mensagem encaminhada  ----------
> 
> Assunto: Now Accepting GSoC 2016 Mentor Organization Applications
> Data: segunda-feira, 8 de fevereiro de 2016, 11:57:12 PST
> De: sttaylor <sttaylor at google.com>
> Para: Google Summer of Code Announce <google-summer-of-code-
> announce at googlegroups.com>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> We are now accepting applications from open source projects interested in 
> participating as mentor organizations for Google Summer of Code 2016.
> 
> Visit our new website <https://g.co/gsoc> to apply as an organization 
> today. For helpful tips on what is expected as a mentor organization and as 
> a mentor or org admin for GSoC 2016 read the Mentor Manual 
> <http://write.flossmanuals.net/gsoc-mentoring/about-this-manual/>. 
> 
> One person from your Org must act as an Organization Administrator and 
> submit the application for your organization. The organization application 
> process consists of 3 parts:
> 
>   1. 
> 
>   Application -- answering straightforward questions about why your org 
>   would like to mentor students in GSoC
>   2. 
> 
>   Organization Profile -- details about your organization that will be 
>   used to attract students to your organization (short and long descriptions 
>   of your org, contact methods, etc.)
>   3. 
> 
>   There must be at least 2 Organization Administrators per org. The Org 
>   Admin who creates the application will need to invite another person to be 
>   the 2nd Org Admin and that person will need to accept the invitation in 
>   order for this requirement to be met.
> 
> Once these 3 sections are completed your application is done (you can see 
> your progression on the site with the % complete visual).  You can continue 
> to edit your application until the deadline.
> 
> Deadline to submit your Organization Application: Friday, February 19 at 
> 19:00 UTC. Be sure to look at the timeline 
> <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/> for more important 
> dates for the program.
> 
> We will not accept late applications under any circumstances.
> 
> 
> Good luck to all org applicants!
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Stephanie Taylor
> 
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