About Google Summer of Code 2012

[Rainer Müller]

Hello,

mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google as
of tomorrow up until March, 9th. If anybody still wants to make a
participation of MacPorts happen, it's not too late yet!

Rainer

On 2012-02-04 19:52 , Rainer Müller wrote:
> Hello MacPorts developers,
> 
> today, Google has announced Summer of Code 2012! I think most of you
> will already have heard of it. Google pays students to work on various
> Open Source projects over the summer. It is also a good start for
> students with Open Source development. MacPorts is taking part in this
> program every year since 2007.
> 
> http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/02/google-summer-of-code-2012-is-on.html
> 
> I have been the organization administrator for The MacPorts Project in
> the last years, but unfortunately I will not have enough time to do this
> again this year as I am supposed to write my thesis.
> 
> I will definitely be around to help with selection of students or answer
> any questions regarding the program. However, I can't promise a fixed
> amount of time per week and thus, I hope someone else will step up to
> fill this position. After all, there is still some time left for the
> organization application deadline.
> 
> I just want to list the duties and responsibilities of the organization
> administrator to describe this position in more detail:
> 
>  * Submit the organization application to Google
>     The version from last year can be found at:
>     -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeOrgApplication
> 
>  * Acquire mentors (could be for specific topics, e.g. GUI)
>     Look through the list of mentors of the past years and ask them if
>     they would be wiling to participate again. Also consider asking
>     the students from last years as they are familiar with the program.
>     -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeArchive
>     Responsibilites of a mentor:
>     -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeMentorGuidelines
> 
>  * Distribute students interested in MacPorts to the right mentors
>     Students are supposed to report in on the mailing list or on IRC
>     and discuss their project before submitting the final application
>     to us. The organization administrator should keep an overview over
>     these students and be the point of contact for them. Point them to
>     the mentors for specific topics.
> 
>  * Review students' applications
>     After the deadline, we have to request a slot count from Google.
>     This determines how many students can work for us. This number
>     depends on the number of mentors and the number of good
>     applications.
>     How such an application should look like:
>     -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeApplicationTemplate
>     What we expect from students:
>     -> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeGuidelines
> 
>  * Be the point of contact during the summer
>     If anything important happens during this summer, Google will hold
>     the organization administrator responsible for all communications.
> 
>  * Mid-term and Final evaluations
>     Make sure all mentors and all students fill out the evaluations.
>     Discuss with all mentors if any student should not pass the
>     mid-term or final evaluation, for example they did not work enough
>     on the assigned project.
> 
> Well, this might look like a long list now, but the main work is to be
> done in March/April for the review of students' applications.
> 
> See also the official timeline:
> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012
> 
> Rainer