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==Applying to Google Summer of Code==
  2. Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating?
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===How does a mentoring organization apply?===
  3. Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.
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  4. If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?
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The organization should choose a single administrator to submit its application via the GSoC web app between March 9-13, 2009.
  5. What license(s) does your project use?
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  6. What is the URL for your ideas page?
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:Mel Chua has agreed to be the administrator. Homunq and Walter will help prepare the application.
  7. What is the main development mailing list or forum for your organization?
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  8. What is the main IRC channel for your organization?
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===What should a mentoring organization application look like?===
  9. Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now.
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  10. Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please include Google Account information.
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====Describe your organization.====
  11. Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information.
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  12. What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.
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====Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating?====
  13. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?
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  14. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?
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====Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.====
  15. What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program?
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  16. What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes?
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====If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?====
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====What license(s) does your project use?====
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Primarily GPLv2+
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Some activity developers use other FOSS licenses, such as MIT, LGPL, etc.
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====What is the URL for your ideas page?====
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====What is the main development mailing list or forum for your organization?====
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Sugar devel <sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org>
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====What is the main IRC channel for your organization?====
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irc.freeenode.net #sugar
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====Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now.====
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====Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please include Google Account information.====
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:walter.bender@gmail.com
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====Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information.====
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====What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.====
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====What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?====
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====What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?====
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====What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program?====
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====What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes?====

Revision as of 13:10, 4 March 2009

Applying to Google Summer of Code

How does a mentoring organization apply?

The organization should choose a single administrator to submit its application via the GSoC web app between March 9-13, 2009.

Mel Chua has agreed to be the administrator. Homunq and Walter will help prepare the application.

What should a mentoring organization application look like?

Describe your organization.

Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating?

Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.

If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?

What license(s) does your project use?

Primarily GPLv2+ Some activity developers use other FOSS licenses, such as MIT, LGPL, etc.

What is the URL for your ideas page?

What is the main development mailing list or forum for your organization?

Sugar devel <sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org>

What is the main IRC channel for your organization?

irc.freeenode.net #sugar

Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now.

Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please include Google Account information.

walter.bender@gmail.com

Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information.

What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.

What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?

What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?

What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program?

What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes?