Summer of Code/Mentors

Our most important need right now is for quality mentors. If you (or someone you know) would make a good mentor, please nominate yourself (or them), both here on the ML and on the wiki (if you can't handle a little redundant paperwork, you're probably not a good candidate :). Include relevant information such as:

• Name/contact
• Timezone
• What kind of projects could/would you mentor?
• How much time could you devote to mentoring? Can you make the especially solid commitment of being a double-mentor?
• What relevant coding experience do you have (very briefly, two sentences at most)?
• What relevant mentoring (or related) experience do you have?
• Anything else you think is relevant.

Jameson

• Name/contact

Jameson.Quinn at gmail

• Timezone

US Central / Central America

• What kind of projects could/would you mentor?

PyGTK-based activities or Sugar improvements, especially interested in language or developer tools.

• How much time could you devote to mentoring? Can you make the especially solid commitment of being a double-mentor? What are your other commitments over the summer?

I could commit up to 4-6 hours a week. If we are short on mentors and I find project(s) that are an especially good match, I could do 8 hrs (double duty). Over the summer, I hope to be helping to work on an XO deployment, hopefully on a paid basis, but am currently unemployed.

• What relevant coding experience do you have (very briefly, two sentences at most)?

Maintainer of Develop activity, have done some tinkering with Sugar, I've been involved for over a year.

• What relevant mentoring (or related) experience do you have?

I have several years' experience as a full-time teacher.

• Anything else you think is relevant.

Nah.