Re: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project

2012-06-26 Thread Ross Gardler
We are just a shade under the minimum 36 hours I set for this (I'm leaving the vote open at least while I sleep though). No objections so far and a good level of support. One clarification was asked for in the vote thread and I will restate it here - this Letter of Intent does not form any kind of

RE: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project

2012-06-25 Thread Krista Davis
t: Re: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project Hi Krista, It's great to hear you find this attractive as a student, that's a good sign from the proposed projects perspective. With respect to participating in an internship I'm afraid this proposal is not going to be much use t

Re: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project

2012-06-25 Thread Ross Gardler
v@community.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project > > On 25 June 2012 16:23, Katherine Marsden > wrote: >> On 6/25/2012 5:25 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: >>> >>> In terms of deliverables from the project think of GSoC where th

RE: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project

2012-06-25 Thread Krista Davis
...@opendirective.com] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 10:49 AM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project On 25 June 2012 16:23, Katherine Marsden wrote: > On 6/25/2012 5:25 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: >> >> In terms of deliverables from th

Re: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project

2012-06-25 Thread Ross Gardler
On 25 June 2012 16:23, Katherine Marsden wrote: > On 6/25/2012 5:25 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: >> >> In terms of deliverables from the project think of GSoC where the >> students get credits towards their degree rather than cash (Semester >> of Code rather than Summer of Code). > > > Thanks Ross for

Re: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project

2012-06-25 Thread Marcel Offermans
I like the concept of having students "work" in an open source project to learn how such communities work. To me it's an invaluable experience, so I don't object to this at all. On the contrary, for the projects I'm working on I would definitely volunteer as a mentor. Greetings, Marcel

Re: [DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project

2012-06-25 Thread Katherine Marsden
On 6/25/2012 5:25 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: In terms of deliverables from the project think of GSoC where the students get credits towards their degree rather than cash (Semester of Code rather than Summer of Code). Thanks Ross for driving this effort. I always think it is great to provide oppor

[DISCUSS] Participate in another GSoC like project

2012-06-25 Thread Ross Gardler
Some may recall that I kept promising the arrival of students from an EU Commission project on a GSoC style pilot in formal education. This was a very long way from successful but there was zero impact on our projects since we asked PMCs to mark GSoC level projects as "mentor". This enabled us to p