On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Michael Banck <mba...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 10:53:50AM -0500, Geoffrey Hutchison wrote: >> The deadline for applying to be a mentoring organization for Google >> Summer of Code is fast approaching. > >> I'm not sure precisely where to hang our hat (e.g., Avogadro alone, >> general open-source chemistry like Blue Obelisk, or through another >> group like the University of Pittsburgh) but I'd really like to see >> Avogadro apply and get a student or three funded again. > > Personally, I'd like to see more interoperability between the > open-source chemistry apps, including avogadro, openbabel and cclib > growing support for open source quantum chemistry packages like PSI4, > NWchem, CP2K, Quantum ESPRESSO (Avogadro might support a few already), > and I'd probably be willing to mentor. However, I did think that Blue > Obelisk might be the better umbrella organization for that. In general, > if there is enough good proposals etc. I'd say Blue Obelisk might have > a better shot at being accepted as Avogadro alone. On the other hand, > if nobody else is pushing this... > I would vote for Blue Obelisk, but it has been hard in previous years to get any momentum around it. I would be interested in mentoring, it is hard to tell what Google is looking for and so I think we would have a shot as Avogadro or Blue Obelisk - they certainly accept a number. We could also talk to KDE, and see about doing it in their umbrella as we did in previous years.
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