Interesting commentary on this topic ... http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=280 (s/debian/perl/ig)
On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Ronald J Kimball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (For more info about Google Summer of Code, go to > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/) > > > ----- Forwarded message from Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > From: Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:03:41 -0800 > Subject: Summer of Code -- volunteers needed > > Hi all, > > Volunteer pledge drive! Please forward this to your local PM groups. > > TPF needs volunteers to make summer of code happen this year. It sounds > like the administrators got stretched too thin in 2005 and 2006, and we > really didn't have ourselves together in 2007. So, I'm proposing a > departmental structure under a TPF umbrella, which will localize the > cat-herding effects within various large projects (so far, parrot and > Catalyst appear to be on board with this.) I would like to demonstrate > that we have our act together this year, so we need to get a solid pool > of administrative volunteers and mentors together before the 8th. > > > Administrative needs: > > (Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or join #soc on irc.perl.org.) > > * backup administrator (reduce the bus number) > > * Department heads for p5p, "modules", etc > > * Suggestions about department structure > > > Mentors and project ideas needed: > > We need to get these pages populated before March 8th or it is quite > likely to be a no-go. > > Potential mentors, please add yourselves and your project ideas here: > > http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_mentors > http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects > > > If you hate wikis as much as I do, please visit this handy form and I > will batch the wiki edits on your behalf. > > http://scratchcomputing.com/loveperlhatewiki.html > > Thanks, > Eric > -- > We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals. > --Quarry worker's creed > --------------------------------------------------- > http://scratchcomputing.com > --------------------------------------------------- > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > -- Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
