+1 - I believe it is a good idea. On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Noirin Shirley <noi...@apache.org> wrote: > BCC ComDev - please keep discussion on the concom@ list. Committers > are welcome to subscribe. > > We're about a month out now, and we're far from hitting capacity on > the Retreat. I'm confident we'll get more signups, but I don't think > we'll fill the hostel. > > As I've been watching GSoC mails go whizzing past, it occurred to me > that it might be worthwhile as an outreach event, to invite some local > students to come along. > > Say we reserve ten places, I'll get the word out to the local > universities etc, and we invite interested students to apply by > mailing a "personal statement" to [appropriate list]. (I need a better > term for the personal statement - but basically a letter/essay > outlining why they want to come and what they think they'll get out of > it.) > > We review the personal statements, sort out any chaff, and then either > hand out the places (if there are fewer than ten) or pick by raffle > (more than ten good statements - I don't know how we would fairly > "rank" people on something so subjective). > > I'm aiming it at students because I think they're likely to benefit, > hopefully easy to inspire/encourage, and definitely easy to contact > :-) If anyone wants to open it wider, I'm not objecting but also not > volunteering to seek other groups out. > > Just a thought :-) > > Noirin >
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