Since there hasn't been any progress since a week I took the freedom to sent this announcement to our PMCs. This was necessary since we need an extensive list of tasks BEFORE we apply as an org - the deadline for which is in 5 days btw.
Uli On 04.03.2012 18:01, Ulrich Stärk wrote: > Hello PMCs, > > Google Summer of Code is the ideal opportunity for you to attract new > contributors to your projects. > > If you want to participate with your project you NOW need to > > - understand what it means to be a mentor [1] > - propose your project ideas. Just label your issues with gsoc2012 in JIRA and > they will show up at [2]. See also [1]. > - subscribe to code-awa...@apache.org (restricted to potential mentors, meant > to be used > as a private list - general discussions on the public > dev@community.apache.org list as much as possible please) > > The ASF will apply as a participating organization with GSoC, your project > doesn't need to do that. See [3] for more information. Note that the ASF isn't > accepted yet, nevertheless you *really* should start recording your ideas now. > > Last year we had 38 students completing GSoC successfully, some of which are > now active contributors to the projects they worked on. Let's make this a > success again this year! > > On behalf of the GSoC 2012 admins, > > Uli > > [1] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html > [2] http://s.apache.org/gsoc2012tasks > [3] http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html >
