Thanks for stepping up Ulrich I intend to mentor this year so don't want to Admin. However, as always I will be around should things get out of control.
+1 to having an Admin + a mentor at the summit. I'd suggest making the requirement to be active in representing communicating the benefits of the programme to the ASF. Pre-announce this to mentors. Don't put too many restrictions on what we will consider valuable but perhaps suggest things like blogging, data collection etc. When it comes to deciding I suspect the ComDev PMC make nominations and then either have a private vote or draw names out of a hat. I don't think we should make mentoring more than one student a criteria. Personally I'd rather see a single well mentored student than two adequately mentored ones. Ross Ross On 15 February 2013 09:24, Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de> wrote: > Chris, > > thanks for the heads up. > > Folks, I'd like us to get started with this ASAP. The application period > hasn't started yet but we > need to get the word out to our projects and have them collect ideas. > > I've got some cycles and would volunteer as the org admin again. Any > others? > > Also I think we should look at our procedures and discuss if anything > needs to be improved. One > thing is the "who goes to the mentor summit" discussion we had last year. > Historically these were > the org admins. I was there last year as one of the org admins but I would > have liked it if there > was one of the mentors as well because I missed some insights into the > actual mentoring. I'm > therefore proposing that this year we send at least one mentor. We'll have > to establish criteria for > chosing a mentor to send but I could think of tying this to additional > effort put into the program > such as mentoring more than one student or creating publicity with blog > posts about the projects > they are mentoring. > > Thoughts? > > Uli > > On 11.02.2013 21:22, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > > Guys FYI. > > > > From: Carol Smith <car...@google.com<mailto:car...@google.com>> > > Reply-To: "gsoc-mentors-announce+own...@googlegroups.com<mailto: > gsoc-mentors-announce+own...@googlegroups.com>" < > gsoc-mentors-announce+own...@googlegroups.com<mailto: > gsoc-mentors-announce+own...@googlegroups.com>> > > Date: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:02 AM > > To: "gsoc-mentors-annou...@googlegroups.com<mailto: > gsoc-mentors-annou...@googlegroups.com>" < > gsoc-mentors-annou...@googlegroups.com<mailto: > gsoc-mentors-annou...@googlegroups.com>> > > Subject: [GSoC Mentors Announce] Google Summer of Code 2013 > > > > Hi GSoC mentors and org admins, > > > > We've announced that we're doing Google Summer of Code 2013 [1]. Yay! > > > > If you would like to help spread the word about GSoC, we have > presentations [2], logos [3], and flyers [4] for you to use. Please host > meetups, tell your friends and colleagues about the program, go to > conferences, talk to people about the program, and just generally do all > the awesome word-of-mouth stuff you do every year to promote the program. > > > > The GSoC calendar, FAQ, and events timeline have all been updated with > this year's important dates, so please refer to those for the milestones > for this year's program. NB: the normal timeline for the program has been > modified for this year. You'll probably want to examine the dates closely > to make sure you know when important things are happening. > > > > Please consider translating the presentations and/or flyers into your > native language and submitting them directly to me to post on the wiki. > Localization for our material is integral to reaching the widest possible > audience around the world. If you decide to translate a flyer, please fill > out our form to request a thank you gift for your effort. [5] > > > > If you decide to host a meetup, please email me to let me know the date, > time, and location so I can put it on the GSoC calendar. Also, remember to > take pictures at your meetup and write up a blog post for our blog using > our provided template for formatting [6]. If you need promotional items for > your attendees, please fill out our form [7] to request some; we're happy > to send some along. We can provide up to about 25 pens, notebooks, or > stickers and/or a few t-shirts. Please keep in mind, though, that shipping > restrictions and timeline vary country-to-country; request items early to > make sure they get there on time! If you have questions about hosting > meetups, please see the section in our FAQ [8]. > > > > Please also consider applying to participate as an organization again > this year or maybe joining as a mentor for your favorite organization if > they are selected this year. > > > > We rely on you for your help for the success of this program, so thank > you in advance for all the work you do! > > > > [1] - > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2013/02/flip-bits-not-burgers-google-summer-of.html > > [2] - > http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/ProgramPresentations > > [3] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocLogos > > [4] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers > > [5] - http://goo.gl/gEHDO > > [6] - http://goo.gl/wbZrt > > [7] - http://goo.gl/0BsR8 > > [8] - http://goo.gl/2NGfp > > > > Cheers, > > Carol > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to gsoc-mentors-announce+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto: > gsoc-mentors-announce+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/gsoc-mentors-announce?hl=en-US. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
