On 11.04.2013 16:41, Ross Gardler wrote: > On 11 April 2013 14:26, Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de> wrote: > >> On 11.04.2013 15:17, Rich Bowen wrote: >>> >>> On Apr 10, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Mark Struberg wrote: >>> >>>> In this light, 33 is not that bad a number. >>> >>> >>> How does that compare to past years? >>> >> >> 27 in 2012, so about the same (the 33 also contain some sub-projects). But >> at the same time the >> number of our TLPs and podlings grew so the ratio of participating >> projects is lower than last year. >> > > As I find myself saying every year. It's about quality not quantity.
It's both. I find it an alarming sign that our numbers don't increase with our size. > > Our pass rate in the ASF is higher than the programme overall. Part of the > reason for this is that we spend a great deal of time making sure the right > students get chosen, but also because our mentors are very committed. We > state that we expect around 5 hours a week from mentors. That is a > significant commitment but providing that time does give us a higher > success rate. > > Personally, I wouldn't consider 33 projects low. We only get around 35-40 > slots anyway. I need to correct you. We got 55 slots in 2011 of which 15 were returned and I believe almost the same number last year and again we had to return a significant number because we didn't have the mentors and participating projects to fill them. Uli
