Hi I am Mahout Committer and I am interested in being the mentor for Mahout in 
GSoC
I can't find the mentor@communitity discussion and want to know how to 
subscribe to it as well.

On 2026/02/06 07:20:44 Maxim Solodovnik wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I'll try to provide some context via top-posting :)))
> 
> Initially Ideas can be represented as JIRA filter and it works for everyone :)
> Later on Google made separate "Ideas list" required
> (IMO such a list is used to check Organisation has enough projects so
> it can be accepted)
> So having big enough list of good ideas is a must to be accepted
> 
> "February 3 - 18 -- Google program administrators review organization
> applications"
> 
> So the actual deadline is Feb3. In case our "Ideas page" is not ready
> by this date we might not be accepted as an org.
> 
> Final list of GSoC project can be formed until "March 16"
> To be accepted by Google project should have
>  - contributor
>  - 2 mentors (1 primary mentor, and 1 backup mentor, not sure if this
> is soft or hard rule)
>  - should be ranked high enough during ASF internal ranking phase
> 
> BTW all GSoC related topics should be discussed at
> [email protected] ML (in TO field)
> 
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 02:15, Dimitris Soumis <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM Zoi Kaoudi via dev <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >  Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > As part of the PMC of Apache Wayang, we have some questions regarding the
> > > Google Summer of Code.
> > >
> > > We would be very interested in submitting some project ideas. Is there a
> > > deadline for this? Also, is there a requirement on the number of ideas a
> > > project can submit?
> > > I found this page:
> > > https://community.apache.org/gsoc/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html but
> > > couldn't spot details.
> > > Thank you in advance
> > > Best
> > > --
> > > Zoi
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Hi Zoi,
> >
> > Although not clearly stated, one could still submit project ideas based on
> > the Jira tickets, e.g. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GSOC-315 and
> > the page history of
> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/diffpages.action?originalId=406620523&pageId=399279450
> > though
> > I'd initially think that deadline was February 3rd. I suppose that until
> > the applications have been reviewed
> > <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline#february_3_-_18>,
> > projects can submit their ideas. Also, judging by the same page referenced,
> > a project shouldn't have a limit on submissions.
> >
> > Input from someone with solid information rather than personal assumptions
> > would be valuable.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Dimitris
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Maxim
> 
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