Hi Roman, Count me in. Thanks for organizing.
Best, Colin On Feb 19, 2016 11:32 PM, "Roman Shaposhnik" <r...@apache.org> wrote: > FYI. Please make sure to follow Ulrich's instructions and label the ideas > in JIRA as he's askit to. > > It is extremely important for us since GSOC has been a really great > way to grow (and retain!) new members of the community! > > I would really encourage at least 2 volunteers from every podling > community to consider mentoring for GSoC. Please reply to me > personally (IN ADDITION TO FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS > BELLOW) if you are offering to be a mentor. > > Really hoping for your help! > > Thanks, > Roman. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ulrich Stärk <u...@apache.org> > Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 12:16 PM > Subject: Google Summer of Code 2016 is coming > To: ment...@community.apache.org > > > Hello PMCs (incubator Mentors, please forward this email to your podlings), > > Google Summer of Code [1] is a program sponsored by Google allowing > students to spend their summer > working on open source software. Students will receive stipends for > developing open source software > full-time for three months. Projects will provide mentoring and > project ideas, and in return have > the chance to get new code developed and - most importantly - to > identify and bring in new committers. > > The ASF will apply as a participating organization meaning individual > projects don't have to apply > separately. > > If you want to participate with your project we ask you to do the > following things as soon as > possible but by no later than 2016-02-19: > > 1. understand what it means to be a mentor [2]. > > 2. record your project ideas. > > Just create issues in JIRA, label them with gsoc2016, and they will > show up at [3]. Please be as > specific as possible when describing your idea. Include the > programming language, the tools and > skills required, but try not to scare potential students away. They > are supposed to learn what's > required before the program starts. > > Use labels, e.g. for the programming language (java, c, c++, erlang, > python, brainfuck, ...) or > technology area (cloud, xml, web, foo, bar, ...) and record them at [5]. > > Please use the COMDEV JIRA project for recording your ideas if your > project doesn't use JIRA (e.g. > httpd, ooo). Contact d...@community.apache.org if you need assistance. > > [4] contains some additional information (will be updated for 2016 > shortly). > > 3. subscribe to ment...@community.apache.org; restricted to potential > mentors, meant to be used as a > private list - general discussions on the public > d...@community.apache.org list as much as possible > please). Use a recognized address when subscribing (@apache.org or one > of your alias addresses on > record). > > Note that the ASF isn't accepted as a participating organization yet, > nevertheless you *have to* > start recording your ideas now or we will not get accepted. > > Over the years we were able to complete hundreds of projects > successfully. Some of our prior > students are active contributors now! Let's make this year a success again! > > Cheers, > > Uli > > P.S.: Except for the private parts (label spreadsheet mostly), this > email is free to be shared > publicly if you want to. > > [1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > [2] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html > [3] http://s.apache.org/gsoc2016ideas > [4] http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html > [5] http://s.apache.org/gsoclabels >
