Cam, Great approach to reaching out to Ross -- would you like to be a GSoC mentor this summer? *nudge*
Cheers, Chris On 2/14/13 12:51 PM, "Cameron Goodale" <[email protected]> wrote: >Ross, > >Thanks for the feedback and I am glad to hear that your GSoC experience >was >good enough that you are considering doing it again. Is there anything we >can do differently to improve this summer? (don't worry you won't hurt my >feelings) > >Cheers, > > >Cameron > > >On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Ross Laidlaw ><[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Chris & Cam, >> >> I'm listening in on the OODT and SIS lists and I've been following >> along with great interest. My GSoC experience last summer was very >> positive. I found OODT to be highly accessible because of its >> component-based structure. This allowed me to focus on one area (File >> Manager) and start working on my project without having to learn >> everything upfront about each part of OODT. The approach for my >> project was to break it down into smaller deliverable steps. I liked >> this idea as it helped me to gain momentum. I found the OODT and SIS >> communities to be very knowledgable, welcoming and encouraging. All >> of these aspects gave me a lot of enthusiasm to contribute and to >> complete GSoC. >> >> I've tried to spread the word about GSoC to my classmates and >> colleagues. Every year there are tons of applicants and there should >> be lots of healthy competition again this year for places. I'm still >> a student and I'm very keen to apply this year if the OODT/SIS >> communities would be happy for me to contribute again via GSoC. >> >> Ross >> >> >> >> On 13 February 2013 22:09, Cameron Goodale <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Chris, >> > >> > I think it would be a good idea to check in with Ross who was our GSoC >> > student last summer, and ask him for feedback on his experience with >> OODT. >> > I hope he is listening to the dev list still, but if not we should >> > check-in and see what he is doing now. >> > >> > My hope is that if Ross gives us feedback (good or bad or both) we can >> work >> > to improve this summer for our next GSoC student. My apologies in >> advance >> > if you already did this when the GSoC last year was closed out. >> > >> > Just a few questions to get the feedback pump primed would be: >> > >> > Was the mini-project challenging enough? >> > Did the OODT Devs provide enough information and support? >> > Did you encounter anything that was frustrating or unnecessarily >> difficult? >> > >> > Any thoughts? >> > >> > >> > -Cam chee >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) < >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> [Sorry for cross posting] >> >> >> >> Guys, >> >> >> >> FYI please note that you can participate as a mentor from a PMC via >> Apache >> >> as they are a GSoC org. ComDev will coordinate our participation but >> start >> >> thinking about what projects we may want to do. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> From: Carol Smith <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> Date: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:02 AM >> >> To: Google Summer of Code Mentors List < >> >> [email protected]<mailto: >> >> [email protected]>> >> >> Subject: [GSoC Mentors] 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! 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