On Mar 8, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote:
>
> On Mar 8, 2011, at 8:22 PM, Eric Richie wrote:
>
>> On Mar 8, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Andreas Monitzer wrote:
>>
>>> On Mittwoch, 09. März 2011 at 00:14, Zachary West wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 17:47, Eric Richie <e...@adium.im> wrote:
>>>>> Frank and Zac, How is your availability? If we apply, would you each be
>>>>> good with your own student, or would you prefer to double the attention
>>>>> on a single project?
>>>>
>>>> I can mentor a single student. I don't think we need to split
>>>> resources, and I'm sure I'll be pretty easily available this summer.
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I could mentor one or two as well. I'm not that fluid in Adium's code any
>>> more, but I guess I could easily find my way around again when a student
>>> needs some help.
>>>
>>> andy
>>>
>>
>> Alright, we're now up to three. Unless someone is eager to take on the role
>> of Org Admin, I'll start pulling together the answers for our application.
>> Deadline is Friday so I may toss it up on Smew for some SEE'ing to help us
>> get all the questions knocked out in a timely fashion.
>
> That'd be perfect. Thanks!
>
>> (Evan, we'll probably want to have the Org payment [if we're accepted] go to
>> our IMF account so I'll touch base with you if we get to that point.)
>
> I'm fine with the org payments going to our successful mentors. That said,
> payment to the IMF account and subsequent disbursement makes the most sense
> if we need to specify a single payment destination (I've forgotten how that
> part went in the past).
>
>> The question now becomes, how many slots do we want to go for? We could be
>> ambitious and say 4, realistic and say 3, or even cautious and ask for 2 so
>> we'll have a backup mentor. IIRC we can give a slot back (if needed) once
>> we've been selected right?
>
> We can give a slot back if needed. I see 3 people - Zac, Frank, and Andreas
> - who have volunteered to accept the considerable responsibilities
> (excellently explicated by Peter) of mentoring, so I think we should ask for
> 3 slots. Of course, we may accept less proposals than that, depending on the
> quality of submissions.
>
> -Evan
>
Smew is acting up for some reason right now and I don't have time to deal with
it so I'm just going to toss this here for the time being to give people an
idea of what we need to list on the application.
Organization Name: Adium
Description:(required)
Home page: http://adium.im
Main Organization License:(required)
Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2011? What do you hope
to gain by participating?(required)
If accepted, would this be your first year participating in GSoC?(required)
Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your
involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.
If your organization participated in past GSoCs, please let us know the ratio
of students passing to students allocated, e.g. 2006: 3/6 for 3 out of 6
students passed in 2006.
What is the URL for your ideas page?(required)
What is the main development mailing list for your organization? This question
will be shown to students who would like to get more information about applying
to your organization for GSoC 2011. If your organization uses more than one
list, please make sure to include a description of the list so students know
which to use.(required)
What is the main IRC channel for your organization?(required)
Does your organization have an application template you would like to see
students use? If so, please provide it now. Please note that it is a very good
idea to ask students to provide you with their contact information as part of
your template. Their contact details will not be shared with you automatically
via the GSoC 2011 site.
What criteria did you use to select the individuals who will act as mentors for
your organization? Please be as specific as possible.(required)
What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?(required)
What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?(required)
What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's
community before, during and after the program?(required)
If you are a small or new organization applying to GSoC, please list a larger,
established GSoC organization or a Googler that can vouch for you here.
If you are a large organization who is vouching for a small organization
applying to GSoC for their first time this year, please list their name and why
you think they'd be good candidates for GSoC here:
Anything else you'd like to tell us?
Backup Admin (Link ID):(required)
