Hi Samuel, Unfortunately I was unable to attend this meeting. Is there a log available of the discussion that took place?
I am a prospective student of GSoC 2008 and am very interested in the mentorship offered by the OLPC association. Please find below a link to my introductory post: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/011978.html Best, Alex Escalona On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Samuel Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > We are participating in Google Summer of Code again this year, and now > accepting applications from mentors. We are holding the first of a series > of quick discussions about SoC tomorrow (saturday) at 2100 UTC / 1700 EST in > #olpc. Please join us to share advice to share from SoC's past, find out > about applying to be a mentor or student, or to satisfy your curiosity. > > GSoC is a particularly good way for local groups working on cool software > in different countries to get involved intensely in OLPC work over the > summer; you don't have to travel to participate, and members of existing > teams can apply to take up a specific project under an OLPC mentor. > > There will be a SoC mailing list for people who want to discuss details > (which the accepted mentors and interns can use to discuss their work); I'll > post again when that is set up. > > In the meantime, if you know people who > * are working at or with a school using XOs in the classroom > * have been working on XO-related development, or have submitted a project > proposal in the past > * are currently thinking about how to promote OLPC or support its mission > in their part of the world, > * have been actively involved in your neighborhood OLPC interest group, > > Please encourage them to apply to either mentor (if they have skills and > time to help students develop their own ideas) or be a GSoC student (if they > have a software / activity idea of their own). > > Mentorship applications are open now: > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_step1.html > > Student applications will be open starting on Monday, for only one week. > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ > > A few would-be students have contacted me by mail or phone to talk about > potential GSoC projects; you are all welcome to do so over the coming week. > > Cheers, > SJ > +1 617 529 4266 > > ps - feel free to translate this into other languages and pass it on to > regional mailing lists (or post the translations as well to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > >
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