I'm moving this to the gsoc list, to which you should subscribe. Most of what you need to know is covered in the general GSoC FAQ.
There is a log, I believe Mel was going to post it. Thanks for the link to your introduction. I'm about to send out a brief update to everyone on this list. Cheers, SJ On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Alex Escalona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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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