Mel and Samuel, Thanks for the quick reply! I've been keeping up pretty well with all of the info over at GSoC, so I'll just say that I'm up-to-date on that front. Also, I just joined the gsoc list at laptop.org. Surprised I didn't catch that one sooner.
Thanks again, Alex On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Mel Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I offered to clean up and post the notes if someone would email me a log > (I was on web chat on a borrowed computer, and don't have logs of my own > from the conversation). > > The offer still stands, so if someone has the raw log from the meeting > Saturday, please email me and I'll shine them up and ping the lists once > things are there in slightly more digestible format. I'm guessing at > least one person on these lists will have a log... > > Thanks, > > -Mel > > Samuel Klein wrote: > > 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] > > <mailto:[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] > > <mailto:[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] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > > > > > > >
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