FYI I’ve done step 1 and my message should appear here after some time: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=VALS-SOC
Thanks -Vincent On 15 Jul 2014 at 12:22:02, Scott Wilson ([email protected](mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > > On 15 Jul 2014, at 08:34, [email protected] wrote: > > > Hi Scott, > > > > This is a great idea, I love it! :) > > > > Speaking for myself, I’d really like to see the XWiki project participating > > to it. > > > > What do we need to do to participate? > > > > Thanks a lot > > -Vincent > > > Hi Vincent, > > The process looks like this: > > First off, you (or someone from XWiki) need to sign up to the mailing list > [1] and post an introduction message. > > Next week, we'll start sending out registration keys for the platform to > everyone who has signed up to the list. > > From that point onwards, those who have been registered can log in to the > platform, and register other people from the project, so they can start > adding their ideas for student projects. > > The final deadline for submissions is 12th September - though earlier is > better as it means more time for students to read them and ask questions. > > Students will be able to submit their proposals from 12th September to 21st > November. You can approve proposals at any time, but final public > announcements will be made on November 28th. > > S > > > > 1: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=VALS-SOC&A=1 > > > > > > > On 14 Jul 2014 at 18:36:15, Scott Wilson > > ([email protected](mailto:[email protected])) > > wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I'm working with an initiative similar to Google Summer of Code, called > > > Semester of Code, and I think it would be great to have students work on > > > XWiki. Below is more detailed information, but basically its like GSoC, > > > except students are involved as part of their courses or industrial > > > placements, so receive academic credit rather than money for their work. > > > > > > Hopefully this is of interest to the XWiki community! > > > > > > If any questions aren't answered by the FAQ[1] or invitation below, feel > > > free to ask. > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > - Scott > > > > > > ~~~ > > > > > > The VALS Semester of Code [1] project is working with European > > > universities and FOSS communities to give students real-world experience > > > working in open source software projects while receiving academic credit. > > > The benefit to your projects will be valuable and hopefully ongoing > > > contributions. VALS will also benefit the wider sector by helping to > > > produce graduates with the skills and experience needed to engage with > > > open development. > > > > > > Our first Semester of Code will involve approximately 75 student > > > placements, starting in September. We would like to invite your > > > organisation to participate in this pilot by offering mentored placements > > > within your projects. > > > > > > If you have participated in Google Summer of Code before, you will find > > > our process similar; we will seek placements for student projects, and > > > will use the a system similar to Google's Melange platform to manage > > > placements. However, VALS differs from Summer of Code in that instead of > > > receiving money for their participation, students will receive academic > > > credit. For this reason the mentors from your project will need to liaise > > > with the student's academic tutor. The VALS project will support this > > > process to ensure it runs as smoothly as possible. We also ensure the > > > admin overhead is minimal. > > > > > > The VALS initiative is a partnership of European universities and SMEs > > > who have been working for several months to plan the pilot of Semester of > > > Code, which will run during the next academic year. We have now reached > > > the stage where we are signing up FOSS projects who are willing to > > > provide mentors. We have already seen interest from smaller, > > > single-company projects to larger software foundations, and would like to > > > see more. > > > > > > If you'd be willing to provide one or more mentored projects, we’d love > > > to talk to you about joining Semester of Code. In return, you’ll get an > > > enthusiastic student providing a valuable contribution to your project. > > > The VALS team will be on hand throughout the project to answer any > > > questions and help unblock communication issues between mentors, students > > > and academic supervisors. > > > > > > To join in the Semester of Code or to simply find out more you can email > > > [email protected], or you can sign up to our mailing list directly > > > by using the web form [1]. > > > > > > More detail about the Semester of Code are available on our FAQ page [2]. > > > If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask on the mailing > > > list, and one of the VALS team will get back to you! > > > 1: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=VALS-SOC&A=1 > > > 2: http://semesterofcode.com/?p=22 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > devs mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
