Hi everyone, I’ve now registered myself and XWiki on http://vps.semesterofcode.com/ (@Scott: sorry for taking that long but your email with the code was hidden deep in my spam folder and I had to clean up 520 other spam messages before finding it! :)).
So, I’m going to send the code to register ideas for the XWiki project on the committers list. We have 2 weeks to submit ideas on http://vps.semesterofcode.com/ Here’s how to do it: “ Once registered, you and your mentors can submit ideas: - Log in and click the Dashboard link - Click "Manage your project ideas" - Fill the form (You may have to click the "Add" tab if you have already submitted ideas" - When entering the description, please consider the following guidance: At a minimum, please include the expected outcome of the project, a potential mentor, the skills and/or languages required to complete the project, and a general "difficulty" level. The project should take about 3 months to complete. Please bear in mind that it's better to start with a smaller project that can be extended if your student proves to be capable rather than have an over-ambitious idea which can't be completed in time. - Include a link to a bug tracker issue or somewhere in your project's workflow system that this project will be tracked The system is still a work-in-progress at the moment, so changes will be made as we go. As this is a pilot project, we are very welcoming of any feedback that you have, whether about the technical or organisational aspects of the system. “ I suggest every one who’s willing to mentor should register his ideas/project there. I also suggest we reuse the proposals we had for the last GSOC: http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/WebHome#HProposedProjects2829 Let’s do it! Thanks -Vincent On 27 Aug 2014 at 11:15:16, Scott Wilson ([email protected](mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just a reminder that the site for including ideas for student projects is up: > > http://vps.semesterofcode.com/ > > If you'd like to be added as a mentor for XWiki and add your ideas, Vincent > has the registration key you need (though he needs to create the XWiki org on > there first!) > > I'm sure some of the project ideas kicking around from the previous GSoC > could be reused, or some of the issues being discussed currently on the list. > > Any questions, just ask! > > Cheers > > S > > On 18 Jul 2014, at 13:55, [email protected] wrote: > > > 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 _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
