Apologies for the cross post. The previous message accidentally included an incorrect link to the "DSpace Ideas Page" for GSoC 2011.
The DSpace Ideas Page is at: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/DSpace+Summer+of+Code+Ideas On 3/21/2011 5:02 PM, Tim Donohue wrote: > Dear DuraSpace Community, > > DuraSpace has been accepted as a participant in this year's Google > Summer of Code (GSoC) student internship program > (http://socghop.appspot.com/)! > > Our community has participated in GSoC for the last four years > (2007-2010), completing a total of 16 successful student projects over > the years. During the last four years, only DSpace software has taken > part. This year, we hope to have GSoC projects for all three DuraSpace > technologies: DSpace, Fedora and DuraCloud! > > == Call for DuraSpace Project Ideas & Mentors == > > The purpose of DuraSpace's participation in GSoC is to: > (1) promote involvement of new students as open source developers within > the DuraSpace Community, > (2) provide opportunities for existing community members to lead within > the community as mentors, and > (3) make some exciting improvements to DuraSpace technologies along the > way. > > We would like to encourage all community members, potential mentors and > students to post their ideas for GSoC 2011 projects on our wiki. We have > separate "Project Ideas pages" listed for each DuraSpace technology: > > * DSpace Ideas: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/DSpace+Summer+of+Code+Ideas > * Fedora Ideas: > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/Fedora+Summer+of+Code+Ideas > * DuraCloud Ideas: > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/DuraCloud+Summer+of+Code+Ideas > > Project ideas which span multiple technologies (e.g. DSpace & Fedora, or > Fedora & DuraCloud) may be listed on either Ideas Page above or > cross-listed. > > We need to get as many ideas posted by MONDAY, MARCH 28TH, as this is > when the application period begins for students (student applications > are accepted until Fri, April 8, 19:00 UTC). > > If you would like to be a mentor (or co-mentor) on the project(s) you > proposed, please add your name to the 'Mentor Volunteer(s)' column next > to the project information. > > To be a GSoC Mentor, you should be an active developer in the community > and keenly interested in leading a student through a software > development project. It is not required that you be a Committer, but it > is recommended that you try to find a Committer who is willing to > "sponsor" or "co-mentor" the project. As necessary, we can help you to > find a Committer to work with. > > The final list of mentors will be selected based on whether we have > students interested in your project. If we end up with more mentors than > students, you are also welcome to join up and co-mentor a different > student project. > > For more information about DuraSpace GSoC, please see our DuraSpace > Summer of Code page: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/ > > INTERESTED STUDENTS: Don't worry, we haven't forgotten you! You are also > welcome to suggest projects and take part in this early discussion > period. As we get closer to the student application period, we'll send > out more information about our GSoC application process this year. Until > then, feel free to check out early GSoC details at: > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/ > > Get excited and join in the fun! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
