Hi all, Some of you may already be familiar with Google's Summer of Code[1], which is a program that offers student developers stipends to create new open source programs or to help currently established projects. Google works with a variety of open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several hundred projects over a three-month period. The inaugural instance of the program, which took place last summer, brough together 400 students and 40 mentoring organisations from 49 countries. This year they are making room for even more organisations and particpants.
The goal of the program is to inspire young developers and provide students in Computer Science and related fields the opportunity to do work related to their academic pursuits during the summer, and to support existing open source projects and organisations. This year Gentoo is particpating as a mentoring organisation. So, if you still haven't found that perfect summer job... this may be worth checking out. We are looking for people passionate about open source, and Gentoo in particular. Do you have the time to spend about 30 hours per week working on Gentoo this summer? Are you a team player? Are you curious? Why not check out our page with ideas, or if you have an idea of your own, even better! Think outside the box and send us a proposal, we may just want to go for it. Should you decide to particpate, we will be accepting Student applications via the Google Site from May 1st till midnight May 8th. If you are interested and would like to discuss any of our current project ideas, or your own idea before applying I urge you to come chat with us on IRC[2] or to subscribe to the Gentoo Summer of Code mailing list[3]. We would love to hear from you. Accepted students would be paired up with a team of two mentors, one primary mentor and one back up mentor. Gentoo are interested in your success with your project and we would at all times provide excellent support from your mentor(s), your mentor(s) would be available to answer any questions you may have, help you do your research and trouble shooting, and to generally ensure that we were doing our best to ensure that the experience was a great one for both you and Gentoo. So, if this sounds at all interesting, check out the project page[4] which lists the ideas currently proposed. Read the Student FAQ[5] to ensure that you are eligible to participate and head over to speak with us on IRC or the ML. Now, anyone can submit project ideas and contribute to the discussion of existing project ideas. Should you simply be interested in Summer of Code but fall outside the catchment area, be short on time or for any other reason unable to participate this year you are of course more than welcome to still partake in the discussion(s) both on IRC and on the ML. We love hearing from you! Christel Dahlskjaer on behalf of the Gentoo SoC Team [1]http://code.google.com/soc [2]#gentoo-soc on irc.freenode.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send a blank e-mail to subscribe. [4]http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/user-relations/summerofcode/index.xml [5]http://code.google.com/soc/studentfaq.html -- [email protected] mailing list
