So now we get to figure out what to tell them ... If you guys can reply to this thread with ideas we can put together a "sample letter" for mentors to send out.
To get us started here are the ideas Cory sent to the OSGeo SoC list... > What are we going to tell them? > > http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors > http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/index.html > > <http://primates.ximian.com/%7Efederico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/index.html> > http://www.red-bean.com/ospowiki/CommunicationProblems > > Right off the bat we should hit them with a list of requirements, ie > weekly meeting with mentor/progress report... > > Thoughts: > > - send an intro email right away > - everyone should let frank know that they have made contact with their > student > - secondary mentors for each student (for improved communication when > offline) > - get the students talking on devel mailing lists (emphasis with getting > the student into the COMMUNITY) > - set them up with svn access (your code will live here) and such > - private mailing list for osgeo gsoc students only? > - blogging? (a blog post from each student, each week or two would be > cool... and would make osgeo more visible -- there may be a group > already hosting gsoc 2007 student blogs) > - each project should introduce the gsoc students on the mailing list > - osgeo will get $7500 from google as its mentoring stipend; will this > (or a portion) be distributed to each project or held by osgeo? > > More reading: > > http://www.red-bean.com/ospowiki/SessionNotes/GsocStudents > http://www.red-bean.com/ospowiki/SessionNotes > > Would someone care to break out some wiki pages for this? I am out of > time... > > Cheers, > Cory. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
