I started a sample acceptence letter at the bottom of this page: - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Google+Summer+of+Code
I also cut and pasted the SoC deadlines onto that page, along with "tasks" including tomorrows deadline. Cheers, Jody > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
