Great news! just a little detail, "http://sugarlabs.org" is deprecated, we are communicating "www.sugarlabs.org" in marketing materials or "http://www.sugarlabs.org" in webforms profiles etc. instead
thanks Sean 2009/3/18 Jameson Quinn <jameson.qu...@gmail.com>: > Sugar Labs has been accepted into Google Summer of Code 2009. Yay! Now we > have work to do. Remember: the more students apply to our program, the > better our chances of getting more actual slots assigned, so both publicity > and making a good impression count. Go ahead, blog it, tweet it, tell your > friends. > > -We can expect most of those students to check out at least the pages linked > to directly by our organization profile. That is: http://sugarlabs.org/ , > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/Student_application_template , > and http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/DevelopmentTeam/ProjectIdeas . Go look at > those pages, pretending you're a GSoC student who's never heard of Sugar > Labs. Do they answer your questions? > > -We need to be ready to answer student questions on IRC, sugar-devel, and > iaep. > > -If you would like to be a mentor, we can still add mentors. Please sign up. > > -If you are already signed up as a mentor, please set up your profile on > http://socghop.appspot.com/ and then privately email your link_id to walter > bender, mel chua, and(or) me. > > -Random answers: right now we have 11 mentors signed up; OLPC did not get in > :( ; new organizations are usually limited to 2 slots but it is all > discretionary by LH and other GSoC admins, and she is very reasonable, so I > suspect we may "inherit" OLPC's history; otherwise, slots are generally > proportional to student applications (more FAQ on slot allocations); list of > accepted orgs; timeline : student applications from March 23 through April > 3, then we madly decide, then acceptances are announced April 15th. > > Hooray! > Jameson > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <socghop.nore...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:48 AM > Subject: Congratulations! > To: jameson.qu...@gmail.com > > Hi Jameson Quinn, > > Your "Sugar Labs (a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy)" > organization application for Google Summer of Code 2009 has been accepted. > ... > > For full instructions on how to create a home page and best practices for > creating it, please see our User's Guide at > http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/userguide > > It is worth taking a look at the in-depth documentation for tips even if you > are familiar with the program or a past participant. > You will now also be able to review and accept mentor applications for your > organization. > > Congratulations! We look forward to having you with us for Google Summer of > Code 2009. > > Best regards, > Google Open Source Programs > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep