I m still thinking about this, too. Is it better to disclose projects with fewer applicants or not, and why or why not? Opinions needed.
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 2:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you allowed to tell us what projects have fewer applicants? > >> For students applying for LXDE Google Soc 2010, please read this mail >> carefully because it's important for you. >> We have to work together to come up with a better solution for all of >> us and I need your help. >> We're in a difficult condition now. >> >> I found that some students seem to apply for the same projects. >> That means, most of the projects are left untouched, and it's possible >> that most of the students cannot get what they want. >> Of course for students applying for the same project, we can review >> all proposals, try to find the best one, and reject others. >> However I believe that it's not what we'll like to see. In that case >> all of us can get minimal benefit. Although this is quite normal, but >> I think that it's possible for us to come up with a better solution >> together. A better way, IMHO, might be to ensure that every student >> can get a, maybe not favorite, but still acceptable project, so all of >> them are guaranteed to learn skills, experience, and also earn money >> in this summer. At the same time LXDE can get most improvement. So all >> of us get maximal benefit and the expected benefit is guaranteed. >> >> Is this solution acceptable? Or does anyone receiving this mail have >> better suggestion? >> >> Before start the review, to make application fair enough and protect >> the applicants, I won't disclose details about who already applied to >> what project and the content of proposals unless with the applicants' >> permission. Here I want to ask every students, do you guys have other >> interested projects? Apart from what you're already applying for, do >> you have any alternatives? It's acceptable by google for a student to >> apply for several projects at the same time. So if you have >> alternative projects to work on, maybe you'll have no competitor for >> the alternative ones. >> >> Suggestions, ideas, and helps are needed. Thank you all. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Lxde-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
