I got some information about why we were rejected, and it's mostly about the Idea List. In summary:
- needed difficulty level associated with each idea - more description of each idea - description of our project at the top of the list for students The IRC transcript is below: [10:31] <+gsocbot> kblin: Next in line is numenta_rhyoligh with notice: https://github.com/numenta/nupic/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2014:-Ideas-List-for-NuPIC [10:31] <@carols_> hi numenta_rhyoligh [10:31] <+numenta_rhyoligh> Hello! [10:32] <@carols_> yeah, so this was about your ideas page :-( [10:32] <+numenta_rhyoligh> This was our first submission, so I know we have things to learn :) [10:32] <@carols_> fair enough [10:32] <@carols_> you've read the FAQs and the manual on ideas pages, i assume? [10:32] <+numenta_rhyoligh> Yes, can you point out the things we missed? [10:33] <@carols_> sure, i would have liked a difficulty level on all the ideas. [10:33] <+numenta_rhyoligh> I was using an other org's idea page as an example. [10:33] <@carols_> some of your descriptions needed to be longer [10:33] <+numenta_rhyoligh> Yes, I've already taken that feedback for next year based on other feedback you've given [10:33] <+numenta_rhyoligh> longer descriptions.. okay.. do you think we had too many ideas? [10:34] <@carols_> i'm ok with the fact that some of the ideas don't have mentors yet, but you should state that on the page [10:34] <+numenta_rhyoligh> ok [10:34] <@carols_> no, the number of ideas was fine [10:34] <@carols_> that was good [10:34] <+numenta_rhyoligh> Most of these ideas came straight from or FOSS community and some didn't sign up for mentorship [10:34] <+numenta_rhyoligh> we'll try to do better to assign them next year [10:35] <+numenta_rhyoligh> So difficutly level, longer descriptions, anything else? [10:35] <@carols_> also, it always helps to have a descripion of your org on the page for students [10:35] <@carols_> but that's a small thing [10:35] <+numenta_rhyoligh> Ah, ok [10:35] <@carols_> yeah, that covers it [10:35] <+numenta_rhyoligh> We didn't have a voucher, but we have some ex-googlers on staff [10:35] <@carols_> any other questions? [10:35] <+numenta_rhyoligh> and our founder gave a google tech talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y43qwS8fl4 did that help at all? [10:35] <@carols_> it does help [10:36] <+numenta_rhyoligh> the talk is abou tthis project [10:36] <@carols_> but in this case your ideas page wasn't strong enough [10:36] <+numenta_rhyoligh> gotcha [10:36] <@carols_> hope that helps [10:36] <+numenta_rhyoligh> ok, thanks for your feedback, we'll use it for next year [10:36] <@carols_> cheers [10:36] <@carols_> thanks for waiting [10:36] <+numenta_rhyoligh> np [10:36] <@carols_> hope you have a nice weekend --------- Matt Taylor OS Community Flag-Bearer Numenta On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a bummer, but I'm not heartbroken about it. It has given us a > change to arrange a set of goals for our project[1], and it's also > given me an understanding of how we can better prepare for GSoC next > year and recruit mentors more effectively. > > GSoC mentorship would have put a considerable strain on our project > during a crucial period this summer while we are working towards > evolving NuPIC towards the vision of the community. Don't be > discouraged by this. Our project is still young, and I think next year > we'll be in a much stabler place to accommodate GSoC participation. > > I will be in the IRC meeting noted below to get more details about the > rejection. If you're interested, feel free to join in as well. > > [1] > https://github.com/numenta/nupic/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2014:-Ideas-List-for-NuPIC > > Regards, > --------- > Matt Taylor > OS Community Flag-Bearer > Numenta > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:40 AM > Subject: [Numenta, Inc.] Your organization application has been rejected. > To: [email protected] > > > Thank you for submitting Numenta, Inc.'s application to Google Summer > of Code 2014. Unfortunately, we were unable to accept your > organization's application at this time. Every year we receive many > more applications than we are able to accommodate, and we would > encourage you to reapply for future instances of the program. > > If you would like some general feedback on why your organization was > not accepted, please consider attending the IRC meeting in #gsoc on > Freenode on Friday, 28 February, 2014 at 16:00 UTC. Please note that > the feedback meeting will be limited to the first 50 organizations to > queue up (queuing in the channel will begin at 15:30 UTC). > > Best regards, >
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