Fair enough! Thanks Matt for attending, pinned that to GSoC wiki.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, >> > > > _______________________________________________ > nupic mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > > -- Marek Otahal :o)
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