Its a real shame. Thanks to all volunteers. But please do speak up earlier. I shouted on #soc-perl irc channel. Saw other people asking questions here and there. But not even a single reply or shout for help.
I am happy to help. I was a mentor couple years ago. Vytas On 20 Feb 2016 03:52, "Paul Johnson" <p...@pjcj.net> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 07:19:05AM +0100, Kaare Rasmussen wrote: > > > I have not seen the schedule for signup for this year. I expect > > that we will participate again. > > > > Apparantly, deadline is very close for organizations now: > > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > > There won't be a TPF application this year. We felt that we had left it > too late to put together a credible application. I feel a bit bad that > I didn't remember in sufficient time to start the process, but it seems > that no one else did, either. > > Our plan is to start work on GSoC this autumn so that we have plenty of > time to get everything organised and make a good application for next > year. If we are accepted we want to ensure that the programme runs well > for students and mentors. > > GCI is a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. When we participated a few > years ago we had fifty mentors and over 300 tasks. It was almost a > full-time job looking after the process. (The students really need a > quick turnaround on their work.) If we want to run that again then we > probably need to start thinking about it in the summer and put together > a group of people who will have time in December and January to devote > to it. > > > I hope the People In Power knows and has it under control. > > There aren't really People In Power. I mean, there are, nominally, but > in reality it is whoever volunteers or is volunteered. And we are > always in need of volunteers. > > So if anyone wants to ensure that there is a TPF presence in GSoC and/or > GCI next year, please raise your hand, jump around, shout and, above > all, start doing whatever is necessary to make that happen. > > -- > Paul Johnson - p...@pjcj.net > http://www.pjcj.net >
