Count me in as a mentor On 10-Jan-2017 3:24 PM, "Alexander Korotkov" <a.korot...@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> Hi all! > > In 2016 PostgreSQL project didn't pass to GSoC program. In my > understanding the reasons for that are following. > > 1. We did last-minute submission of our application to GSoC. > 2. In 2016 GSoC application form for mentoring organizations has been > changed. In particular, it required more detailed information about > possible project. > > As result we didn't manage to make a good enough application that time. > Thus, our application was declined. See [1] and [2] for details. > > I think that the right way to manage this in 2017 would be to start > collecting required information in advance. According to GSoC 2017 > timeline [3] mentoring organization can submit their applications from > January 19 to February 9. Thus, now it's a good time to start collecting > project ideas and make call for mentors. Also, we need to decide who would > be our admin this year. > > In sum, we have following questions: > 1. What project ideas we have? > 2. Who are going to be mentors this year? > 3. Who is going to be project admin this year? > > BTW, I'm ready to be mentor this year. I'm also open to be an admin if > needed. > > [1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAA- > aLv4p1jfuMpsRaY2jDUQqypkEXUxeb7z8Mp-0mW6M03St7A%40mail.gmail.com > [2] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CALxAEPuGpAjBSN- > PTuxHfuLLqDS47BEbO_ZYxUYQR3ud1nwbww%40mail.gmail.com > [3] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline > > ------ > Alexander Korotkov > Postgres Professional: http://www.postgrespro.com > The Russian Postgres Company >