I think I could probably manage being part of the admin, but I definitely could not do it alone without someone who knows more about how it works.
Best, Travis On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 11:46:55 PM UTC+10 David Coudert wrote: > This year is difficult for all of us and we lack motivation for this > edition of GSoC. > On the other end, it is more important than ever to push/motivate/help > students. > > Other Sagemath contributors than the usual could be involved in mentoring > activity. > I think many contributors are not really aware of this program and what it > means. > Furthermore, this year the GSoC period has been shortened (by half) and so > it is no longer necessary to be around till end of August. > This could be an extra motivation to attract new mentors. > > Concerning the admin part, I don't know how heavy it is, what it means > exactly, etc. > > Of course, if we are too few ready to help/mentor for GSoC this year we > can pass. > > Le lundi 8 février 2021 à 15:17:43 UTC+1, mmarco a écrit : > >> I have participated as mentor other years... but this year I just don't >> think I have the needed energy. >> >> I think Harald's proposal to pass this year and reconsider the next one >> makes sense (sadly). >> El domingo, 7 de febrero de 2021 a las 17:54:07 UTC+1, >> harald....@gmail.com escribió: >> >>> Hi, a word from my side: I would really like to stop being admin as well >>> and hope someone else can take over. I'm the one writing the application >>> each year and I could this time around, but in general I want to focus on >>> other things after all those years. >>> >>> Despite that, looks like there are only two mentors. Feels like this is >>> below the threshold where it makes sense to pursue this? Maybe we should >>> pass this year and re-evaluate for the next one? >>> >>> -- Harald >>> >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/50b23b17-32aa-473a-82df-15885f104459n%40googlegroups.com.
