I am going to take up being the admin for GSoC this year. So I am getting the application prepared. I will post a separate thread calling for project ideas.
Best, Travis On Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 5:49:55 AM UTC+10 dim...@gmail.com wrote: > being an admin is relatively little work. > > Perhaps we can indeed skip this year, in particular as the GSoC format got > changed so that the projects are to be considerably shorter, > stipends smaller too, high school leavers became eligible, etc. > (so more PR for Goog, less substance, > I think) > > > https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/10/google-summer-of-code-2021-is-bringing.html?m=1 > > > On Wed, 10 Feb 2021, 19:19 Matthias Koeppe, <matthia...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sounds like Travis is asking if a previous admin would be willing to be >> the mentor for new admins. >> >> Perhaps if we have a mentoring program for new admins, we will be able to >> recruit more admins. >> >> On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 12:22:36 AM UTC-8 Travis Scrimshaw >> wrote: >> >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/4352020f-1998-4b12-ac5a-55bad09f3affn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/4352020f-1998-4b12-ac5a-55bad09f3affn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/84c6a8a8-753d-4ca1-8cd2-7958c8391a30n%40googlegroups.com.
