Hi,
There was a misunderstanding concerning the new Engineering Working
Group. We had that group for a while, it discussed a lot of engineering
topics, became a group for programmers and fizzled out two years ago.
The new EWG is not the same group. Programmers will have nothing to do
on it. The EWG now is for managing developers and development projects.
Basically it connects new developers with OSM-related projects, helping
them find a suitable task, and helping OSM-related projects with finding
new developers. EWG members do not write code (as members) and do not
tell projects maintainers what to do.
The first - and for a time, the only - task is managing the Google
Summer of Code and its projects. We believe that it would be better done
by a group than by a single person, like it was last year. If you want
to join, known fully that it is a management, not development group, we
would be glad to have your help. Be prepared that your ideas will be put
on hold: we are starting slow.
The old EWG and the new one are completely different (though the stated
goals overlap), so we start the member list from scratch. I told the
"old EWG" members about the transition last Summer, and if any of them -
and any of you - want to join, you are welcome to enroll and help the
project.
Also, Peter forgot the link to the Mumble settings and instructions
page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mumble
Timezone-aware meeting date:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=EWG+Meeting&iso=20170228T20&ah=1
Ilya
27.02.2017 22:45, Peter Barth пишет:
Hi all,
we got accepted as a mentoring organization for this year's GSoC!
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5161142197420032/
Yay! So what's next? Students now have a chance to get to know their
favorite organization, talk to possible mentors, make them self known
to the project idea they like best and all that. Starting from March
20. the official application period for students opens.
Besides I'm excited to tell you that the EWG tries to resurrect :-)
They're a perfect match for our GSoC participation by finding mentors,
finding help for students and all that. As such the EWG will have their
first meeting tomorrow at 20:00 UTC on Mumble (the HOT server). If
you're a potential mentor or want to join/help the EWG feel free to
join! The first meeting is in particular to tidy up our ideas list and
try to assemble a list of mentors. Hope to see you.
Happy GSoC,
Peda
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