On Mar 18, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Ondrej Certik wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Aaron S. Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi. As some of you have already noticed, we have ben accepted into the >> Google Summer of Code as a mentoring organization. >> Although we have participated in the past under the umbrella of other >> mentoring organizations like the Python Software Foundation >> and Portland State University, this is the first time we have been accepted >> as an organization. This is a very big step for SymPy. > > And also the Space Telescope Science Institute in 2007. > >> I would like to thank everyone who helped with the application process. > > Indeed, this is terrific news. After 4 years of hard work, we got our > chance now to be a standalone GSoC organization. That is a big honor > (and also a big responsibility). Now it is up to us to make this the > best GSoC summer ever. And I am sure we will do our best. > >> >> In case you don't know, Google Summer of Code is a program run by Google >> every year where they pay college students all around the world to write >> code for open source projects. Each student has a mentor assigned to >> him/her, who helps the student get started with interacting with open source >> (most students who are accepted have never participated in open source >> before). >> >> So now that were are accepted, students are open to applications. The >> actual application period opens on March 28, and closes on April 8 (see >> http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/timeline). >> >> To students: >> >> If you are interested in applying, please write the to mailing list and >> introduce yourself. The program is open to anyone worldwide who is 18 years >> of age or older who is enrolled in a higher education institution (this >> includes undergraduate and graduate). If you are interested in applying, >> here is what you should do (if you have not already): >> >> - As I said above, write to the list and introduce yourself. You might also >> join our IRC channel, which is #sympy on freenode. >> >> - Start thinking about what you want to apply to do. Our ideas page is at >> https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2011-Ideas. However, we are open >> to ideas that are not on that page. Anything that fits in a computer >> algebra system would fit in SymPy. If you have an idea not on that page, >> please discuss it on our mailing list, so we can see if it has not already >> be implemented, and if it is fitting for SymPy and for a project. I >> recommend you apply to do something that you are interested in personally. >> >> - We require for any student to be accepted that he/she submit at least one >> patch to SymPy, which gets reviewed and pushed in. See >> http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list?can=2&q=label%3AEasyToFix for >> some easy to fix issues that are a good place to start. Don't worry if you >> do not know how to send in a patch or use git. We will help you (that is >> the whole point of the program). Just ask here, on the issue page, or on >> IRC. >> >> - You should start thinking about your application. Our template is at >> https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2011-Application-Template (it will >> also soon be at our page on the Google site). If you like, you can start a >> page on our wiki to write your proposal. If you do this, we will help you >> edit it (though understand that we will not help you write it). Remember >> that we want you to get accepted just as much as you do, so you can help >> improve SymPy! >> >> To SymPy developers: >> >> - We need people who are willing to mentor students. If you are willing to >> mentor, please add your name to the bottom of the page at >> https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2011-ideas. >> >> - Please edit the ideas page to improve formatting and add new ideas. > > If you are a sympy developer, unless you want to apply as a student, > definitely sign up as a mentor --- you are not committing yourself to > anything, if you are busy, you can just hang around. But if you have > some time to spare, we will need help with reviewing applications, and > even if you don't plan to be mentoring a project during the summer, > you can still help us with the selection process, and it would be > greatly appreciated. Then of course we will also need mentors for the > actual projects. Simply get in touch with Aaron or me, and send us > your link_id to google melange.
Alternately, you can apply to be a mentor to SymPy (see http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/userguide#depth_mentapply), and we will accept you. Like Ondrej said, you do not have to mentor a project if you apply as a mentor (unless you want to). We just need help with rating applications in the system to decide who to accept. Aaron Meurer > >> >> Good luck to all students who plan on applying! > > Good luck. If you have any questions, just ask. > > Ondrej > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
