Aaron, Thanks for all the valuable feedback. I think we addressed them all and got our application submitted.
Jason moorepants.info +01 530-601-9791 On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > So here are my comments on the application, in no particular order: > > - The questions you have answers for are from last year. You should > update them for this year. > > - Some of your answers are actually popdown selections in the Melange > form, so you won't be able to elaborate as you have (in particular, > the question about if you are a new or veteran organization, and the > question about what license you use). > > - My biggest suggestion is to extend your ideas page. This is one of > the main things that Google looks at, so it should be well fleshed > out. > > - You might want to actually be in #pydy, especially now that students > are starting to be interested. Right now, the only people in the room > are me and a potential student. You might also want to get a ChanServ. > > - For the "What is the main development mailing list for your > organization?" question, you should include links. > > - You say, "If a student disappears, ... [we] can take steps to > resolve the issue." You should describe in detail what those steps > would be. > > - Your answer to the "What steps will you take to encourage students > to interact with your project's community before, during and after the > program?" question only focuses on the "before" part. The "after" part > is split into a separate question this year, but I see that you've got > it at the end. So flesh out the "during" part. > > - I would write up somewhere the story about how PyDy came to be > (i.e., the whole situation with Luke and Autolev and so on). It's a > good story, and I think it explains why this project is so important. > It probably fits best in the "organization description" question. > > - For "Why is your organization applying to participate in Google > Summer of Code 2013? What do you hope to gain by participating?", also > describe why you think it is important to not just work under SymPy > any more. > > - The deadline is tomorrow, so make sure you've submitted it. You can > edit it up to the deadline. > > All in all, I would say that the weakest part is definitely the ideas > page. Fortunately, you can still work on that after submitting (the > deadline is Friday, but likely Google won't start looking at the > applications until Monday). > > Aaron Meurer > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Jason Moore <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I added one sentence to the applications section that mentions PyDy. > > > > Thanks for your offer to look over our app. We'd appreciate it. > > > > Jason > > moorepants.info > > +01 530-601-9791 > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> That paragraph is perfect. I think a paragraph is much better than a > >> one-liner, as it explains what exactly the situation is. > >> > >> Other than that, you might want to mention PyDy in the answer to the > >> first question, where we list the applications. > >> > >> I'll try to read your application tomorrow and give you any > >> suggestions that I may have. > >> > >> Aaron Meurer > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Jason Moore <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Oops, I should have read the previous thread more carefully. Is the > >> > vouch > >> > question supposed to be just a one liner? > >> > > >> > I could add something somewhere else as Ondrej said, any suggestions? > >> > > >> > Jason > >> > moorepants.info > >> > +01 530-601-9791 > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Jason Moore <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I just wrote a paragraph to vouch for us: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2013-Organization-Application#are-you-an-established-or-larger-organization-who-would-like-to-vouch-for-a-new-organization-applying-this-year-if-so-please-list-their-names-here > >> >> > >> >> Let me know if you want me to change anything or feel free to change > it > >> >> yourself. > >> >> > >> >> Jason > >> >> moorepants.info > >> >> +01 530-601-9791 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Jason Moore <[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Sure, I'll send something soon. > >> >>> > >> >>> Jason > >> >>> moorepants.info > >> >>> +01 530-601-9791 > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Ondřej Čertík > >> >>>> <[email protected]> > >> >>>> wrote: > >> >>>> > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Jason Moore > >> >>>> > <[email protected]> > >> >>>> > wrote: > >> >>>> >> Sorry, my response only went to Ondřej > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> Here are our materials: https://pydy.org/google_summer_of_code > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> Luke and I are going to finish up the org application today. > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> If you want to mention us in your app, we'd greatly appreciate > it. > >> >>>> >> We've > >> >>>> >> mentioned SymPy in our app materials a lot. > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> Let me know if I can help with you application. > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > Initially I thought that we should write a paragraph about PyDy, > >> >>>> > but > >> >>>> > not it seems that we should only list it in the last question. > So I > >> >>>> > listed it in the wiki + updated the melange application. > >> >>>> > I put there "PyDy". I think we should also mention it at other > >> >>>> > places > >> >>>> > in the application. We should put there a list of projects that > use > >> >>>> > SymPy and a few words about each and mention that PyDy is > applying > >> >>>> > too. > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > Ondrej > >> >>>> > >> >>>> I think we should also write a little bit about it too. Luke or > >> >>>> Jason, can you write up a little blurb about PyDy and SymPy (esp. > >> >>>> relating to GSoC) that we can use for that question? > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Aaron Meurer > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > -- > >> >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > >> >>>> > Groups "sympy" group. > >> >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > >> >>>> > send > >> >>>> > an email to [email protected]. > >> >>>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> >>>> > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. > >> >>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out > . > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > >> >>>> -- > >> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> >>>> Groups "sympy" group. > >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > >> >>>> send > >> >>>> an email to [email protected]. > >> >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. > >> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups > >> > "sympy" group. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > >> > an > >> > email to [email protected]. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "sympy" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > >> email to [email protected]. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "sympy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. 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