Hi, Yes, I've often wondered whether it really makes sense to have every potential applicant email the whole mailing list.
Perhaps it would be reasonable to have a separate Sympy GSOC mentors list for these emails. Then maybe the applicants could email the list with specific code / design questions as they arise in discussion on the GSOC mentors list? Or make issues, as Gagandeep just suggested? >From the peanut gallery, Matthew On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 6:17 PM Oscar Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I also wonder if the mailing list is the right place for all these > GSOC discussions anyway. What is normally a low-volume list ramps up > massively right now as the GSOC deadline approaches which is not good > for other users of the mailing list. > > On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 18:05, Nikhil Maan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > There are instructions for students for introducing themselves on the > > mailing list in the student instructions and discussing an idea on the > > mailing list on the ideas page. > > But there is nothing to encourage students to have a public discussion on > > the mailing list over messaging the mentors personally. > > > > I think it would be a good idea to add something to both the Student > > Instructions and the Ideas page like 'We encourage you to discuss your > > ideas publicly on the mailing list rather than messaging the mentors > > privately with your ideas.' We can even make it more elaborate if that > > would be better. > > > > On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 3:41:17 AM UTC+5:30, Aaron Meurer wrote: > >> > >> I tend to take the same approach. > >> > >> I don't think there is anything about this in the student instructions > >> on the wiki, but we can add something. > >> > >> Aaron Meurer > >> > >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 4:07 PM Oscar Benjamin > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > Over the past couple of months I have lost count of the number of > >> > times that I have been emailed off-list by people interested in > >> > applying for GSOC with sympy this year. > >> > > >> > It's excellent that so many people are interested but I have not > >> > replied to *any* off-list emails and I don't intend to. This is > >> > because I don't want to give private help to any particular applicant > >> > at the expense of others. Anyone who wants to publicly discuss ideas > >> > or post their proposal and ask for feedback is welcome to do so. I am > >> > happy to give guidance or provide feedback in an open forum where > >> > everyone can see what I have to say. If I don't respond then please > >> > understand that that is because my time is limited and many of the > >> > proposals are for projects that I would not be able to mentor. > >> > > >> > Is there any guidance around off-list communication with GSOC > >> > applicants on the wiki? > >> > > >> > Oscar > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAHVvXxRd4ZGy5b7YjhktTL_a68Ybs_OB3818hoqn7Wpo15K-Pw%40mail.gmail.com. > > > > -- > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/993d2b25-7b7c-4a35-807a-51ed1aa2d37f%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAHVvXxTe86ySTdRf06kaWGTcaPW9-jhof%3DXLOP1YOpnW8YdQ0A%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAH6Pt5qwHVOw-0bJ05AcUqbMArohT9RVBqnrG8RGP71odax0xg%40mail.gmail.com.
