Excellent news! Congratulations to everyone involved! Cheers, David
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Parth Srivastav <srivastav.pa...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Quim > > Great news, Congrats to the entire team > > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Rahul Maliakkal <rahul14...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi Quim > > > > Great News, Youve struck Gold. Cheers to WMF :) > > > > > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Harsh Kothari < > harshkothari...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Hi Quim > > > > > > This is fantastic news. Your efforts paid off. Congrats to all. :) > > > > > > Cheers > > > Harsh > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Pragun Bhutani <pragu...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > That's really good news! Thanks for sharing, Quim. I'm looking > forward > > to > > > > the next steps now. :) > > > > > > > > Cheers everybody! > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) < > > > > smazel...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > That's awesome, Quim. Thanks for all your efforts, support, > > > encouragement > > > > > and guidance so far. > > > > > > > > > > The best is yet to come! May you enjoy many more alcohol-free > drinks > > in > > > > > celebration of future milestones passed. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > > Siebrand > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Google just allocated slots and... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 05/05/2013 09:23 PM, Quim Gil wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Based on the feedback received from the mentors we are > requesting > > > > > >> > > > > > >> 11 min > > > > > >> 21 max > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ... WE HAVE GOT 21 SLOTS ALLOWED!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > First: congratulations to everybody involved: mentors AND > students. > > > > This > > > > > > number reflects succinctly how much someone like Google trusts > you. > > > > > > > > > > > > Second: this relaxes a lot our selection process. Between this > and > > > OPW > > > > we > > > > > > can accommodate many good proposals. > > > > > > > > > > > > Third: still, we will keep standards high as we have done so far. > > > > Having > > > > > > 21 slots doesn't mean that we will take them blindly. We will > > > continue > > > > > > asking questions to mentors and students about the feasibility of > > > each > > > > > > proposal and we will consider accepted only those that have all > the > > > > > > foundations in place. > > > > > > > > > > > > Last but not least: remember the important point about > > > confidentiality. > > > > > > Now several projects might look pretty obvious candidates but > this > > > > > doesn't > > > > > > authorize anybody to leak / pre-announce our decisions made. > Google > > > is > > > > > > still the one that must announce all accepted GSoC projects > first. > > > > > > > > > > > > PS: and now, if you don't mind, I'll go get some sophisticated > > > > > > alcohol-free drink to celebrate. Salut! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Quim Gil > > > > > > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil< > > > > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil> > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l< > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Siebrand Mazeland > > > > > Product Manager Language Engineering > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > > > > > M: +31 6 50 69 1239 > > > > > Skype: siebrand > > > > > > > > > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Pragun Bhutani > > > > http://pragunbhutani.in > > > > Skype : pragun.bhutani > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Harsh Kothari > > > Engineering Trainee, > > > Physical Research Laboratory. > > > Follow Me : harshkothari410 <https://twitter.com/harshkothari410/> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > -- > Regards > Parth Srivastav > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Etiamsi omnes, ego non _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
