On 03/10/2014 02:37 PM, Quim Gil wrote: > Hi, > > Starting today, candidates of Google Summer of Code and FOSS Outreach > for Women can submit their proposals officially. See > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2014 > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FOSS_Outreach_Program_for_Women/Round_8 > > We are hosting an IRC meeting to answer the questions of candidates and > mentors tomorrow Tuesday, March 11, at 15:00 UTC (New Delhi 20:30, > Amsterdam 16:00, San Francisco 8:00 AM). > > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140311T08&p1=224&ah=1
Sorry for missing this small detail: At #wikimedia-office @freenode. I'm updating the related wiki pages. > > > As Wikimedia did in previous rounds, we are extending the rules of these > projects with a requirement on transparency. All candidates must draft > their proposals in mediawiki.org pages, and they must list themselves in > the tables of candidates at the pages linked above. > > This allows the whole community to watch and get involved in discussions > at the related wiki pages, Bugzilla reports, and this list. Please keep > an eye to new submissions. Whoever you are, your feedback is welcome. > > Candidates must submit their proposals directly to GSoC and OPW as well, > but thanks to our application template this shouldn't imply more work > that copy & paste: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Application_template > > > This time we also have many new mentors. Please get familiar with the > timeline of the programs. Your most important task now is to assess your > candidates, based on their proposal but also on practical assignments > like fixing real bugs related to their projects. > > By April 7 we will communicate to Google how many slots we want, based > on the projects proposed that we believe that can succeed. This year the > definition of success will be based on measurable outcome: new feature > functional, merged, and deployed in Wikimedia Labs at least. > > Candidates and mentors willing to pass the cut must work with this goal > in mind. Cmpared with last year, we will focus more on the quality of > the projects, not worrying about the quantity of projects we get. > -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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