On 3/4/07, Philipp von Weitershausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear developers of Zope,Google is doing Summer of Code this year again. With an entity like the Zope Foundation in place, Zope could participate for the first time. What do we need to do? Apart from applying to Google as a participating organization, we need a) mentors. It'd be great if some of the Zope core committers would volunteer to mentor a student. This doesn't mean you will definitely end up mentoring one, just show your willingness. b) project suggestions. The best way to encourage a student to work on Zope would be to provide a list of possible projects that s/he could work on. It'd be great if each volunteering mentor would suggest at least one project. If a student should get accepted for one of those projects, it will obviously make a lot of sense if the person who suggested the project would mentor him/her. Note that student projects should keep a student busy for several weeks, though it should not be too hard. Nevertheless, questions regarding architecture and design can always be discussed with the mentor (this is what s/he is there for) so you don't have to spell it all out in advance. A short paragraph describing the project should be enough for now. Suggestions? Thoughts? Criticism? Please let me know.
I think this is an excellent idea. I would've participated myself a few years ago, and I would do it now if I weren't already involved in something more lucrative. Jeff Elkner has a bunch of students interested in doing projects with Zope3, so I've cc'ed him this email. +1 - Paul _______________________________________________ Zope3-dev mailing list Zope3-dev@zope.org Unsub: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/options/zope3-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
