Re: GSoC 2016: applications open, deadline = Fri, 19/2

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 08:10:34AM +0100, Matthieu Moy wrote:

> So, that makes it 4 possible co-mentors, i.e. 2 potential slots. Not
> much, but it starts looking like last year ... ;-).
> 
> Peff, would you be willing to co-admin with me (that would be cool, you
> are the one with most experience here and you know the SFC stuff for
> payment)? Are there any other co-admin volunteer?

Yes, I'm willing to co-admin (though I'm also happy to step aside for
somebody else if they would like to do it).

The biggest task there is getting the application together. I went
through the account creation steps at the site (which is different this
year), and the application questions are:

 - Why does your org want to participate in Google Summer of Code?

 - How many potential mentors have agreed to mentor this year?

 - How will you keep mentors engaged with their students?

 - How will you help your students stay on schedule to complete their projects?

 - How will you get your students involved in your community during GSoC?

 - How will you keep students involved with your community after GSoC?

 - Has your org been accepted as a mentoring org in Google Summer of Code before?

 - Are you part of a foundation/umbrella organization?

 - What year was your project started? 

I think we can pull most of these answers from previous-year
applications, but I haven't looked yet. In years past we collaborated on
the answers via the git.github.io site, and I pasted them in place.

-Peff