[Ambassadors] Summer of Code at Fedora -- recruit; mentor a developer; improve success

[Karsten Wade]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:05:05AM -0600, Terrance Hutchinson wrote:
> Karsten,
> 
> I will gladly be a mentor as well. I participated in the Google Summer of
> Code last year. Since I am no longer in school, I would still love to help
> out.

Great!  Please apply as a mentor via the interface at
http://socghop.appspot.com/org/home/google/gsoc2009/redhat , as well
as following the other instructions below and/or on the referenced
pages.

- Karsten

> 
> Terrance
> 
> 2009/3/19 nihed mbarek <nihedmm at gmail.com>
> 
> > Hi,
> > do you have a list of sample projects, I will be a mentor and I know where
> > I can find computer science student free since 1 july.
> >
> >
> >
> > 2009/3/19 Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com>
> >
> >>  Fellow Ambassadors:
> >>
> >> You are probably all familiar with the Google Summer of Code (GSoC).
> >> Fedora has been a participant for several years, with each year
> >> bringing more quality and quantity of student projects.
> >>
> >> As of today's announced list, the Fedora Project is again a mentoring
> >> organization for GSoC.  We are honored to have this distinction.
> >> Google has scaled the program back in resources and budget in light of
> >> the global economy; there is less to go around.  I am confident
> >> Fedora's record in GSoC helped us to be selected again.
> >>
> >> There are two ways I am asking for your help:
> >>
> >> 1. The timeline is short for students to propose projects.  (The
> >>   application period opens 23 March, application deadline is 03
> >>   April.)  We need your help finding students and ... most
> >>   importantly ... identifying passionate students who understand the
> >>   commitment they are making.
> >>
> >>   The Summer of Code is a *full time job*, a minimum of 40 hours a
> >>   week for a few months of the Summer term.
> >>
> >>   The project is real work on real open source.
> >>
> >> 2. Do you have ideas you want to mentor a student to work on?  You do
> >>   not have to be a coder to mentor a student.  You need to get the
> >>   student connected to the right resources.
> >>
> >>   For example, I am not a programmer and I mentored Dimitris Glezos
> >>   two years ago for GSoC when he developed the first version of
> >>   Transifex and https://translate.fedoraproject.org.  Last year
> >>   Dimitris mentored another student to work on additions to
> >>   Transifex.  (This year Dimitris formed a company around
> >>   Transifex, http://indifex.com.)
> >>
> >>   Now, I was fortunate -- Dimitris was an easy student to mentor,
> >>   partially because he was already involved in the Fedora community.
> >>   Perhaps your student could already be a Fedora participant or
> >>   contributor?
> >>
> >> To help with #1, point students at:
> >>
> >> http://socghop.appspot.com/org/home/google/gsoc2009/redhat
> >>
> >> To help with #2, start with this page -- use the mentor request form:
> >>
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/redhat-summer-mentors
> >>
> >> If you have ideas, put them on this page as soon as possible:
> >>
> >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_2009
> >>
> >> ... and join us on the Google group 'redhat-summer-mentors' to discuss
> >> how you can participate.
> >>
> >> Thanks - Karsten
> >> --
> >> Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Community Gardener
> >> http://quaid.fedorapeople.org
> >> AD0E0C41
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > M'BAREK Med Nihed,
> > Analyst Revenue Assurance Tunisie Telecom
> > http://www.nihed.com
> > Fedora Ambassador, TUNISIA, Northern Africa
> > PUB   1024D/9E2FFB76 Date 2009/02/14
> >
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Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Community Gardener
http://quaid.fedorapeople.org
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