<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>This is a gentle reminder that <b>student application period opens today</b> [1]! </div><div><br></div><div>If you are a <b>student</b>, you can now start drafting your application in melange. Do contact the developers of your chosen software, to make sure you will have strong mentor support! Be sure you have read the recommendations for students [2]</div><div><br></div><div>If you are a <b>mentor</b>, please create your profile in melange, then connect with your organization (OSGeo) <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>indicating in the message for the admins your project and the name of the idea(s) you are mentoring, together with an email address that you wish to use with communication with the mentoring organization</b>.</span> Such data will be kept private and only handled by GSoC admins. A plus is a link to a mail on public mailing lists, that show that communication with the prospective student has started. Before applying as a mentor, however, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the guide for mentors [3].</div><div><br></div><div>The <b>deadline</b> to students applications is <b>27th March</b>. [1]</div><div>Mentor registration will remain open until student acceptance.</div><div><br></div><div>Please forward this email to all relevant mailing lists of your knowledge.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to see the first applications in Melange!</div><div>As usual, contact soc mailing list with your general questions about application with OSGeo.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Your OSGeo GSoC admins,</div><div>Madi and Anne</div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x43JNRR2yZY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x43JNRR2yZY</a></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falles#La_Masclet.C3.A0">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falles#La_Masclet.C3.A0</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015">https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015</a></div><div>[2] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students</a></div><div>[3] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2015_Administrative#A_Mentor.27s_Responsibilities">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2015_Administrative#A_Mentor.27s_Responsibilities</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666">Best regards,</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Dr. Margherita DI LEO </font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:arial;font-size:small">Scientific / technical project officer</span><br></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">European Commission - DG JRC </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Via Fermi, 2749</font></div><div><font color="#666666">I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261</font></div><div><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 </font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:margherita.di-leo@jrc.ec.europa.eu" target="_blank">margherita.di-leo@jrc.ec.europa.eu</a></font></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.</font></div></div></div>
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