<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82477a77-8b0c-049d-0a92-6934086f40fd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello All, students and mentors!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Today GSoC starts officially, we hope you are ready to code!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here is the checklist for students, for a smooth SoC start:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Version control system setup </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Have you set up your Version Control System to start coding?</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Make sure you have write access to the relevant repository. If you don't have write access by now, ask your mentor about how your project handles GSoC students access.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wiki Page</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Do you have a page on the wiki of your project?</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The wiki page would ideally contain the link of your application in Melange, a detailed timeline, and links to the weekly reports you will send along the summer. This is the page you must keep up-to-date about your progress on the project. From there, you can link any additional resources, your blog etc. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Weekly email reports </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You will send your weekly reports on this (SoC) mailing list and on the developers mailing list of your project. The first report is due by </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday, May 31st.</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Note that we have changed the day of the week in which the report is due, respect to last year, considering the request of the students that carry out most of the programming during week ends. We will apply some flexibility for those who wish to send the report on Mondays morning, but no later than noon anyway. You are requested to send the report email </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">every week</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- even if you didn't code because of exams, or holidays, or any other reason. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Feel free to mail the developers list at any time. You are part of the community! Remember, the aim of the SoC is to involve new developers in open source communities, not to pay you for working alone, thus, not communicating is considered a reason for failing. So, students, please write the reports, and mentors, remind your students about it.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The report should contain the title of the project in the subject, </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the link your wiki page </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and at least the answers these three questions:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1) What do I have completed this week?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2) What am I going to achieve for next week?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3) Is there any blocking issue?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For any question or clarification, do not hesitate to contact us OSGeo GSoC admins. Please, do contact us in case you experience problems at any time during your GSoC, e.g. you are not able to contact your mentors, you experience communication hurdles or similar issues.</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Do not wait until it’s too late</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">So, happy hacking everyone, and looking forward to reading your first reports, on Sunday 31st!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your OSGeo GSoC admins</span></p><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82477a77-8b0c-364f-6a71-c1295852e6f5"><span style="vertical-align:baseline">Madi & Anne</span></span><br></span></div></span><div><br></div><br>
</div>