[OSGeo-Discuss] Preparation of ideas pages for GSoC 2015 (deadline: 18th February!)

[Daniel Morissette]

And FYI, an ideas page for MapServer has been created at

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_2015_SOC_Ideas

Daniel


On 2015-02-18 9:15 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Hi Margherita,
>
> Where are the OSGeo GSoC pages for 2015? In past years, they used to be
> in the wiki, and that's where projects used to go to link their ideas
> page, but I can't find any page for GSoC 2015 in the wiki. Has this
> information moved to somewhere else?
>
> See the set of "Google Summer of Code 2014 *" pages listed at
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Google_Summer_of_Code
>
> What is the plan for this year to collect the ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Daniel
>
> On 2015-02-11 10:24 AM, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> *GSoC 2015* was officially announced earlier this year. The applications
>> for mentoring organizations are now open and this year Hamish Bowman and
>> myself will be applying for OSGeo's participation.
>> The application deadline for mentoring organizations is the 20th of
>> February, and right after that, Google will proceed examining the
>> organizations. The showcase for evaluating the applications are the
>> *GSoC ideas pages* [1], and for this reason, they need to be in perfect
>> shape. This means that OSGeo teams are required to set up and shape
>> their pages this week, coordinating their teams through their dev
>> mailing lists. The pages will then linked to the main GSoC 2015 ideas
>> page on the wiki.
>> Please bear in mind that there is no guarantee whatsoever of the
>> acceptance by Google based on the success of previous years, but they
>> will judge the organizations only on the basis of ideas pages for 2015.
>> Please forward this email to your project leaders and past GSoC mentors,
>> and start listing ideas right away!
>> Please cc soc list with your doubts and questions.
>>
>> [1] http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/making-your-ideas-page/
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Dr. Margherita DI LEO
>> Scientific / technical project officer
>>
>> European Commission - DG JRC
>> Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
>> Via Fermi, 2749
>> I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261
>> Tel. +39 0332 78 3600
>> margherita.di-leo at jrc.ec.europa.eu
>> <mailto:margherita.di-leo at jrc.ec.europa.eu>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
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>
>


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