[GRASS-dev] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Action required] Please prepare the ideas page for GSoC 2018

[Martin Landa]

2018-01-29 10:14 GMT+01:00 Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com>:
> For all how care about GRASS GSoC page.

Please help filling new items for each idea:

* Rating: medium
* Expected Outcomes:
* Test of skills:

Ma

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> From: Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com>
> Date: 2018-01-29 10:10 GMT+01:00
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Action required] Please prepare the
> ideas page for GSoC 2018
> To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo-SoC <soc at lists.osgeo.org>
> Kopie: "gsoc-adminosgeo.org" <gsoc-admin at osgeo.org>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> Google has started screening mentor orgs ideas pages: please, make
> sure your ideas page is in order and nothing is missing. Excerpt from
> an email to admins and former mentors:
>
> "It seems quite a few veteran orgs have 0, or very few, projects
> listed on their Ideas List for their GSoC Org apps. Some have
> something like "coming soon" with no actual ideas on their page - this
> will result in an automatic rejection - please don't let that be you!
>
> Our team has been reviewing hundreds of applications this week and
> taking notes and we have noticed MANY orgs that have not completed
> their lists (have 1-2 ideas or ideas with 1 sentence describing the
> problem) or say 'coming in March', 'coming soon', etc. That's a
> 'Reject in our book.
>
> We will meet Monday, Jan 29 as a team to start our multi day meetings
> going through each and every org application together so you have
> until Monday at 19:00 UTC to get your ideas onto your list. You can
> always add more ideas later but if you are an Umbrella Org you should
> have plenty of ideas listed now - and if you are a smaller org you
> should have 4-5 well developed ideas minimum.
>
> And please don't just link to a bug tracker. If the bug tracker has
> extensive descriptions about the project/problem then that can
> sometimes be fine. But just saying here are 5 things we want worked on
> and a sentence about each isn't going to cut it.
>
> If you are an Org Admin I strongly encourage you to go back and look
> at your Ideas List before Monday at 19:00 UTC and make sure it is
> representative of what you want us to evaluate.
>
> Every year we have a few orgs who give us bad URLs or don't give us
> access permission to see their Project Ideas List. Again, please don't
> be that org... (your community will not be happy).
>
> Remember, the #1 thing our team considers when choosing which orgs to
> accept is the quality of the Project Ideas list. If you have nothing
> for us to look at we have to reject you.
>
> Please don't ask us to go and see if your application is okay. If you
> have a solid Project Ideas List and have read the Defining a Project
> Ideas list from the Mentor Guide and followed the advice your list is
> likely good to go."
>
> Regards,
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> this is a gentle reminder to send us your project's ideas page and to appoint as a mentor for GSoC 2018!
>> For any doubts, do not hesitate to contact us admins at gsoc-admin at osgeo.org
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:36 AM, Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> please read https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/defining-a-project-ideas-list for defining your project's ideas list.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear members of the Community,
>>>>
>>>> this is a reminder that to participate in GSoC also this year we need you to send us (admins:  <gsoc-admin at osgeo.org>) the URL for your project's ideas page.
>>>>
>>>> Every idea should indicate a title, a description, 2 mentors and a test for the students to submit to your evaluation. The test aims at evaluating if the student is capable for the project, so please design the test having in mind the skills required to complete the project.
>>>>
>>>> Time is short, we need to collect all URLs by Jan 20.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and please forward to your project community.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Margherita Di Leo
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> --
>>> Margherita Di Leo
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>> Margherita Di Leo
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