[SoC] GSoC org application

[Michael Barton]

Wolf, Markus, and others,

After looking at the wiki, it seemed like the most useful contribution  
I could make would be to offer some ideas about goals for SOC  
participation. Here is a paragraph. It is somewhat more wordy than  
what is in there now. If there are any ideas that seem appealing,  
please feel free to use them. But don't feel obligated if you have  
other goals in mind.

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We seek to encourage the growth of a spirit of community and  
contribution by actively involving students in open source geospatial  
development. When students see that their contributions are valued by  
the development team and users, it helps to build a sense of  
responsibility to a larger community of practice that they will carry  
with them when they enter the professional world. This is especially  
important for geospatial software, where rapidly changing research and  
planning needs benefit from sophisticated users--especially scientific  
users--who also can contribute to the development of better software  
tools. A Summer of Code experience can start students on the road to  
joining the volunteer developer community that has made open source  
software such an amazing success today. Additionally, by involving  
students closely in open source geospatial development, we seek to  
provide examples of the value of open source GIS for education in  
universities worldwide. Finally, students who become members of open  
source development teams will also become the next  generation of  
developers for industry and government agencies with the in-depth  
knowledge needed to introduce and implement open source geospatial  
technology.

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Michael
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C. Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
Director of Graduate Studies
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

Phone: 480-965-6262
Fax: 480-965-7671
www: <www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton>



On Mar 12, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Helena Mitasova wrote:

> Wolf,
>
> I made some edits following the suggestions from Markus and some  
> typo fixes, please review before submitting.
> I hope I made them before the deadline.
>
> Helena
>
> Helena Mitasova
> Associate Professor
> Department of Marine, Earth
> and Atmospheric Sciences
> 1125 Jordan Hall, Campus Box 8208
> North Carolina State University
> Raleigh NC 27695-8208
> http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/
>
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Wolf Bergenheim wrote:
>
>> On 12.03.2009 21:33, Markus Neteler wrote:
>>> A few observations:
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Application_2009
>>>
>>> * "Additionally we hope to spread the word of open source GIS
>>> in the universities. "
>>> -> too limited? what about PA or companies (think crisis)
>>
>> Hmm interesting point, but how do we use GSoC to do that? Tell our
>> colleagues at work?
>>
>>>
>>> * What is the main public mailing list for your group? (required)
>>> * Where is the main IRC channel for your group? (required)
>>> -> both have a link as answer?
>>
>> Well yes, the form has only a single line where you can write an IRC
>> channel or something short. So these links take you to a page where  
>> the
>> IRC channels applicable for GSoC. Should the URLs be to some other  
>> page
>> instead?
>>
>>>
>>> * "What criteria do you use to select the members of your group"
>>> "..We also try and match up up a student working on raster..."
>>> -> somehow doesn't fit IMHO - why focus on raster?
>>
>> As an example... Yes it needs to be reformulated.
>>
>>>
>>> * "What license does your organization use?"
>>> -> GPL should be GPL >=2
>>> -> also other licenses are used MIT/X11 etc.
>>
>> This time the form is really bad for us, since it has a drop-down  
>> list
>> of licenses. I asked Google, and they said, pick the one that is most
>> common.
>>
>>>
>>> * "What is the main development mailing list for your group?"
>>> -> URL points to public (maybe add a line of explanation?)
>>
>> Same reason as above
>>
>>>
>>> * "What is your plan for dealing with disappearing members"
>>> -> maybe mention that we have 14000 list members in all OSGeo
>>>   lists which indicated a good pool of people?
>>
>> :D
>>
>>>
>>> * "Please select your backup group administrator."
>>> -> yet empty - what is that job?
>>>
>>
>> I have Landon and Hamish volunteering as backup admins. It means to
>> replace me should I be away or get hit by a car etc.
>>
>> Landon and Hamish, please give me your melange IDs once you have  
>> signed
>> up. The url to Menlange is http://socghop.appspot.com/
>>
>> --Wolf
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> <:3 )---- Wolf Bergenheim ----( 8:>
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