[SoC] Mentoring organisation application - call for review

[Pierre Racine]

Ok. Thanks Anne,

That does not tell me if you are at Google or at OSGEO?

Pierre

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Ghisla [mailto:a.ghisla at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 5:49 AM
> To: Pierre Racine; OSGeo Google Summer of Code list
> Subject: Re: [SoC] Mentoring organisation application - call for review
> 
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 15:31:23 -0500
> Pierre Racine <Pierre.Racine at sbf.ulaval.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Anne,
> >
> > I just uncommented the line for PostGIS Raster at the bottom of the
> > list. We have a couple of nice projects for student interested.
> > Hopefully we will not miss the boat like we did last year. Have a look
> > at
> >
> > For me it is still not clear what is your role for OSGEO versus our
> > role as mentor. For example why do mentors have to register in
> > Melange? The form says: "Before you can apply to be a org_admin with
> > an organization in Google Summer of Code, you must fill out this form
> > in order create a profile." Seems to me that this is targeted at the
> > organisation admin, which I understand to be you, Anne? Am I missing
> > something? Do we have to register through this form
> > (http://www.google-
> melange.com/gsoc/profile/org_admin/google/gsoc2012)
> > as mentor?
> 
> Hello Pierre!
> 
> no worries about timing: I applied as an org admin for OSGeo as umbrella
> organisation on Melange and submitted the "global"
> application, without details on which projects are interested in participating.
> 
> After 16th of March, when we will know the list of accepted organisations and if
> we will be among them, I'll ask all interested projects to choose mentors among
> their developers. The chosen mentors will then register on Melange as single
> individuals within OSGeo.
> 
> Sorry for mess in the Administration wiki page, I'll clean it soon!
> 
> Now everyone can relax and wait for 16th March, after that I'll communicate
> which will be the next steps.
> In the meanwhile, OSGeo projects are invited to brainstorm on their Ideas list
> and identify potential mentors.
> 
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pierre
> 
> All the best!
> Anne
> --
> OSGeo GSoC Administrator
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: soc-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > > [mailto:soc-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Anne Ghisla
> > > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 5:43 AM
> > > To: OSGeo Google Summer of Code list
> > > Subject: [SoC] Mentoring organisation application - call for review
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > today I have edited the OSGeo application proposal on the wiki [0],
> > > further comments and edits are welcome.
> > >
> > > I also invite the projects to uncomment the link to their Ideas
> > > pages in the main OSGeo Ideas page [1], as soon as they are updated
> > > to 2012. So, I hope to hear from GDAL, uDig, OpenJUMP, OSSIM,
> > > Mapnik, gvSIG, GeoServer and PostGIS soon! Please forward this
> > > message to the relevant mailing lists.
> > >
> > > I also welcome GeoKettle, Opticks and MapWindow to chime in whether
> > > they wish to participate under OSGeo umbrella.
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > > Anne
> > >
> > > [0]
> > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Application_2012
> > > [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012_Ideas
> > >
> > > Anne Ghisla
> > > --
> > > OSGeo GSoC Administrator