[Bf-committers] Google SOC 2006

[D.J. Capelis]

I would hope that this year's SoC'ers be required to be on
#blendercoders at least some of the time.

It would help keep them focused as well as ensuring that they integrate
nicely into the community and find answers to their questions.  I would
imagine it would increase productivity as well.  Seems like a good idea
to establish this right from the start.

Also, glad to hear we're doing this again... we got a bunch of cool code
last time. :)

On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 12:37 +0200, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Yep, official submission has been done! For the time being I've  
> proposed myself to Google as 'administrator', but hopefully we can find  
> a volunteer again to help out as well.
> 
> I can also help with setting up the public list of projects students  
> can apply for. This is also a good moment for a review of last year's  
> SOC, and some recommendations for how to do things better now.
> 
> My personal recommendations would be;
> 
> - Only list projects of which we know in advance we can find mentor(s)  
> for. Or better said; invite all current developers and 'owners' of code  
> who are interested to become mentor to submit ideas.
> - Advertise more among students in our own user/developer community to  
> submit projects. Students who are already active here are eligble too.  
> Also, developers who received a grant last year can submit again.
> - Organize a more strict review of submitted projects in advance, this  
> based on either past experience or proven competence in a certain  
> development area.
> 
> Looking back at last year's SOC, it was quite evident that it's  
> difficult for people to work focused on a coding project at home for a  
> longer period. Especially when compared with the productivity of  
> putting people together.
> 
> So; ideas for how to improve the efficiency of such an online project  
> is welcome too.
> 
> -Ton-
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 15 Apr, 2006, at 7:58, Chris Want wrote:
> 
> > Rui Campos wrote:
> >> Google Summer Of Code 2006 is here.
> >> http://code.google.com/soc/
> >> Hurry to get Blender in the Mentoring Organizations.
> >
> > Since this is time sensitive, I've sent in a request for
> > Blender to be involved, but I would recommend Ton also
> > send one, since he da man.
> >
> > Thanks D.J and Rui for the heads up.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chris
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