Google has decided to return with their Summer of Code program for 2009. We can expect the program to be a bit smaller in size, making the student competition part more important. When we have an influx of great students and ideas, our mentors can collaborate to make very strong proposals. Strong proposals get us the most student slots.
This last year we did a modest increase in our noisiness (marketing) about the Summer of Code. The results were pretty good[1]. Compared to 2007, our best year to that point, we had three times the number of mentors step forward, three times the proposals, and more than twice the number of student slots.
Imagine how it could be if more people than just me were promoting Fedora and JBoss.org's presence in the Summer of Code?
Do you have any interest in:
* Planning a Summer of Code promotion for Fedora/JBoss.org * Running the promotion
You may wonder, why JBoss.org? Mainly that I don't think Google is going to separate the organizations this year; with slim participation available, they are going to be looking for any ways to consolidate further. I don't know who from JBoss.org is interested in planning and promoting this. However, the situation makes us dependent on each other and the quality of projects. Fortunately, this situation worked out rather well last year.
More information:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_coding
Thanks - Karsten
[1] http://iquaid.org/2008/04/21/gsoc-statistics-snapshot/
hello,
I want to help planning and running a summer of code promotion for Fedora/JBoss.org. I think I am fitted for the job, because I am still a student, and so, I could maybe get closer (or faster) to other students than people that allready have a professional life.
with kind regards, Bert Desmet
Karsten Wade schreef:
Google has decided to return with their Summer of Code program for 2009. We can expect the program to be a bit smaller in size, making the student competition part more important. When we have an influx of great students and ideas, our mentors can collaborate to make very strong proposals. Strong proposals get us the most student slots.
This last year we did a modest increase in our noisiness (marketing) about the Summer of Code. The results were pretty good[1]. Compared to 2007, our best year to that point, we had three times the number of mentors step forward, three times the proposals, and more than twice the number of student slots.
Imagine how it could be if more people than just me were promoting Fedora and JBoss.org's presence in the Summer of Code?
Do you have any interest in:
- Planning a Summer of Code promotion for Fedora/JBoss.org
- Running the promotion
You may wonder, why JBoss.org? Mainly that I don't think Google is going to separate the organizations this year; with slim participation available, they are going to be looking for any ways to consolidate further. I don't know who from JBoss.org is interested in planning and promoting this. However, the situation makes us dependent on each other and the quality of projects. Fortunately, this situation worked out rather well last year.
More information:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_coding
Thanks - Karsten
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:02:56PM +0100, Bert Desmet wrote:
hello,
I want to help planning and running a summer of code promotion for Fedora/JBoss.org. I think I am fitted for the job, because I am still a student, and so, I could maybe get closer (or faster) to other students than people that allready have a professional life.
Hi Bert,
That's a great point. We can go further and ask Ambassadors and Campus Ambassadors to help spread the word.
I started a planning page and added to the two of us to it:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_promotion_plan_2009
To work on the promotion, you'll need wiki editing rights. I don't see a Fedora account under your name, but if you create one, you'll be able to edit the wiki with it.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
cheers - Karsten
ttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_promotion_plan_2009
To work on the promotion, you'll need wiki editing rights. I don't see a Fedora account under your name, but if you create one, you'll be able to edit the wiki with it.
Hi, I already have those rights. I am an ambassador myself (but only recently, I'm new to the community) I think we also need a designer, who can design some flyers?
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 08:56:22PM +0100, Bert Desmet wrote:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_promotion_plan_2009
To work on the promotion, you'll need wiki editing rights. I don't see a Fedora account under your name, but if you create one, you'll be able to edit the wiki with it.
Hi, I already have those rights. I am an ambassador myself (but only recently, I'm new to the community) I think we also need a designer, who can design some flyers?
IIRC, the Fedora Art team has a design queue on the wiki where you can make requests:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService
Probably not a bad idea to drop a line on the fedora-art-list, if anyone's a subscriber there.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 03:46:14PM -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 08:56:22PM +0100, Bert Desmet wrote:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_promotion_plan_2009
To work on the promotion, you'll need wiki editing rights. I don't see a Fedora account under your name, but if you create one, you'll be able to edit the wiki with it.
Hi, I already have those rights. I am an ambassador myself (but only recently, I'm new to the community) I think we also need a designer, who can design some flyers?
IIRC, the Fedora Art team has a design queue on the wiki where you can make requests:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService
Probably not a bad idea to drop a line on the fedora-art-list, if anyone's a subscriber there.
Thanks, I put this up:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService#Summer_coding_collatera...
I'll see what happens; the process on the page directs to contact the list if it isn't picked up; I might push the timing due to the real world deadlines at work.
- Karsten
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