Help getting the word out about Summer of Code 2009

Bert Desmet bert at devnox.be
Thu Jan 15 21:02:56 UTC 2009


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
>
> [1] http://iquaid.org/2008/04/21/gsoc-statistics-snapshot/ 
>   
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