Google Summer of Code 2009 Administrative

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Central page for administering OSGeo participation in Google Summer of Code 2009.

Background

• Wolf Bergenheim will act as Administrative contact, with support from Landon Blake and Hamish Bowman
• FAQ on the program is at: http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2009/faqs.html
• There is also a Google Wiki page about the program: http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/WikiStart
• Last years GSoC submission: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html
• Last years GSoC page: Google Summer of Code 2008
• Mentoring HOWTO: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/index.html
• Advice for Mentors from the Google Wiki: http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors
• The Google Summer of Code 2009 site
• There is an OSGeo SoC flyer to look at and post in appropriate places - Marketing Committee is working on a 2009 version.

Timeline

The official timeline

• [✓] March 9th - 13th: Project applications will be accepted:
  • [✓] March 12th Our application needs to be ready.
• [✓] March 18th: List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2009 site.
• [✓] We are accepted - so we should start talking to students immediately after!

[✓] Student applications accepted from March 23 - April 3, 2009.

• April 15: All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor
• April 20: Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2009 site
• May 23: Students begin coding for their GSoC projects

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Documents

• OSGeo Google SoC Application 2009
• SoC Application Rankings by Project
• The "Student Landing Page" is Google Summer of Code 2009 Ideas.
• The OSGeo home at melange is http://socghop.appspot.com/org/home/google/gsoc2009/osgeo

How to register as a mentor

Please apply to become a mentor today! After you have applied you will get an invitation notification in the melange system. You need to accept the invitation, and fill in the form to become a registered mentor. In details:

1. Register yourself at the Melange site
2. Subscribe to the OSGeo SoC mailinglist. Introdce yourself and give this info:
   1. Melange Link ID
   2. Project you want to/can mentor for
   3. Area(s) of interest
   4. Feel free to tell more about yourself
3. Apply to become a mentor
   1. Accept the invitation that you receive, and fill in your Mentor information
4. Go read and comment on student applications

Project Milestones

Google SoC Project Milestones 2009 - todo

Project Pages

Each accepted Soc Project should be listed here, and the page should be updated with information about the progress of the project.