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

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.
If we are accepted we should start talking to students immediately after!

Student applications will be accepted from March 23 - April 3, 2009.

Register yourself at the Melange site
Subscribe to the OSGeo SoC mailinglist and introduce yourself, remember to give your Melange Link ID so that the admins can more easily find your mentor application, and accept you quicker
Apply to become a mentor

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

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 = Documents =
-* OSGeo [[Google SoC Application 2009]] - Needs completion once the application opens.
+* OSGeo [[Google SoC Application 2009]]
 * [[SoC Application Rankings by Project]]
 * The "Student Landing Page" is [[Google Summer of Code Ideas 2009]].
+* The OSGeo home at melange is http://socghop.appspot.com/org/home/google/gsoc2009/osgeo
 == How to register as a mentor ==