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. 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
Apply to become a mentor
1. Accept the invitation that you receive, and fill in your Mentor information

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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