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

Documents

• OSGeo Google SoC Application 2009 - Needs completion once the application opens.
• SoC Application Rankings by Project
• The "Student Landing Page" is Google Summer of Code Ideas 2009.

How to register as a mentor

1. Add your name, and google account information to the mentor list in the Wiki (or get your project leader to do that for you)
2. Subscribe to the OSGeo SoC mailinglist and introduce yourself!

• TODO*: Add more information as it becomes available

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.