[Adium-devl] Fwd: Invitation to Participate in Summer of Code 2006

[Evan Schoenberg]

On Apr 14, 2006, at 5:49 PM, Christopher Forsythe wrote:

> I'd be willing to be a mentor if it's applicable for the random  
> things I do within the project.
I appreciate that.  It probably won't be, honestly, as the focus is  
primarily on programming and the main task of the mentor is to aid in  
directing the student's programming efforts, but we'll keep it in  
mind :)

> If you could mention Growl to her as a possible candidate as well,  
> it'd be appreciated.
Will do, fo shizzle.

-Evan

>
> Chris
>
> On Apr 14, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Evan Schoenberg wrote:
>
>> Below I've forwarded an email I received today from Leslie  
>> Hawthorn of Google inviting us to participate in the Google Summer  
>> of Code as a mentoring organization.  I think this would be a  
>> great opportunity, both for Adium (to get some new folks  
>> interested in developing) and for students (obviously).  We'll  
>> need people willing to be individual mentors for students who  
>> apply -- I'm willing to be one -- as well as creating a page of  
>> suggested project ideas (we suggest some, and applicants can apply  
>> for suggested ideas as well as for their own. Judging from Gaim's  
>> Summer of Code, suggested ones are going to go better than  
>> students' own, but our  mileage might vary).
>>
>> The Summer of Code 'payment' is $4500 for the student (wow! I'll  
>> be making quite a bit less as a full-time medical researcher this  
>> summer...), who is supposed to be a full-time coder for the  
>> project for the summer, and $500 for the project.  I propose that  
>> we split the project money in some equitable way between the  
>> mentor and some sort of bounty for other projects which we'll come  
>> up with at a future point -- perhaps $350 to the mentor and $150  
>> to a bounty fund? Just a random thought.
>>
>> Let's discuss it a bit here; I'll then do the formal response to  
>> Google and get the ball rolling.
>>
>> -Evan
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Leslie Hawthorn <lhawthorn at google.com>
>>> Date: April 14, 2006 3:08:17 PM EDT
>>> To: evan.s at dreskin.net
>>> Subject: Invitation to Participate in Summer of Code 2006
>>> Reply-To: lhawthorn at google.com
>>>
>>> Hello Evan,
>>>
>>> Google is launching the Summer of Code program again this year  
>>> and we would like to invite Adium to sign up to participate.  You  
>>> can peruse our Mentor FAQ and Terms of Service on the Summer of  
>>> Code site for more information on this year's instance of the  
>>> program.
>>>
>>> If you would like to participate in Summer of Code 2006, please  
>>> email back with your Google Account information and we will use  
>>> this information to create the first administrator account on the  
>>> SoC site for Adium and send you instructions for accessing and  
>>> updating the site.
>>>
>>> We look forward to working with you during this year's Summer of  
>>> Code!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> LH
>>> -- 
>>> Leslie Hawthorn
>>> Open Source Program Coordinator
>>> Google Inc.
>>
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