[ Please respect the Reply-To and discuss things on debian-project. ] The Google Summer of Code is running again this year[1]. Last year we started ten projects with students, and six of them ran to completion[2], providing us with new useful code. This year, we're applying again for Debian to be a mentoring organisation. With luck, we'll get some enthusiastic new developers working for us, paid full time by Google for the duration of the summer. We will hear in the next few days whether or not Debian has been accepted; in the meantime, we need to get working. Admins ====== Our two current admins are Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> and Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>; if last year is anything to go by, we'll probably add more admins later once the programme is up and running. Admins are responsible for approving mentors and students. Mentors and ideas ================= At this point, we have not nominated any specific mentors as part of our application; we expect to add more mentors shortly as people get in touch. If you want to be a mentor, add yourself in the wiki and please also contact Steve and Zack. If you have ideas for projects that you'd like to oversee, please add them to the list in this year's wiki page[3]. As a starting list, we've copied in the list of projects from this time last year already. To be a mentor, you will need to have a Google account. If you don't have one already, that would be a useful thing to set up in advance. Once we know the procedure for signing up mentors, we will pass on the details to those interested. Discussion ========== Please find us on the debian-project mailing list or irc.debian.org:#debian-soc if there's anything you need to discuss with us. [1] http://code.google.com/soc/ [2] http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2006 [3] http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2007 -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com Mature Sporty Personal More Innovation More Adult A Man in Dandism Powered Midship Specialty
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