Raph, rather than do an edit pass at this point, there are some larger problems with your proposal you need to take care of. :)
In my opinion, your proposals are too informal, "Hi, I'm Raphael...". As I'm not going to be choosing them, I can't guarantee this is the case, but judging from http://www.booki.cc/gsocstudentguide/proposal-examples/ these are intended to be more like a short formal paper (with abstract or synopsis to begin) than a resume (though your tone is probably too informal for most resumes too for what it's worth). Make sure you've addressed all the items here: http://www.booki.cc/gsocstudentguide/writing-a-proposal/ Specifically: You don't have your full contact information (understandable since this is on a public github, but be sure that you include it as Google requested in the end) Your biographical information is too spread out, confine it to a single section and be brief (but complete). You have some great skills listed, I'd pull them out to a separate section (LLVM experience, VMKit experience, experience using git, any of the things you've already done relevant to working with clojure) You don't have any deliverables or a proposed timeline, and you haven't outlined the _specific_ tasks you'd like to complete in 3 months. For instance, your "clojurescript to lua compiler" says what you propose to do, but it needs specific items describing the how. Related work: You should be able to find some existing projects that relate to the proposals you are looking at, list them separately, it shows you've done your homework Also make sure you've address all the items on the clojure specific requirements, here: http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Google+Summer+of+Code+2012+Application+Questions (second paragraph) Specifically, you seem to be missing: - Are you comfortable working independently under a supervisor or mentor who is several thousand miles away, not to mention 12 time zones away? How will you work with your mentor to track your work? Have you worked in this style before? - If your native language is not English, are you comfortable working closely with a supervisor whose native language is English? What is your native language, as that may help us find a mentor who has the same native language? - Where do you live, and can we assign a mentor who is local to you so you can meet in a coffee shop for lunch? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
