Hello, all, In the next couple of hours, the application period for students will open, and I thought I would take a bit of time to let you know what's going on and how you can participate:
For everyone
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* Please talk about Google Summer of Code program at your local user
group meetings.
For mentors
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* Please take the time to sign up as a mentor on Melange [1]. You'll
need to apply as a mentor to our organization (Clojure).
* Talk to students. You'll want to get a feel for how working with a
student over the course of the summer will go. Here are some things
to think about when assessing a student:
* Does the student meet the prerequisites for the proposed project?
* Is the student taking the time to think about and create a plan for
their project? Is the plan reasonable? Be sure to provide
feedback, but don't write the plan for them.
* Can the student communicate effectively? In addition to interacting
with mentors, students will also need to be able to interact with
the community at large, including publishing reports about their
progress over the summer.
* If you have questions about being a mentor, feel free to post them on
this mailing list.
* If you can think of anything to add to the student applicaiton
guidelines [2], let me know.
For students
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* Talk to mentors and interact with the community. The strongest
applications will be those for which there is a history of
involvement.
* Please review and follow the student application guidelines [2].
* Be sure to submit your application via Melange [1]. Failure to do so
will result in us not knowing about it.
Thanks to everyone for your help so far.
Sincerely,
Daniel
[1]: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013
[2]: http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Student+application+guidelines
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