Daniel, I'd be happy to help as an administrator, particularly if you can provide some guidance from previous years. I can also help re getting students to conferences.
Alex On Monday, February 3, 2014 1:59:24 PM UTC-6, Daniel Solano Gómez wrote: > > Hello, all, > > Apparently, it's already time for organisations to apply for Google Summer > of Coder 2014 [1]. This is a great program, and there have been several > notable projects that have benefited as a result. For example, last year's > successful projects included: > > * Enhance Neko for Android, Alexander Yakushev > * core.typed: Extensions and Documentation, Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant > * Clojure Compiler port to Clojure (CinC), Bronsa > * Implementation of core.matrix-compatible multidimensional array in > Clojure, Dmitry Groshev > * Algebraic Expressions, Maik Schünemann > * ClojureScript optimization and source maps support, Michal Marczyk > > I would love to see Clojure participate again this year. In order to do > so, we need to start our application which is due in less than two weeks. > We need volunteers to help prepare our application, and in particular it > would be great to have administrators that can help lead the process. I am > certainly willing to help out, but if there is someone who wants to lead up > this effort, I would happy to assist. > > Ideally, we could have multiple administrators to spread out the following > duties: > > * Updating the community wiki for the year [2] > * Recruiting potential mentors > * Raising the profile of GSoC within the community > > If we are accepted as a GSoC organisation, administrator duties include: > > * Ensuring we meet the deadlines > * Arranging for travel to the mentor submit > * Arranging for students' travel to conferences > * If necessary, solve problems > > I am afraid that last year I let the ball drop a bit with the mentor > summit and getting students to conferences. With multiple administrators > to help spread the work around, I am sure we can make GSoC an even better > experience for everyone involved. > > If you are interested in helping out in this effort, please set up a > profile on Melange [3] and e-mail me your profile name. > > Thanks for your help. > > Sincerely, > > Daniel > > > [1]: > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2014/02/mentoring-organization-applications-now.html > > [2]: http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Google+Summer+of+Code+2013 > [3]: http://en.flossmanuals.net/melange/ > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
