I know last year there was an interest for CoApp to apply to Google Summer of Code but it didn't coalesce into an application. Google just announced that Summer of Code is returning again this year and I would love for us to become a mentoring organization. CoApp would receive recognition from the OSS community as a whole, free student help for the summer and possible long term committers (and we'd get on Google's OSS radar which is always good). That said, it would lead to a significant amount of work on the part of Garrett likely and whoever the actual student mentors are. (I'd be happy to volunteer as a student mentor.)
Another possibility would be for Outercurve to become a mentoring organization like the Apache Software Foundation and the Python Software Foundation. This might lead to fewer students going to CoApp but eliminates much of Garrett's administrative work, something we all know he'd like to avoid. :) Outercurve might have a stronger application than CoApp by itself; I really don't know. All of this said, it leads me to a few questions that we should probably discuss: 1. Should CoApp apply as a mentoring organization for GSoC? Are the administrative hassles worth it? 2. Should Outercurve apply as a mentoring organization instead? Does the Outercurve staff has sufficient time to manage the administrative tasks? 3. What projects does CoApp have that would work well for a summer project for a college student? Any thoughts on any of this? Eric
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