This would make a good blog post and tweet!
On 9 April 2013 21:25, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, [BCC: users@] > > Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has been accepted has a mentoring > organization for the 2013 Google Summer of Code. > > If you wish to be a mentor for a student to work on a CloudStack project > there are several "administrative" steps that you will need to do: > > 1-Add your project idea to JIRA, using the label gsoc2013. Then add an > entry in the wiki page I started: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Student+Projects > > 2-register on the code-awa...@apache.org list > > 3-Follow the email from Ulrich Stark below which tells you to register on > the "melange" site run by Google and then inform the PMC ( > priv...@cloudstack.apache.org) that you want to be a mentor. > > Note that all in all GSoC is a ~4months program, being a mentor will > require a firm commitment to the students who may need mentorship/guidance > on a daily basis. > > -Sebastien > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Ulrich Stärk <u...@apache.org> > > Subject: Google Summer of Code 2013 Mentor Registration > > Date: April 9, 2013 10:34:01 AM EDT > > To: p...@apache.org > > Cc: code-awa...@apache.org > > Reply-To: priv...@cloudstack.apache.org > > Reply-To: code-awa...@apache.org > > > > Dear PMCs, > > > > I'm happy to announce that the ASF has made it onto the list of 177 > accepted organizations for > > Google Summer of Code 2013! [1,2] > > > > It is now time for the mentors to sign up, so please pass this email on > to your community and podlings. > > > > Mentor signup requires two steps: mentor signup in Melange and PMC > acknowledgement. > > > > If you want to mentor a project in this year's SoC you will have to > > > > 1. Be an Apache committer. > > 2. Register with Melange and set up a profile [3]. > > 3. Add your username (formerly known as link_id) to [4]. This is NOT > your email address but your > > Melange username. You can find it at the top of any page once you are > logged in. > > 4. Request an acknowledgement from the PMC for which you want to mentor > projects. Use the below > > template and do not forget to copy code-awa...@apache.org. > > 5. Once a PMC member acknowledges the request to mentor, and only then, > go to [2] and click the > > "Start a connection" button. > > > > PMCs, read carefully please. > > > > We request that each mentor is acknowledged by a PMC member. This is to > ensure the mentor is in good > > standing with the community. When you receive a request for > acknowledgement, please ACK it and cc > > code-awa...@apache.org > > > > Cheers, > > > > Uli > > > > mentor request email template: > > ---- > > to: private@<project>.apache.org > > cc: code-awa...@apache.org > > subject: GSoC 2013 mentor request for <mentor name> > > > > <project> PMC, > > > > please acknowledge my request to become a mentor for Google Summer of > Code 2013 projects for Apache > > <project>. > > > > My Melange username is <username>. > > > > <custom content> > > > > ---- > > > > [1] > https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2013 > > [2] https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/apache > > [3] https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013 > > [4] https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/GsocLinkId.txt > > -- NS
