Suggestion for next year, so I think d...@community is appropriate. Perhaps some folks on code-awards@ may have input, so CC'ed that list.
I think those mentees that suggest original ideas for GSoC projects and manage to get committers interested in mentoring those original project ideas should be recognized with a separate evaluation question in the mentee ranking process. While question two currently includes "original input" it can be interpreted in various ways (original project idea, original proposed solution etc.). I am suggesting the following for next year and beyond: * Is the project definition and idea originally the mentee's, the mentor's or a collaborative effort? (0-2 points, 2 if mentee's idea, 1 if collaborative, 0 if mentor's) Thereby, coming up with an idea and garnering mentor interest becomes a dimension in the mentee that gets rewarded (as it should be, IMO). -Rahul
