Hi there, I'm in a meeting marathon till this evening so I don't have time. I will try to co-ordinate with co-admins to get this done ASAP.
Thanks again, Norman 2011/3/8 Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org> > Admins, > > It is critical that we get an announcement out now. People in projects are > starting to prepare (Hama thinking they have to apply independently, ANT > wanting to record issues in our tracker). > > We need to both a) encourage people to prepare and b) make sure they are > doing it right. > > My previous announcement mails are in the archives (I'm pretty sure I've > always sent them, but not certain, last year it may have been Noirin). > > We also need to update the instructions for putting issues in JIRA [1] so > that people can do it right. Note that it is important that they format the > subject correctly so they can create project specific lists of issues for > publicising to their community. > > We also need to update [2] with working examples of the filters, I just > removed the broken ones. > > Ross > > [1] > http://community.apache.org/use-the-comdev-issue-tracker-for-gsoc-tasks.html > [2] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html > > > On 08/03/2011 06:47, Antoine Levy-Lambert wrote: > >> Hello Kathey, Norman, Ross and others >> >> I have entered a new issue COMDEV-60 : >> >> Regards, >> >> Antoine >> >> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-60 >> >> On 3/7/11 12:24 PM, Kathey Marsden wrote: >> >>> On 3/7/2011 2:18 AM, Norman Maurer wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Does your organization have an application template you would like to >>>> see >>>> students use? If so, please provide it now. Please note that it is a >>>> very >>>> good idea to ask students to provide you with their contact >>>> information as >>>> part of your template. Their contact details will not be shared with you >>>> automatically via the GSoC 2011 site. >>>> >>>> I think in the past we have had a general template that had things >>> like name, contact information, abstract, detail timeline, and also >>> asked how much time the student would be committing during the summer >>> and what other commitments they had. I think it is good to have a >>> free format but provide a template to make sure that such important >>> information is included. >>> >>> http://s.apache.org/gsoc2011tasks >>> >>> For the project ideas page, we only have three so far which might make >>> us look a bit week. Perhaps send a clear message to this list and also >>> code-awards to clarify how they are to be marked. There may be some >>> confusion there. >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Kathey >>> >>> >> > > -- > rgard...@apache.org > @rgardler >
