I just amended the application, correcting some typos and formulations. I added another project from my institute (SeqAn) that wishes to participate in GSoC.
Uli On 09.03.2011 12:19, Norman Maurer wrote: > I just submitted the Application based on the feedback I had. If anything > else should be changed just ping me. We can change stuff until the deadline > pass (12.03.2011). > > Bye, > Norman > > 2011/3/8 Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de> > >> Looks good. Could we please add >> >> Saros is run by university staff that has a lot of experience in mentoring >> students. >> >> to the Saros description? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Uli >> >> On 08.03.2011 19:34, Norman Maurer wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> here is the updated Application Draft. I hope I included everything. I >> will >>> see if I can find the "old" template somewhere. So please review: >>> >>> >>> Organization Name: >>> >>> The Apache Software Foundation >>> >>> >>> Description: >>> >>> The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and >> financial >>> support for a broad range of open source software projects. The >> Foundation >>> provides an established framework for intellectual property and financial >>> contributions that simultaneously limits contributors potential legal >>> exposure. Through a collaborative and meritocratic development process, >>> Apache projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available software >> products >>> that attract large communities of users. The pragmatic Apache License >> makes >>> it easy for all users, commercial and individual, to deploy Apache >> products. >>> >>> >>> Home page: >>> >>> www.apache.org >>> >>> >>> Main License: >>> >>> ASL2 >>> >>> >>> Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2011? What do >> you >>> hope to gain by participating? >>> >>> The Apache Software Foundation hope to help students to get in touch with >>> Opensource. Beside this we try to teach them how to develop and >> communicate >>> in a multi-culture organisation. All this will help them to get some >>> "real-world" expirience which will hopefully help them later in their >>> career. >>> >>> >>> If accepted, would this be your first year participating in GSoC? >>> >>> No >>> >>> >>> Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize >>> your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation. >>> >>> The ASF participate in all GSoCs to date. We had many success within the >>> last years. Many "prior" Students are now part of the community >> (committers) >>> , part of the PMC or even ASF Members. So the GSoC helped us (and our >>> projects) to grew and to build a better community around various >> projects. >>> >>> >>> If your organization participated in past GSoCs, please let us know the >>> ratio of students passing to students allocated, e.g. 2006: 3/6 for 3 out >> of >>> 6 students passed in 2006. >>> >>> 2010: 39/44 >>> >>> What is the URL for your ideas page? >>> >>> http://s.apache.org/gsoc2011tasks >>> >>> >>> What is the main development mailing list for your organization? This >>> question will be shown to students who would like to get more information >>> about applying to your organization for GSoC 2011. If your organization >> uses >>> more than one list, please make sure to include a description of the list >> so >>> students know which to use. >>> >>> No central list, see the lists of Apache projects at >> http://www.apache.org/and >>> http://incubator.apache.org/ >>> Students may approach the GSOC Admins via dev@community.apache.org >>> >>> >>> What is the main IRC channel for your organization? >>> >>> No central irc channel. Channels are managed by the specific project (if >> the >>> project has a channel at all) >>> >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> No >>> >>> >>> What criteria did you use to select the individuals who will act as >> mentors >>> for your organization? Please be as specific as possible. >>> >>> The Apache Software Foundation uses the Meritocracy principle to >> recognize >>> community contributors which are voted by other community members to >> receive >>> "committer karma" for a given project. These committers will be able to >>> propose ideas and volunteer as mentors for the selected project ideas. >>> We expect our mentors to work with our admins and other experienced >> mentors. >>> Our evaluation process gives priority to those who, through the >> meritocratic >>> process, have demonstrated a willingness to do this. >>> As for Administrators, we are using a set 4 admins/co-admins. These >> admins >>> are supported by past admins through out Apache Community Development >>> Project (http://community.apache.org) >>> >>> >>> What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students? >>> >>> We work hard to filter potentially disappearing students during the >>> application phases. Over the years we have been reasonably successful in >>> defining application processes and selection criteria that guard against >>> this. However, it is impossible to spot such cases with 100% accuracy. >>> Mentors are expected to make all reasonable efforts to contact a >>> disappearing student through all communication channels we have >> available. >>> However, as an all volunteer organizations we do not require mentors to >>> actively seek missing students. This has served us very well in the past. >>> >>> What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? >>> >>> Considering the ASF is a foundation, not a single project, we the admins >>> would ask for the project PMC to indicate a substitute mentor or provide >>> co-mentors for the selected projects. >>> In all the previous GSOC's we never had problems with lack of mentoring >> and >>> found a replacement Mentor if needed. >>> >>> What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your >>> project's community before, during and after the program? >>> >>> We try to treat the students like a part of the community and try to >> assist >>> them. This way they feel like be a part of the ASF. This helps to keep >> them >>> motivated. >>> Prior to submitting a proposal, students are required to discuss their >> ideas >>> with the respective >>> project communities in the public. This is an explicit point we consider >>> when ranking student proposals and reflect how projects communicate >> within >>> the ASF. During the program, our students should work together with their >>> community in all technical matters. All students are encouraged to >>> participate in their project after GSoC ends. Some might even be granted >>> committer access based on their contributions. >>> >>> If you are a large organization who is vouching for a small organization >>> applying to GSoC for their first time this year, please list their name >> and >>> why you think they'd be good candidates for GSoC here: >>> >>> Simal: >>> - A project registry using DOAP for data harvesting and sharing >>> - http://simal.googlecode.com >>> >>> This is a good candidate as it is run by Ross Gardler, 5 times GSoC admin >>> and 3 times mentor for the ASF, as such the project team understand the >> GSoC >>> processes and expectations. It is an interesting project that is >> attempting >>> to use linked data to expose community activity in open source projects. >>> Although it is in late alpha stages it is starting to attract attention >> from >>> a small but passionate community. At present it has a focus on open >> source >>> produced in academic research projects, but it can be used in much >> broader >>> contexts. >>> >>> Saros: >>> - Distributed Collaborative Editing and Distributed Party Programming >>> - http://www.saros-project.org/ >>> >>> >>> Saros provides a way for distributed developers to work together in >>> real-time over the Internet and >>> includes additional features supporting "distributed party programming", >> a >>> looser type of >>> collaboration. Saros is considered useful for virtual communities (as >>> typically found in open source >>> projects) in a number of distinct development scenarios, including: pair >>> programming, code >>> reviewing, coaching and side-by-side programming. >>> >>> >>> Backup Admin (Link ID): >>> >>> uli, rgardler ... ( More to be added) >>> >>> >>> >>> 2011/3/8 Antoine Levy-Lambert <anto...@gmx.de> >>> >>>> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Bye, >>> Norman >>> >> >
