[Building Sakai] Google Summer of Code 2012 - application period open!

[Carl Hall]

Just a reminder that the student application period started a couple of
days ago and is open until until April 6 at 19:00 UTC. I look forward to
the proposals!


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Carl Hall <carl at hallwaytech.com> wrote:

> I just received the email from Google that Sakai has been accepted as a
> mentoring organization into GSoC 2012!
>
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> From: Carl Hall <carl at hallwaytech.com>
> Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:56 AM
> Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code 2012
> To: oae-dev <oae-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org>, sakai-dev <
> sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org>
>
>
> Our application has been submitted and we begin the waiting part of game
> show. We have an idea page up now[1], so please begin adding your ideas.
> The more ideas, the better as this is considered in the application review
> by Google. Any ideas out there that folks would like to start thinking
> about? Any mentors that would like to step up for area of the applications?
> SME's are greatly welcomed!
>
> 1
> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/MGT/Google+Summer+of+Code+2012+ideas+list
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> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Carl Hall <carl at hallwaytech.com> wrote:
>
>> Google has recently announced[1] the Summer of Code program for 2012[2].
>> We have participated in this over the last few years and we'll be applying
>> to participate again this year. While students can propose projects
>> themselves, it is helpful for members of our community to propose projects.
>> I would like to ask that everyone give some thought to what kind of
>> projects we would like to see students work on this year.
>>
>> For reference of previous ideas suggested and completed, please take a
>> look at our GSoC blog[3] and Confluence page[4]. Our project has grown to
>> encompass much new functionality since last year and provides lots of
>> opportunities for students to get involved. There are no restrictions on
>> projects except that they be completeable in the given time frame (~3
>> months).
>>
>> Even if you don't have project ideas, we also need mentors and community
>> support to help the students be successful. I look forward to the
>> discussion of ideas!
>>
>> 1 http://code.google.com/soc/
>> 2 http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012
>> 3 http://sakaigsoc2010.blogspot.com/
>> 4
>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/MGT/Google+Summer+of+Code+2011+ideas+list
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