GSoC 2009/Proposal - Revision history

amigadave: Category:Google Summer of Code

amigadave — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:11:51 GMT

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	The Maemo community is a very active and friendly community. During the GSoc coding period, our mentors will help to motivate the students. But our community will also be integral in helping to motivate, making suggestions, and overseeing the scope of each project. In effect, the students can feel a community reward: to be a part of the community. This community commitment will ensure more collaboration with our community aside from GSoC. We believe that the community reward and motivation is one of the key factors for any good and solid open source project.		The Maemo community is a very active and friendly community. During the GSoc coding period, our mentors will help to motivate the students. But our community will also be integral in helping to motivate, making suggestions, and overseeing the scope of each project. In effect, the students can feel a community reward: to be a part of the community. This community commitment will ensure more collaboration with our community aside from GSoC. We believe that the community reward and motivation is one of the key factors for any good and solid open source project.
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timsamoff: /* Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information. */ alphabetizing

timsamoff — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:18:13 GMT

Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information.: alphabetizing

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	* Quim Gil		* Quim Gil
	* Ryan Abel		* Ryan Abel
-	* Tim Samoff
	* Simon Pickering		* Simon Pickering
		+	* Tim Samoff

	==<b>What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.</b>==		==<b>What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.</b>==

vdvsx: /* Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information. */

vdvsx — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:48:45 GMT

Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information.

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	Mentors:		Mentors:

		+	* Aniello Del Sorbo
	* Csaba Kertész		* Csaba Kertész
	* Eduardo Lima		* Eduardo Lima

vdvsx: /* Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information. */

vdvsx — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:24:07 GMT

Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information.

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	* Leandro Sales		* Leandro Sales
	* Luis Felipe Moraes (organization backup administrator)		* Luis Felipe Moraes (organization backup administrator)
		+	* Luis Gustavo Lira
	* Mike Jipping		* Mike Jipping
	* Mohammad Anwari		* Mohammad Anwari

timsamoff: /* Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating? */ minor grammar/wording

timsamoff — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:35:12 GMT

Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating?: minor grammar/wording

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	* Meet new people and have fun during the summer.		* Meet new people and have fun during the summer.

-	Maemo community is applying as a umbrella organization, we will host projects, that will benefit ~~a lot of~~ other embedded ~~platform/~~environments ~~aside from~~ Maemo.	+	Effectively, the Maemo community is applying as a "umbrella" organization: we will host projects that will most likely benefit many other embedded platforms & environments that have nothing to do with Maemo itself.

	==<b>Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.</b>==		==<b>Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.</b>==

vdvsx: /* Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating? */

vdvsx — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:01:10 GMT

Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating?

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	The Maemo community is applying to participate in GSoC, because we think that GSoC can help our organization in several ways. We also have former GSoC students and mentors who are very enthusiastic about the program.		The Maemo community is applying to participate in GSoC, because we think that GSoC can help our organization in several ways. We also have former GSoC students and mentors who are very enthusiastic about the program.

-	Aside from the benefits of participating in a program like GSoC, we have already improved by the action of applying: a lot of brainstorming has been ~~accomplisged~~ and new ideas have arisen.. Still, we have many goals to achieve through our participation in GSoC. These are:	+	Aside from the benefits of participating in a program like GSoC, we have already improved by the action of applying: a lot of brainstorming has been accomplished and new ideas have arisen.. Still, we have many goals to achieve through our participation in GSoC. These are:

	* Attract new people to the open source world.		* Attract new people to the open source world.
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	* Get help in some of our community projects.		* Get help in some of our community projects.
	* Meet new people and have fun during the summer.		* Meet new people and have fun during the summer.
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		+	Maemo community is applying as a umbrella organization, we will host projects, that will benefit a lot of other embedded platform/environments aside from Maemo.

	==<b>Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.</b>==		==<b>Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.</b>==

vdvsx: /* What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program? */ typo

vdvsx — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:55:16 GMT

What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program?: typo

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	==<b>What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program?</b>==		==<b>What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program?</b>==

-	We will encourage all of the students to get involved in our mailing lists and IRC channels. Before the coding period begins, we will encourage students to brainstorm all of their ideas for possible projects with the community. This way, the students will have a better grasp of the kinds of projects that the ~~coommunity~~ would like to see developed. This preliminary discussion will be very important for our overall organization of the GSoC coding period.	+	We will encourage all of the students to get involved in our mailing lists and IRC channels. Before the coding period begins, we will encourage students to brainstorm all of their ideas for possible projects with the community. This way, the students will have a better grasp of the kinds of projects that the community would like to see developed. This preliminary discussion will be very important for our overall organization of the GSoC coding period.

	During the coding period the students must send bi-weekly updates to the Maemo community mailing list. This way, they can share their thoughts, problems, and decisions with the community. The community will also be able to offer possible solutions for anything that comes up.		During the coding period the students must send bi-weekly updates to the Maemo community mailing list. This way, they can share their thoughts, problems, and decisions with the community. The community will also be able to offer possible solutions for anything that comes up.

vdvsx: /* Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation. */

vdvsx — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:47:45 GMT

Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.

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	This year, we have spoke with our GSoC 2007 mentors in order to acquire a big picture of our previous participation and found that there were some positive and negative aspects involved with the experience. In 2007, we had two successful projects that greatly helped our organization. But, during the course of the program, we had student attrition. In our opinion, this is something that our community must attempt to alleviate. This is true for the success of our role within GSoC and will also help to attract strong participants in the future.		This year, we have spoke with our GSoC 2007 mentors in order to acquire a big picture of our previous participation and found that there were some positive and negative aspects involved with the experience. In 2007, we had two successful projects that greatly helped our organization. But, during the course of the program, we had student attrition. In our opinion, this is something that our community must attempt to alleviate. This is true for the success of our role within GSoC and will also help to attract strong participants in the future.

-	One of our improvements for ~~2008~~ was to form a jointed group of former GsoC students and mentors, as well as some some newcomers. We strongly believe that this group will be able to keep our students motivated and excited about the projects that are taken on. Our main goal is to aid in developing a great summer of code.	+	One of our improvements for 2009 was to form a jointed group of former GsoC students and mentors, as well as some some newcomers. We strongly believe that this group will be able to keep our students motivated and excited about the projects that are taken on. Our main goal is to aid in developing a great summer of code.

	==<b>If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?</b>==		==<b>If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?</b>==

vdvsx: /* What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible. */

vdvsx — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:45:25 GMT

What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.

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	==<b>What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.</b>==		==<b>What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.</b>==

-	We ~~will~~ begin by inviting people who ~~have~~ some GSoC experience. The majority of our mentors are formerly GSoC students and mentors. We think that previous GSoC experience is an important factor in the success of GSoC.	+	We begin by inviting people who had some GSoC experience. The majority of our mentors are formerly GSoC students and mentors. We think that previous GSoC experience is an important factor in the success of GSoC.

	There are also some newcomers who show enthusiasm in GSoC. Due their proven track record within our organization, they can also become mentors.		There are also some newcomers who show enthusiasm in GSoC. Due their proven track record within our organization, they can also become mentors.

-	Our backup mentors are Maemo community ~~menbers~~ who are very active and respected within the community. They also possess a proven track record in the open source world. A few of them even have some experience in GSoC.	+	Our backup mentors are Maemo community members who are very active and respected within the community. They also possess a proven track record in the open source world. A few of them even have some experience in GSoC.

	All of our mentors are strongly motivated and will help our community reach our GSoC goals. We desire to provide a pleasant summer of code to the students that we host.		All of our mentors are strongly motivated and will help our community reach our GSoC goals. We desire to provide a pleasant summer of code to the students that we host.

vdvsx: /* Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information. */

vdvsx — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:38:02 GMT

Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information.

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	* Mohammad Anwari		* Mohammad Anwari
	* Rafael Antognolli		* Rafael Antognolli
		+	* Thomas Perl
	* Valério Valério (organization administrator)		* Valério Valério (organization administrator)
	* Zeeshan Ali		* Zeeshan Ali