[Gsoc] Sugarlabs GSoC mentor's meeting: Saturday 1500 UTC?

Andrés Ambrois andresambrois at gmail.com
Wed Aug 19 14:17:54 EDT 2009


On Wednesday 19 August 2009 02:08:10 pm Jameson Quinn wrote:
> Andres, you've done a great job, and there's no question that you should be
> the mentor. Can you make some time on Sunday afternoon or night to talk? Or
> does someone else have an idea for how someone can talk to Andres after our
> Saturday meeting and before 1900 UTC monday?

Sunday is great! I'll be available all day. What time is best for you?

> Also, after, you're right, we definitely have to have a get-together,
> involving more beer than source.
>
> Jameson
>
>
> 2009/8/18 Andrés Ambrois <andresambrois at gmail.com>
>
> > On Tuesday 18 August 2009 03:43:49 pm Jameson Quinn wrote:
> > > I would like to have a meeting to discuss final evaluations on Saturday
> > > 1500 UTC. (I myself will have to drive over an hour from my tent on the
> > > beach to make the meeting, so I'm not proposing this frivolously). The
> > > evaluations themselves are not hard, but we should be doing what we can
> >
> > to
> >
> > > help our students wrap up and document, and also writing a nice blog
> > > post for Google (this will make them happy and increase our chances
> > > next
> >
> > year).
> >
> > > I'm sorry Bryan, you were cut off this morning, and so we couldn't
> > > check
> >
> > if
> >
> > > this time was OK for you. I hope it is.
> > >
> > > Remember, evaluations are due BEFORE monday 1900 UTC - leave at LEAST 2
> > > hours leeway for internet glitches.
> > >
> > > Andres and Assim, you were not at the meeting today, and that makes me
> > > concerned about whether you are able to fulfill the mentor role during
> >
> > this
> >
> > > wrap-up. Please write me to let me know. Bemasc also expressed this
> > > concern, so m_stone, I'm writing to you as well, to ask if you could
> > > pick up the mentor role for Benjamin if needed at the last minute. If
> > > so,
> >
> > please
> >
> > > tell me a time on Sunday afternoon/evening (US) when we could meet on
> > > IRC to jump through the necessary hoops.
> >
> > I'm sorry I couldn't attend today's meeting. My schedule changed a couple
> > of
> > months ago and it's very difficult for me to be home before 15 UTC.
> >
> > I cannot be there on Saturday, I have a previous arrangement I cannot
> > postpone. Are you available on any other day after 15 UTC to meet with
> > me? I
> > can make a hole anytime but Saturday :(.
> >
> > I've been in contact with Vamsi almost daily for a long time, sometimes
> > debugging his code for over 4 hours straight. But if you (or him) feel he
> > needs more attention let me know and I'll be glad to step aside.
> >
> > I feel we need to start thinking about an IRC party (beer-drinking
> > mandatory)
> > after GSoC, to congratulate all of you and the students for the time put
> > into
> > this. And, why not, to blow off some of the steam built up with
> > deadlines, evaluations, reviews and whatnot :).
> >
> > > All people directly addressed in this email, please respond to let me
> >
> > (all
> >
> > > of us) know whether you can make it on Saturday or not.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jameson
> >
> > --
> >   -Andrés

-- 
  -Andrés


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