[Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs in GSoC (Fwd: Congratulations!)

[Jameson Quinn]

Sugar Labs has been accepted into Google Summer of Code
2009<http://socghop.appspot.com/org/show/google/gsoc2009/sugarlabs>.
Yay! Now we have work to do. Remember: the more students apply to our
program, the better our chances of getting more actual slots assigned, so
both publicity and making a good impression count. Go ahead, blog it, tweet
it, tell your friends.

-We can expect most of those students to check out at least the pages linked
to directly by our organization
profile<http://socghop.appspot.com/org/show/google/gsoc2009/sugarlabs>.
That is: http://sugarlabs.org/ ,
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/Student_application_template ,
and http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/DevelopmentTeam/ProjectIdeas . Go look at
those pages, pretending you're a GSoC student who's never heard of Sugar
Labs. Do they answer your questions?

-We need to be ready to answer student questions on IRC, sugar-devel, and
iaep.

-If you would like to be a mentor, we can still add mentors. Please sign up.

-If you are already signed up as a mentor, please set up your profile on
http://socghop.appspot.com/ and then privately email your link_id to walter
bender, mel chua, and(or) me.

-Random answers: right now we have 11 mentors signed up; OLPC did not get in
:( ; new organizations are usually limited to 2 slots but it is all
discretionary by LH and other GSoC admins, and she is very reasonable, so I
suspect we may "inherit" OLPC's history; otherwise, slots are generally
proportional to student applications (more FAQ on slot
allocations<http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/studentallocations>);
list of accepted
orgs<http://socghop.appspot.com/program/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2009>;
timeline<http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/timeline>:
student applications from March 23 through April 3, then we madly
decide,
then acceptances are announced April 15th.

Hooray!
Jameson

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <socghop.noreply at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Subject: Congratulations!
To: jameson.quinn at gmail.com

Hi Jameson Quinn,

 Your "Sugar Labs (a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy)"
organization application for Google Summer of Code 2009 has been accepted.
...

For full instructions on how to create a home page and best practices for
creating it, please see our User's Guide at
http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/userguide

It is worth taking a look at the in-depth documentation for tips even if you
are familiar with the program or a past participant.
You will now also be able to review and accept mentor applications for your
organization.
Congratulations! We look forward to having you with us for Google Summer of
Code 2009.

Best regards,
Google Open Source Programs
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