Hi Samuel, Unfortunately I was unable to attend this meeting. Is there a log available of the discussion that took place? I am a prospective student of GSoC 2008 and am very interested in the mentorship offered by the OLPC association. Please find below a link to my introductory post: <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/011978.html">http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/011978.html</a> Best, Alex Escalona <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Samuel Klein <<a href="mailto:sj@laptop.org">sj@laptop.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dear all, We are participating in Google Summer of Code again this year, and now accepting applications from mentors.  We are holding the first of a series of quick discussions about SoC tomorrow (saturday) at 2100 UTC / 1700 EST in #olpc.  Please join us to share advice to share from SoC's past, find out about applying to be a mentor or student, or to satisfy your curiosity. GSoC is a particularly good way for local groups working on cool software in different countries to get involved intensely in OLPC work over the summer; you don't have to travel to participate, and members of existing teams can apply to take up a specific project under an OLPC mentor. There will be a SoC mailing list for people who want to discuss details (which the accepted mentors and interns can use to discuss their work); I'll post again when that is set up. In the meantime, if you know people who * are working at or with a school using XOs in the classroom * have been working on XO-related development, or have submitted a project proposal in the past * are currently thinking about how to promote OLPC or support its mission in their part of the world, * have been actively involved in your neighborhood OLPC interest group, Please encourage them to apply to either mentor (if they have skills and time to help students develop their own ideas) or be a GSoC student (if they have a software / activity idea of their own).  Mentorship applications are open now:   <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_step1.html" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_step1.html</a> Student applications will be open starting on Monday, for only one week.   <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/</a> A few would-be students have contacted me by mail or phone to talk about potential GSoC projects; you are all welcome to do so over the coming week. Cheers, SJ +1 617 529 4266 ps - feel free to translate this into other languages and pass it on to regional mailing lists (or post the translations as well to <a href="mailto:grassroots@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">grassroots@lists.laptop.org</a>) _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list <a href="mailto:Sugar@lists.laptop.org">Sugar@lists.laptop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar</a> </blockquote></div>