Actually she said that not all the same orgs will be returning. Not the same as saying a smaller number of orgs total. I read it as meaning that there are ways to fail out, not that they are being any pickier than last year.<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Wade Brainerd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wadetb@gmail.com">wadetb@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I would ask around in #gsoc on FreeNode to see if anyone has heard of<br> similar hard limits.<br> <br> According to LH's post to the soc mailing list 2 days ago, GSoC will<br> support a smaller number of organizations this year, so OLPC and SL<br> may be lucky to be accepted.<br> <br> Cheers,<br> <font color="#888888">Wade<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Mel Chua <<a href="mailto:mel@melchua.com">mel@melchua.com</a>> wrote:<br> > That depends on what OLPC's GSoC focus is - it may *not* be Sugar at<br> > all, in which case the organizational intern allocations should be (and<br> > they should be, anyway!) independent of each other.<br> ><br> > Marcin, do you recall where you heard/saw that rule? Googling for things<br> > like "gsoc limit of 2 students" isn't getting me anywhere - I want to<br> > have a few moments to read through all the docs and historical paperwork<br> > before emailing Leslie (likely tomorrow, as there will be time to catch<br> > my breath then).<br> ><br> > Is anybody here, aside from SJ, a former GSoC coordinator who can chime<br> > in / fill in details / help? I am *completely *swamped for the next 24<br> > hours wrapping up the "becoming a volunteer again" process.<br> ><br> > --Mel<br> ><br> > Jameson Quinn wrote:<br> >><br> >><br> >>     OTOH the last year there was a rule that new organizations can get not<br> >>     more than two students in GSOC.<br> >><br> >>     Marcin<br> >><br> >><br> >> This is something on which we should get clarification ASAP. To me, it<br> >> would be logical for OLPC to have around 2 slots and Sugarlabs to get<br> >> OLPC's (presumably larger) allocation. This is not based on any<br> >> judgement of the relative importance or capacities of the two<br> >> organizations, just on the fact that the majority of projects will<br> >> probably be applicable in the broader sugar context.<br> >><br> >> Jameson<br> </div></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> _______________________________________________<br> > Sugar-devel mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a><br> ><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>