<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Suman,</div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to know who you think was chosen without any contribution to our software, if you</div><div>can't say their names publicly, feel free to send their names to me.</div><div><br></div><div>We can't tell you how to write your proposal, we have a template which is supposed to give you an idea.</div><div>That's why we ask folks to send their proposals here to be reviewed, lots of the folks who did got a response.</div><div><br></div><div>A good proposal isn't expected to be perfect, it's expected to communicate an idea as clearly as possible,</div><div>we also ask for your contribution to our software because that gives us an idea of your capabilities with</div><div>regards to making changes to our software.</div><div><br></div><div>That being said, do remember we can't accept everyone and so we have to choose who we want to work with,</div><div>and that's not clear and straight forward sometimes, so we don't just focus on the proposal, we also consider</div><div>why we think someone would be a great fit.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps! Looking forward to your contributions!</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><pre style="color:rgb(46,52,54);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">-- <br></span></pre><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span></span><span></span>Ibiam Chihurumnaya <br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><a href="mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(42,118,198)" target="_blank">ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com</a><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"></span></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM Suman <<a href="mailto:s.suman132002@gmail.com">s.suman132002@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Dear SugarLabs Community,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I hope this message finds you well.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I recently reviewed the results of GSoC 2025 and noticed that some selected proposals came from students who appeared to have no prior contributions to Sugar Labs. At the same time, I saw that other applicants—with visible and meaningful contributions, including those who shared their proposals on the sugar-devel mailing list—were not selected.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I understand and respect that selection decisions are based on multiple factors. As stated in the Sugar Labs GSoC repository: </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"Our decisions will be based on the contents of the final PDF proposal and our interactions with the student." </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">With this in mind, I would like to better understand how I can improve both the quality of my proposal and my interactions with the community to align more closely with these expectations.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am eager to continue contributing to Sugar Labs and would truly appreciate any guidance or feedback that could help me prepare more effectively for the next GSoC cycle.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you</div></div>
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