[OLPC-GSoC] [sugar] Summer of Code update, meeting tomorrow 2100 UTC

[Chris Hager]

Sorry, I forgot about it... Here it is :)

    http://linuxuser.at/download/irc_olpc_soc.txt

- Chris


Mel Chua wrote:
> I offered to clean up and post the notes if someone would email me a log 
> (I was on web chat on a borrowed computer, and don't have logs of my own 
> from the conversation).
>
> The offer still stands, so if someone has the raw log from the meeting 
> Saturday, please email me and I'll shine them up and ping the lists once 
> things are there in slightly more digestible format. I'm guessing at 
> least one person on these lists will have a log...
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Mel
>
> Samuel Klein wrote:
>   
>> I'm moving this to the gsoc list, to which you should subscribe.  Most 
>> of what you need to know is covered in the general GSoC FAQ.
>>
>> There is a log, I believe Mel was going to post it.  Thanks for the link 
>> to your introduction.  I'm about to send out a brief update to everyone 
>> on this list.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> SJ
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Alex Escalona <aescalona at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:aescalona at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     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:
>>
>>     http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/011978.html
>>
>>     Best,
>>     Alex Escalona
>>
>>     On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org
>>     <mailto:sj at laptop.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         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:
>>           http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_step1.html
>>
>>         Student applications will be open starting on Monday, for only
>>         one week.
>>           http://code.google.com/soc/2008/
>>
>>         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 grassroots at lists.laptop.org
>>         <mailto:grassroots at lists.laptop.org>)
>>
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