Dear all,<br><br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br><br>In the meantime, if you know people who<br>
* are working at or with a school using XOs in the classroom<br>* have been working on XO-related development, or have submitted a project proposal in the past<br>* are currently thinking about how to promote OLPC or support its mission in their part of the world, <br>
* have been actively involved in your neighborhood OLPC interest group,<br><br>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). <br>
<br>Mentorship applications are open now:<br> <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_step1.html">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_step1.html</a><br><br>Student applications will be open starting on Monday, for only one week.<br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/</a><br><br>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.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>SJ<br>+1 617 529 4266<br><br>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">grassroots@lists.laptop.org</a>)<br>