On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Jeremy Kemper
<jeremy-w7CzD/W5Ocjk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Google Summer of Code student applications start today!
>
> College students: follow your open source passion this summer and let
> Google foot the bill. Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program
> that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open
> source software projects.
>
> RubyCentral didn''t make it in as a mentoring organization this
year,
> so Rails is opening the gates to any project in the broader Ruby
> ecosystem rather than solely Rails development. We will prefer strong
> Rails applicants if the pool of dedicated, energetic mentors is too
> small to give all projects the attention they deserve.
>
> So Rubyists, step up! Please consider mentoring a student this summer.
> It''s a significant responsibility (estimate 5 hours/week) but
mutually
> rewarding and immensely beneficial to the community at large. Sign up
> at the GSoC site [1] and join the discussion in the GSoC Campfire room
> [2].
>
> Students, now''s the time to brainstorm and come up with a summer
> project you feel passionate about. Check out and contribute to the
> ideas list on the Rails wiki [3], start a discussion on the Rails core
> list [4], and chat with mentors in the GSoC Campfire room [2]. Come up
> with a concrete, attainable set of goals for the summer, and start
> writing up an application [5]. You can work on your application from
> now until the deadline, April 3 [6].
>
> Best regards, and good luck!
> jeremy
>
> [1] http://socghop.appspot.com/mentor/request/google/gsoc2009/rails
> [2] https://rails.campfirenow.com/33511
> [3] http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/gsoc/2009/ideas
> [4] http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core
> [5] http://socghop.appspot.com/student/apply/google/gsoc2009
> [6]
http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/timeline
Aaaand we''ve started a mailing list!
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-gsoc
Students and mentors, please join. Everyone else is welcome too :)
jeremy
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