Google's Summer of Code is on again - http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html
See Google Summer of Code Ideas for project ideas
Guidelines
Administrative
- All Codehaus projects may register their desire to use a SoC "intern".
- In the event that Codehaus does not receive enough slots for all projects, projects will be cut first by the projects themselves, and then failing that, by the Codehaus despots.
- Codehaus gets the $500, negotiate with Bob if you want an event funded... (Fill this in Bob)
- Projects should be useful and required
- Projects must have specific deliverables
Recommendations
- Choose projects that have definable limits that can realistically be met
- Documentation and code quality are part of the success criteria
- If it doesn't build on completion; they don't get paid
- They should attempt to build community - although will be hard in limited time
Timeline
- April 11, 2006:
- Application period open for mentoring organizations; administrators may begin submitting applications for their orgs
- Organization administrators should begin taking mentor signups once the org has been accepted by Google
- Summer-Administrators Google Group opens for discussion between org administrators, mentors, and Google program administrators
- May 1, 2006:
- All mentoring organizations must have submitted their interest to Google due by 17.00 Pacific Standard Time
- Application period opens for student proposals
- May 8, 2006:
**Student proposals due by 17.00 Pacific Standard Time
- Interim Period:
- Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant
- Summer-Discuss Google Group opens for discussions between organizations administrators, mentors student applicants and Google program administrators
- May 22, 2006:
- All organization mentors must be signed up and matched to student proposals by 08.00 Pacific Standard Time
- May 23, 2006:
- Google publishes list of accepted student proposals on code.google.com
- Students commence work on their projects under the guidance of their mentors
- Interim Period:
- Google begins issuing initial student payments
- Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects
- June 26, 2006:
- Google solicits mid-program mentor evaluations of student progress
- June 30, 2006:
- All mid-program evaluations of student progress due by 17.00 Pacific Standard Time
- Google begins issuing mid-term student payments
- OSCON, July 24-28, 2006:
- Google gives community update at OSCON 2006
- August 21, 2006:
- All student projects due by 08.00 Pacific Standard Time
- Final mentor evaluations of student progress commence
- Student evaluations of mentors commence
- September 5, 2006:
- All mentor and student evaluations due by 08.00 Pacific Standard Time
- Google begins issuing final student payments
- Google program administrators begin review of students' evaluations of their mentors
- September 25, 2006:
- Google begins issuing payments to mentoring organizations
Projects
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