A private group for GSoC mentors and program admins
Google Summer of Code 2012
Please join http://groups.drupal.org/google-summer-code-2012 for participating in Google Summer of Code 2012 :)
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Need Local Ambassador in Nebraska for GSOC Student
The Boost Drupal Media Module Development project for the Google Summer of Code 2009 is looking for co-mentors and local Drupal ambassadors, if you're interested! We specifically are looking for people connected to the community living near Lincoln, Nebraska, who would be willing to make sure student Jon Stacey takes a break from his computer every now and then...
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Planet SoC is up!
Planet-SoC is back for a fourth year. Since 2005 we've acted as a community for summer of code students.
Using Drupal 6, this site was allowed to use a myriad of new features, which especially our centered around contrib modules like Views, CCK, FeedAPI, Faceted Search and Captcha.
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SoC Update for Mentors and Students
Mentors and students, there are only a few short days before the applications get locked down, and there are some important items you need to know about.
Mentors
- The Drupal Summer of Code Mentors group is closing down, at least as a private group, due to the phasing out of private groups here on groups.drupal.org. There have been a lot of questions about scoring and applications in general, and these should now be brought to our private Drupal Summer of Code Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/drupal-soc .
- If you plan on mentoring, either as a primary or secondary mentor, you should post a public comment in the official application on the Summer of Code site. If you haven't signed up on the SoC site, please do so now! http://socghop.appspot.com/org/list_proposals/google/gsoc2009/drupal
- Please use the new Google Group to ask any questions you have about the program, if possible, though you can always feel free to contact me directly.
- Please be aware that on the official site notifications are not automatically sent to you, even if you're the mentor on a project. Please click the buttons at the top of each proposal where you'd like to get notified about updates.
- If you've given a negative score to students based off of missing data, please subscribe to the notifications for that proposal so you'll know if students address your concerns.
Students
- You must have a mentor officially assigned to your project by April 15th, so you should be doing everything you can to find a mentor if you don't have one already. Please be aware that this is a hard date and we have no power to push it back. If you're having a problem finding a mentor, please leave a comment here and/or try to find myself, chx, dmitrig01, or any other SoC mentor/admin/helper in the #drupal irc room.
- Please be aware that on the official site notifications are not automatically sent to you, even if you're the creator of a project idea. Please click the subscribe buttons at the top of your proposal to receive updates.
Google Summer of Code Students and Mentors, Start your engines!
The time you've all been waiting for has arrived! As of yesterday students started adding projects to the Official Summer of Code site, and so if you're planning on participating as either a student or mentor, it's time to get a-rollin'!
If you're a student that wants to work on Drupal projects for the summer of code, you should:
- sign up for accounts on both drupal.org and groups.drupal.org
- either locate a proposal that interests you on the Summer of Code group, or add your own idea as a discussion on the Summer of Code group
- if you're interested in a community proposal you should comment on that proposal's discussion to let the community know you're going to put up a proposal
- add the proposals you're interested in to the Official Summer of Code site. IMPORTANT: you can only work on one Summer of Code project per summer, however you can add as many applications as you want and more than one student can add the same basic proposal (though only one proposal will be accepted for each specific idea)
- if you're adopting a community proposal you also should consider creating your own discussion where you work within this site to clarify and perfect your proposal.
If you're interested in mentoring a SoC project, you should:
- sign up to the Summer of Code 2009 Mentors group
- apply to be a mentor on the the Official Summer of Code site (see instructions below in the comments)
- review ideas, create ideas, and most importantly, help the students navigate through the often choppy community waters here.
- if you're interested mentoring one of the proposed ideas you should comment on that proposal's discussion to let students know that mentors are willing to work with them
Also- if you need to reach me and can't find me in the #drupal irc channel, please feel free to send me an e-mail (alex at zivtech) or through my contact form.
Read moreSpreading the Word - Drupal.Org post
So, the first bit of SoC propaganda has been created and awaits some editing before it can be disseminated. If you have a few moments, please take a look at http://drupal.org/node/406548 and ping me with any suggested changes. And if you are one of those chosen few with magical D.O. front page powers, would you consider helping the cause by promoting to the front?
Oh, I'm attaching the logo here, since I can't do it at d.o.
Read moreProposal Template for 2009
Overview: This is a template for what proposals should look like. This brief overview should give a basic idea of what the project is about. 2-3 sentences should be fine. Click here for the source of this page.
Description: Here, we can put a longer description of what this project is. We can discuss possible implementations, things to build upon, things to look into, things to research. Examples are excellent; for example, an example use case. Try to explain why this is an interesting, fascinating, awesome project sure to grab a student's attention. For example, this template should be used because it provides a spiffy, beautiful design frame, plus inline help on what should be put in each section. Also, although not absolutely mandatory, it may be best to use the word awesome at least once. Apart from being awesome, the word "awesome" just sounds awesome. It's sure to interest any student.
Mentors:
- Alex UA - will help with creating templates.
- randommentor1 - backup mentor, will help with coding standards, etc.
- ALocalMentor - a local mentor, who lives/works near the student and who will meet with the student in person at least two times over the course of the Summer of Code.
Difficulty: Easy (choose either easy, medium or hard)
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