Hi Dick,
Thanks from me as well for keeping this idea going.
Perhaps we should think in terms of co-mentoring (rather than mentor and
backup). I would be willing to co-mentor the Webhelp proposal.
Thanks,
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Hamilton [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:21 PM
> To: 'docbook'; 'DocBook Apps Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] DocBook and Google
> Summer of Code ?
>
> Stefan and the DocBook community,
>
> Stefan, thanks for bringing the deadline to everyone's attention.
>
> I would be glad to act as administrator for the DocBook project.
>
> To that end, there are a few things that need to happen that
> I cannot do on my own:
>
> 1) We need some mentors; so far, Stefan is the only person
> who has signed on as a mentor. Seems to me that we need at
> least two or three projects with mentors to make a credible
> application.
>
> 2) We need backup mentor for each project. It's not
> essential, but it would help the application and would also
> make sure that students have more than one person to work
> with in case someone is out of town, etc.
>
> I suggest the following schedule:
>
> 1) Until March 8 (next Monday) I'll leave the wiki open
> (http://docbook.xmlpress.net) for anyone to edit (for those
> just looking into this, you need to sign up, but it's
> automatic and easy). Please look at the projects, add any you
> are willing to be mentor for, and sign up as mentor or backup
> mentor for any project. Also, if you sign up as a mentor,
> please fill out the description if it needs some extra
> information, and send me your contact information.
>
> 2) On March 8, I'll remove any projects that don't have
> mentors, and if we have at least two projects with mentors,
> I'll begin preparing the application.
>
> 3) During the week I'll work with the mentors on the
> application and make it available for review on the wiki.
>
> 4) By Friday the 12th, I'll submit the application.
>
> This is the first time I've been involved with the Google
> Summer of Code, so I'm open to input from anyone concerning
> the process and anything else to do with this project.
>
> Best Regards,
> Dick Hamilton
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stefan Seefeld [mailto:]
> > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 7:27 AM
> > To: docbook; DocBook Apps Mailing List; Norman Walsh
> > Subject: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] DocBook and Google Summer of
> > Code ?
> >
> >
> > This is just a little reminder that the deadline for mentoring
> > organization applications is drawing near (march 8th - 12th:
> > http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/g
> soc2010/timeline)
>
> We have had some discussion on possible tasks, and even a
> temporary wiki
>
> set up for this purpose (http://docbook.xmlpress.net).
>
> Even though, I'm afraid it isn't quite clear whether to move
> forward or
> not, and in particular, who is in charge of this.
> I'd be happy to help, as I have participated as mentor a
> couple of times
>
> in the past), but I'm not able to lead the effort, mostly because I'm
> not a docbook (core) developer myself.
>
> Yet I think this presents a great opportunity to a) spread the word
> about DB, b) help work on issues and features that core developers
> haven't enough time to address themselves.
>
> Norm, Dave, Bob, et al.: Do you think this is worthwhile ?
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>
>
>
> --
>
> ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...
>
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