(ATTN: Students) Google Summer of Code 2010

Hey gals/guys, Wanted to give all the students and mentors out there a heads up, NUI Group will be applying for GSoC 2010, here is our ideas page: http://wiki.nuigroup.com/Google_Summer_of_Code_2010 (still updating) Also below is the timeline for this years GSoC: February 8: Program announced. Life is good. March 8: ~12 noon PST / 19:00 UTC Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google. March 12: 4 PM PDT / 23:00 UTC Mentoring organization application deadline. March 13-17: Google program administrators review organization applications. March 18: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2010 site. March 18-29: Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations. March 29: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC Student application period opens. April 9: 12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC Student application deadline. Interim Period: Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant. April 21: All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor - 07:00 UTC Student ranking/scoring deadline. Please do not add private comments with a nonzero score or mark students as ineligible (unless doing so as part of resolving duplicate accepted students) after this deadline - 17:00 UTC IRC meeting to resolve any outstanding duplicate accepted students - timing TBD, will be announced well in advance April 26: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2010 site. Community Bonding Period: Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects. May 24: Students begin coding for their GSoC projects; Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities. Interim Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects. July 12: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations. July 16: 12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC Mid-term evaluations deadline; Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file. Interim Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects. August 9: Suggested ‘pencils down’ date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc. August 16: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC Firm ‘pencils down’ date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google. August 20: 12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC Final evaluation deadline Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file. August 23: Final results of GSoC 2010 announced August 30: Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google October (date TBD): Mentor Summit at Google: Representatives from each successfully participating organization are invited to Google to greet, collaborate and code. Our mission for the weekend: make the program even better, have fun and make new friends.

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