comp.lang.ruby

Jeremy Kemper

3/28/2009 12:16:00 AM

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Jeremy Kemper <jeremy@bitsweat.net> 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/gsoc...
> [2] https://rails.campfirenow...
> [3] http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/gsoc/...
> [4] http://groups.google.com/group/rubyon...
> [5] http://socghop.appspot.com/student/apply/googl...
> [6] http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc200...


Aaaand we've started a mailing list!

http://groups.google.com/group/rubyon...

Students and mentors, please join. Everyone else is welcome too :)

jeremy