On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Henne Vogelsang <hvogel@opensuse.org> wrote:
Hey,
On 26.02.2016 14:09, PatrickD Garvey wrote:
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 2:35 AM, Henne Vogelsang <hvogel@opensuse.org> wrote:
On 26.02.2016 01:57, PatrickD Garvey wrote:
What did "Chris/Cornelius/Me" do at that time to publicize the existence of a "something for mentoring" effort?
The first time on this list Chris mentioned 101 in his call's for GSoC projects somewhat early February.
So, at least two months passed before further publicity was given to "101", which I take it is shorthand for http://101.openSUSE.org
Yes, so? :-)
Time that passes is irrecoverable. Having worked for an airline, I am aware of what a perishable commodity looks like. Time is the ultimate perishable.
We are going to make more noise about it if we get accepted to GSoC which will be the first time we seriously use this 'program'.
If we are accepted to the Google Summer of Code, wouldn't it be nice to have some idea of who will be mentoring our offering to GSoC and who the mentee might be?
Projects and mentors are already selected
Excellent.
There are also some students already who have shown interest and are working on the introduction tasks...
Even better.
That is, shouldn't the planning for our GSoC effort take the time currently available to move forward in optimistic anticipation so we can take full advantage of the short, unyielding schedule of the passing of Summer?
GSoC won't happen if we are not selected as mentoring organization. Selection by Google happens next Monday 29 February 19:00 UTC. Once this we have taken this hurdle we (and the GSoC team in general) will actively seek for students for the projects.
Again, that seems to show a waiting for someone else to act. Time passes, whether it is effectively used or not. I hope some encouraging communication has already happened between the identified mentors and mentees. At least a "Thank you for your interest" email has been exchanged?
Is it possible for the mentoring repository to be used for other efforts to grow the number of participants in the openSUSE project?
Yes we have specifically designed this so we can run other outreach programs through it. But first things first: GSoC :-)
So 101 is targeting only University level students found through already financed outreach programs? Maybe there are some people currently within the community who are seeking mentoring (without compensation)? Wouldn't if be useful to move the projects identified forward with the work of a noobie? Or are these projects to be left idle until the next outreach funding opportunity is available? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org