-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Last year we had mixed success with Google Summer of Code. On one side, we had successful projects and some happy students and satisfied mentors. However, on the back end (often not visible to others here) we were plagued with inefficiencies and mistakes that made the experience a bit of a PITA all around. The good thing is we now have a good idea of what it would take to run a successful program: * Keep it as a year long process, so the post-review leads right in to planning for the next year. * Have Admins and Mentors who are strongly engaged from early on. * Improve the process to bring in students doing work. Bottom line is that it's only worth doing if we do it right. That is the consensus from many discussions I've been involved in over the last six months or so. So the deadline for proposing being a mentoring org is approaching next week, and there is no way we can sanely put together a bid. Instead, I'd like us to ponder if there is value for us, what that value is, and get ourselves prepared for a run in the future ... if that is what we decide makes sense. Regards, - - Karsten - -- Karsten 'quaid' Wade .^\ CentOS Doer of Stuff http://TheOpenSourceWay.org \ http://community.redhat.com @quaid (identi.ca/twitter/IRC) \v' gpg: AD0E0C41 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAla+JhIACgkQ2ZIOBq0ODEEttACgo1P8GKi8AE5dAfePUvlC7nhd y5EAn3L/HMzc2y1+Oy/BhSsjrTB9roT5 =CDJG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----