[CentOS-gsocadmin] Fwd: [GSoC Mentors Announce] GSoC 2015 Mentors/Org Admins: "Pencils Down" and Final Evaluation Dates Approaching

Mon Aug 10 16:55:15 UTC 2015
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

hi Sankarshan,

its worth sending this out to everyone's email address directly as well,
is that something you are able to do ?

- KB

On 10/08/15 16:45, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote:
> Mentors for the CentOS Project,
> 
> Please do pay heed to this email. Pencils down is an important part of
> GSoC and it is good to have all the rough edges sanded down before
> this deadline. These could include agreed upon documentation,
> demo/recordings, code commits and reviews etc
> 
> If you have a student who sailed through the mid-terms but is an iffy
> prospect at the end, please do discuss this with the OrgAdmins. It is
> important that the project itself gets to know about it.
> 
> /s
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: 'Carol Smith' via Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List
> <gsoc-mentors-announce at googlegroups.com>
> Date: Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:12 PM
> Subject: [GSoC Mentors Announce] GSoC 2015 Mentors/Org Admins:
> "Pencils Down" and Final Evaluation Dates Approaching
> To: GSoC Mentors Announce <gsoc-mentors-announce at googlegroups.com>
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> This is a friendly reminder that Monday, 17 August is our soft
> "pencils down" date. We suggest that students have completed their
> projects by this date and spend a week writing documentation and
> wrapping up their projects. We require that students stop all coding
> on 21 August.
> 
> Friday, 21 August at 19:00 UTC is when final evaluations open. Please
> consider this your reminder to submit your final evaluation by 28
> August at 19:00 UTC so that you don't delay your students' final
> payments or possibly jeopardize your organization's attendance at the
> mentor summit.
> 
> I have updated the code submission guidelines and posted it on Melange
> for your reference. Code submission begins once students have received
> a passing grade on their final evaluations (after 28 August). The
> deadline is 25 September. One question students ask a lot is what
> portion of their code to submit if they made changes to an existing
> code base or their code interacts a lot with a system they didn't
> write. The answer is: use your best discretion. Have them submit the
> code that makes the most sense from a user's perspective.
> 
> I have posted the questions for the final evaluations below as well
> for your reference.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carol
> 
> -------
> 
> How would you rate the student’s performance on his/her project since
> the midterm evaluations?
> 
> It has improved since the midterm
> 
> It has stayed the same since the midterm
> 
> It has gotten worse since the midterm
> 
> Considering your student’s original project proposal, how closely does
> the project produced reflect the project proposed?
> 
> It’s almost exactly the same - there have been very few changes to the project
> 
> It’s similar - there have been some changes over the course of the summer
> 
> It’s different - we changed the goals or scope of the project
> 
> It’s different - the student diverged from the project plan
> 
> How much time have you spent on Google Summer of Code since the mid
> term evaluations (again, take into consideration both time mentoring
> the student and working on the program as a whole)?
> 
> 10-15 hours per week
> 
> 16-20 hours per week
> 
> 21-25 hours per week
> 
> 26-30 hours per week
> 
> 31-35 hours per week
> 
> 36-40 hours per week
> 
> more than 40 hours per week
> 
> How does this amount of time spent on the program compare to before
> the midterms?
> 
> It’s less than before the midterms
> 
> It’s about the same
> 
> It’s more than before the midterms
> 
> How would you rate your student’s performance overall?
> 
> Excellent - amongst the best performers I’ve ever worked with
> 
> Strong, solid performance
> 
> Okay
> 
> Poor
> 
> How would you rate your experience with the program overall?
> 
> Excellent - one of the best programs I’ve ever participated in
> 
> Very good
> 
> Okay
> 
> Poor
> 
> If you are failing your student, please answer the next two questions
> (if you are passing the student continue to Question #9):
> 
> Why did you fail the student (check all that apply)
> 
> the student was uncommunicative with their mentor
> 
> the student was uncommunicative with the project community
> 
> student disappeared after midterm
> 
> the student didn’t complete their project
> 
> The student did not stick to their timeline or project plan
> 
> The students’ work was of poor quality, in spite of our/my efforts to
> help them improve
> 
> other
> 
> Please explain.
> 
> Any other information you’d like us to know about why you failed the student?
> 
> What one thing would you tell mentors for your organization to do in
> the future to help the students’ experience with the program?
> 
> What was the most rewarding and/or difficult part of the program for
> you this year?
> 
> Is there additional information we should tell students before
> applying to future programs?
> 
> Your previous experiences with GSoC: (check all that apply)
> 
> I was a student in GSoC
> 
> I was a mentor in a previous GSoC
> 
> This is my first time as a mentor
> 
> Are you a current or former Google employee or intern?
> 
> Yes
> 
> No
> 
> Anything else you’d like to tell us?
> 
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