-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 +1 Thank you for the reminder, Sankarshan, you are right on point. We should proceed as below, and then work on our final-choosing criteria and method in a week+. On 03/29/2015 08:04 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to request the mentors to begin initial reviews and > assessments of the submitted proposals. For the first pass > assessments, using the "Private" comment section is acceptable. > > During this period we would like to (a) identify the strong > proposal and thus a short-list; (b) identify the good alternatives > which make up the long-list; (c) cull the absolutely hopeless > ones. > > If you do not have access to the Melange dashboard for The CentOS > Project, please get in touch with the OrgAdmins (Karsten and Jeff > ?) to get it sorted. > > The GSoC timeline does provide a "Community Bonding Period". > However, using the window rolling up to the short list enables the > candidate and the mentor to be more familiar with each other and > also form a strong basis of assessing the ability of the candidate > to execute to a plan. > > /sankarshan > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 8:06 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay > <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> With the cut-off date for submission of proposals behind us, this >> is the time to review the proposals. Usually, this is also the >> stage when the mentors can assess a student fairly objectively >> while building up a rapport. It is possible that the review phase >> will narrow down or, extend the scope of the original proposal >> from the candidate. It is always a good idea to be mindful of the >> fact that the candidates/students have other things on their >> plates and as the GSoC term progresses, they may demonstrate a >> varying degree of interest. >> >> I will be spending a bit of today/Saturday and tomorrow/Sunday >> mostly putting in private comments around any aspect that may be >> a concern. Meanwhile, I will request the mentors (for the ideas) >> to take a look at the submissions. For the ideas which have >> received multiple suggestions, it provides the organization with >> an easy way to qualitatively compare. >> >> /s > > - -- 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) iEYEARECAAYFAlUYzOYACgkQ2ZIOBq0ODEEYUACguln7YWHcsDb97iC65KgwpprG 0rEAoLYHFwCHW8J6UA93e4BEOL+2Adzp =s7ql -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----