[smc-discuss] Google Will Announce the Accepted Students proposals at May 27: 19:00 UTC

[aboobacker sidheeque mk]

Advance congrats to selected students :) . I hope I will get time to
contribute to their projects :)

On 5/27/13, Hrishi <hrishi.kb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Our organization has 3 slots. In the last few weeks, our mentors and
> students have discussed and finalized the proposals.
>
> *What actually happened*
>
> *    First we (mentors/org admins) looked at each student proposals, and
> got  in touch with them via email/IRC for an initial evaluation.
> *    Once we were convinced that their idea is valid, we gave feedback
> on    their proposal -This means that we thought the proposal  was good
> and  it  is something which would add value to our work, hence benefit
> the    community. Thank you for working with us on this.
>
> *    We evaluated applicants' existing work/asked them to prove their
> ability - this also means the mentors were involved in a deeper
> relationship with the student  and probably looked at their code,   helped
> them through some stuff, asked them to fix some minor bugs.   Again, this
> means that we seriously considered their proposal, and    thought it was
> good. Thank you for being extremely patient and working    with us through
> this as well. We appreciate it.* In addition, this means that we now think
> of you as members of SMC*.
>
> *    Google announced the number of slots we are entitled to - and as
> always  it wasn't as much as we expected. We got 3 slots. We had a
> furious  round of discussion, each mentor defended respective  student's
> proposal  and tried to push it into our list. We prioritized  the
> proposals we  recieved, in terms of immediate need and  practicality and
> selected the list of top proposals. After deduplication checks and  sorting
> out such issues with other FOSS projects we selected top 3  proposals.
>
> *What is next?*
>
> Google    Will Announce the Accepted Students proposals on  May 27 at 19:00
> UTC   ,  after which the students can contact the mentors and start
> working  on  the  projects as per the timeline.
>
> This    means, within a few days, our projects will be in super active
> mode.   Even if your proposal got rejected, that doesn't mean the proposal
> was    bad. So you are welcome to work on your proposed project even if
> you  are  not selected for GSoC this time. The respective mentors will
> definitely  help  you.
>
> So please keep contributing to Free and Open Source Software. Roll up your
> sleeves, and keep contributing. :)
>
> Once again, thanks a lot. We'd love to have you with us.
>
> And  a word for sponsors. There are more quality  proposals which are not
> selected for GSoC due to unavailability  of  slots. If anybody willing to
> sponsor such proposals through a student  fellowship, please write to
> contact at smc.org.in.
>
> --
> ---
> Regards,
> Hrishi | Stultus
> http://stultus.in
>