Folks,
I've been on the selection committee for the PSU GSoC projects for the last couple of years; one of my colleagues, Bart Massey, is pretty-well tied in with the Google selection process. We will talk on Wednesday, and I'll try and get the inside track on what it will take to get accepted as an organization.
Appended is our conversation so far.
Andrew
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From: Barton C Massey bart@cs.pdx.edu Date: 25 February 2007 12:08:24 PST To: "Andrew P. Black" black@cs.pdx.edu Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code
I think it can't hurt to apply again. I plan to try to bug Chris, Greg, Leslie and the gang again to try to improve the org selection process, which is unarguably a bit broken currently.
If it doesn't work out, I'd also be willing to put a Squeak project up for PSU. I need to start getting a project list together for this year. I'm hoping you'd be willing to be on the PSU board again this year?
I want to talk to you about open source stuff in any case and make some plans. Late Monday afternoon or sometime Tuesday morning or early afternoon?
Bart
In message 7CE5D174-74E2-4DA8-BDC0-656970431695@cs.pdx.edu you wrote:
Do you have any insight into whether it is worthwhile for Squeak to apply as a mentor organization for GSoC?
Apparently, last year the Squeak Foundation was rejected as being "not mainstream", whatever that means.
Andrew