[SoC] Who chooses students and projects?

[Giovanni Corriga]

Il giorno mar, 20/03/2007 alle 18.26 +0100, Serge Stinckwich ha scritto:
> Le 20 mars 07 à 18:20, Giovanni Corriga a écrit :
> 
> > Il giorno mar, 20/03/2007 alle 18.09 +0100, Damien Cassou ha scritto:
> >> 2007/3/20, Giovanni Corriga <giovanni at corriga.net>:
> >>> A student may apply for up to 20 projects overall, but will end  
> >>> up doing
> >>> only one of those.
> >>
> >>
> >> ok
> >>
> >>
> >>> When the student submissions will be closed, Google will tell us how
> >>> many students have been accepted for Squeak.
> >>
> >>
> >> So Google is the first organization to choose. They read all students
> >> proposals and choose the students. The Squeak foundation has nothing
> >> to say on this list. Right ?
> >
> > No, Google will tell us how many students it will accept for  
> > working on
> > Squeak projects. The mentors will then have to decide who those  
> > students
> > will be, by ranking them. The ranking is done by giving each  
> > proposal a
> > score.
> >
> > Example:
> > We ask for 20 students, Google tells us we can have five. We rank the
> > proposals. The first five students will get the job.
> 
> I guess the number of students, Google give us depends on the number  
> of proposals.
> How many students they fund ?

Google will fund 800 students. I've asked for 20 students to be assigned
to Squeak projects. I expect the actual number to be lower, anyway.

	Giovanni