[SoC] various questions

[stephane ducasse]

> I was not thinking that.  The score we can give is (from memory, and
> so probably not quite right) +4, +2, +1, -1, -2 and I was wondering
> whether, if I thought a proposal was reasonable but was only average,
> whether I should give a +1 or a -1.


Ok it would make sense

> I suggest that +1 should be "if we had all the money in the world then
> we should fund this guy".  If that is the case, we wouldn't give many
> negative scores.
>
> To me, +4 is "this is an important project and this candidate is
> obviously capable of doing it"

Ok
>
> I am going to give EVERYBODY a score.  Not giving a score is like
> giving them a score of 0.  So, it is important to decide whether my
> median is +1 or -1

I do not know.
May be putting +1 as meadian

>> My criteria for evaluation are:
>>         - do they know smalltalk and not just copy and paste their  
>> projects?
>>         - did they do something in the past for the community?
>>         - do they are close to a mentor (because learning  
>> Smalltalk via
>> email or ichat does not work)
>>         - is the topic really relevant for the community?
>>         - is the schedule/tasks possible within the time frame?
>
> This is a good list, except that I think that the most important is
> whether the topic is relevant and whether it is possible.

Yes.

> To me, how
> well they know Smalltalk is part of whether the schedule is
> reasonable.  Also, I don't think we should use this as a reward for
> things done in the past, but people who have been working with Squeak
> for awhile are more likely to succeed than people who have not.

Yes. This is my point. For example, for working on the new compiler  
it is better
to have the guy that already and is working on it.

> "Past
> performance is a predictor of future behavior".  A person who has
> already done an open source project in Squeak will have an edge over
> someone who has not, and someone who has taken a class that used
> Squeak and done a small class project will have an edge over someone
> who is just starting to lear it.  But that can be counterbalanced by
> the topic.


> If someone knows Smalltalk well then it is not as important to be
> close to a mentor.  But if they are neither close to a mentor nor know
> Smalltalk then that will make it hard for their project to be
> successful..

Yes this is an important point.

> -Ralph
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