On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:09:35 +0100, Aik-Siong Koh wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> Giovanni Corriga, the GSOC 2007 and 2008 administrator, has asked me to  
> be the administrator for GSOC 2009.

I assume you mean by that and by what you write below: you two decided you  
take over.

Why would the two of you do so in private, behind the back of the  
community? Also, we have a Leadership/board whose main purpose is to get  
involved in such cases. [OT*0.5] where is Leadership when it is needed?

> My experience with the The Squeak Project
> GSOC 2008 was excellent and I believe the open source smalltalk community
> has benefited a lot from his efforts.

Benefited, really? To the best of [available] knowledge, someone took  
Google's money from 2007 and 2008 and run away. Not _really_ a benefit for  
the community.

> Thanks Giovanni. Thanks to those who
> helped him too.
>
> I will be using much of what he has set up. So this is the start of my  
> work:
> 1) How do I get a username and password to edit the wiki
> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak
> 2) GSOC also needs a backup administrator. Please let me know.

Stef made himself available for GSoC 2009 administration. Perhaps you be  
his backup this time?

Then, after all had run well with GSoC 2009, we'd have collected some  
feedback and can reconsider.

> 3) What is the best way to get the word out and "meet" centrally?
>
> More later.
>
> All the best,
> Aik-Siong Koh

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