Re: Google Summer of Code

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Adam Harvey <aharvey@php.net> wrote: > Fellow PEARs, > > Google is taking applications from organisations looking to mentor > projects in this year's Summer of Code. I gather we got rejected last > year, but I think it might be worth another crack if we can get some > good project ideas together. > > I'm quite happy to act as the administrator for this. If we go ahead, > we'll need someone else to be the backup administrator in case I get > hit by a bus (or a train, or any other form of public transport), and > that person will need to get a Google account before the application > is submitted. > > Most importantly, though, if we're going to do this we need to > brainstorm potential project ideas. I've started a Wiki page at > http://wiki.pear.php.net/index.php/GSoC_2008 for ideas to be > collated. > The deadline for applying as a mentoring organisation is March 12 -- > that is, next Wednesday. > > So, feedback welcome, both in terms of (a) whether we should apply, > and (b) if so, what project ideas are out there. There's more > information on the Summer of Code at > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/, > for those not familiar with the programme. > Even thought we got rejected last year, we still got some projects (MDB2_Schema) in with the PHP Group. I agree it would be good to be our own entity again, however I cannot do it I'm already spending a lot of time on gsoc with the PHP project, perhaps someone could take on the task of writing a little proposal and put on a few ideas. What are your ideas ? :) -- David, Re-read what you are replying.