Google Summer of Code Administrator Guide

A guide to administering Google Summer of Code for MeeGo

Feel free to add / change stuff if needed.

Contents 1 Timeline 1.1 February 1.2 March 1.3 End of April 1.4 Before the midterm evaluation 2 Credits

Timeline

Official Timeline for 2011

Tasks that need to be done:

February

• Assemble GSoC administrators team

March

• Prepare application for MeeGo as an organization (Link for 2011)
• Query module maintainers for ideas (See also Ideas for 2011)
• Apply for it (Link for 2011)

After acceptance:

• Finalize enrollment
• Send out a call for mentors
• Send out another call for ideas
• Hold meeting on the triaging of ideas, *before student applications open*. Advertise in time.

End of April

• Send email to rejected students
• Send "congratulations" email to accepted students including more info
  • Consider adding students' blogs to Planet MeeGo
    • Your blog (please create if you don't already have one) will be added to PMC from now until December (gives plenty of time for some follow-up blogging)
    • Maybe require regular blogging?
    • Give tips for making good posts?

Before the midterm evaluation

• make sure every SoC mentor is subscribed to a (yet to create) mailinglist?
• write a reminder about evaluations

Credits

This guide is based on GNOME's Admin Guide.