Re: How it works.

[Carol Smith]

Hi there, 

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Paranoid Android <urbanb...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi.

I was reading up on how GSOC works.

Okay, so lets say it will happen in 2013 again.

Will the announcement of GSOC 13 come out with a list of accepted organizations?

No. You might want to look at the timeline for 2012's program to get a better understanding of how the program runs. 

 

When I googled for GSOC 13, I found some organizations that had already put up their ideas page. Are they just being hopeful of another GSOC?

Yes.

 

If Google is deciding about selecting an organization, it must know what projects the organization has in mind.

But the organizations ask potential participants to post ideas. 

Can't a selected participant suggest an idea afterwards?

That's up to the organization. Most organizations allow students to submit their own "blue sky" proposal, but you might want to speak to them directly about that.  

And, in a broad perspective, the whole project selection of an organization is informal, right?

I would call the process very formal indeed. All of our team members spend 5 days in a conference room going over every application in depth. It's quite formal. 

 

I mean, the organization interacts with potential participants and finally comes up with an idea (this could be happening right now).

The idea is then reviewed by Google, and decides to select it or turn it down.

I think you might be conflating the mentoring organization selection and the student proposal/project selection. Each organization decides how it runs its own student selection phase; that's up to the organization itself. 

 

Given that Google selects the participants, the only use of interacting with an organization would be to understand the project. Correct?

We don't select the student participants. 

 

Has the organization a say, in participant selection?

Yes. All of it.  

Cheers,
Carol 

[Michael Downey]

Hi Paranoid,

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Paranoid Android <urbanb...@yahoo.com> wrote:

I know their needn't be a fixed way of discussing anything, but usually, how would organizations provide an interface for students to interact with them. A mailing list like this?

Each organization is different. You can look at the various orgs from last year--generally they will probably all have their old GSoC pages up on their web sites or wikis, which will usually explain how to interact with their communities.

Michael

[Carol Smith]

Hi there, 

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Paranoid Android <urbanb...@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

I would call the process very formal indeed. All of our team members spend 5 days in a conference room going over every application in depth. It's quite formal. 

 

I meant what happens with the organization. No fixed rules on how they select their ideas.

Not Google's selection procedure.

No, there are no rules on how they select their ideas other than they must provide an Ideas Page as part of their application. Every organization does their Ideas Page creation differently. 

 

  

Given that Google selects the participants, the only use of interacting with an organization would be to understand the project. Correct?

We don't select the student participants. 

 

Has the organization a say, in participant selection?

Yes. All of it.  

Yes. This was where I got it all wrong.

I know their needn't be a fixed way of discussing anything, but usually, how would organizations provide an interface for students to interact with them.

A mailing list like this?

Yes, either a mailing list or IRC for most organizations. Some do video conferences, some do texting or Im'ing. Most use IRC and/or mailing lists. 

 

I just wanted to know, because I'm afraid about asking noob questions. :D

I've never worked on open source before.

No worries. We're glad you're here!

Cheers,
Carol