Petition to get OpenCog into GSoC 2010
Ben Goertzel
OpenCog was not accepted for GSoC 2010, so based on the suggestions
from some others I created a petition for those who are interested to
convince GSoC to reverse their decision. It's here, so add your name
if you wish
http://etherpad.com/ucDI8toKUf
[It's an etherpad doc, so you can add your name and info without
login. It's really quick.]
If enough names accumulate quickly enough, I will send it to Leslie
Hawthorn, the admin, and see what her reaction is.
Frankly, I don't think it's too likely she'll reverse her decision --
BUT, I think it's more likely that it will make an impression on her,
that will lead us to get re-included in 2011. And even about 2010 ...
you never know ;-)
Thanks
Ben
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 8:39 PM, David Crane <dnc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Count me in too if we do that, I was looking forward to opencog
> participating in gsoc.
>
> On Mar 18, 8:09 pm, Borislav Iordanov <borislav.iorda...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> That could very well work if they rejected it because they think that
>> there's not enough interest in the project. Such a list could help to
>> convince them otherwise. If you do that, count me in it. If, in
>> addition, enough people in the list could point out to an opencog
>> component application (e.g. I can point to relex), that might
>> increases the chances as well.
>>
>> Boris
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Ben Goertzel <b...@goertzel.org> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > I think the most polite approach, if there is a desire to appeal the
>> > decision, would be to assemble a petition of (name, email address
>> > pairs) during the next couple days, and submit it to Leslie Hawthorn,
>> > the admin of GSoc. That seems more polite than spamming her with a
>> > lot of different email requests on the same topic...
>>
>> > I don't have any estimate of the odds of success of such an approach,
>> > but if it's done respectfully I think it couldn't hurt and has a
>> > nonzero chance of helping.... From her point of view, I can see an
>> > argument for *not* changing her mind based on the petition: If the
>> > word got out, it could lead *every* rejected organization to take the
>> > same approach next year ;-)
>>
>> > Still, may be worth a try!
>>
>> > -- Ben G
>>
>> > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Kizzo Kilgore <davidpkilg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I would. I had maybe 3 proposals for OpenCog this time, ready to go.
>>
>> >> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Edward Porter <ewpor...@msn.com> wrote:
>> >>> Would Google likely be swayed if a lot of people on these lists wrote in and
>> >>> said how important we thought Google's including OpenCog in the GSoC would
>> >>> be?
>>
>> >>> Of course I don't know if we could get that many people to write. Ben could
>> >>> make a better guess on these things than me, but, for what its worth, I
>> >>> would write in.
>>
>> >>> Ed Porter
>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: Joel Pitt
>> >>> To: openc...@googlegroups.com
>> >>> Cc: opencog
>> >>> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:37 PM
>> >>> Subject: [OpenCog] Re: [opencog-soc] No OpenCog GSoC this summer..
>> >>> It's a shame - we've had some promising students getting involved recently!
>>
>> >>> I hope they choose to continue working with us when and where they
>> >>> can. Although if they are looking to join other organisations for
>> >>> GSoC, then I also wish them best of luck with their applications.
>>
>> >>> Maybe next year...
>>
>> >>> Joel Pitt, PhD |http://ferrouswheel.me
>> >>> OpenCog Developer |http://opencog.org
>> >>> Board member, Humanity+ |http://humanityplus.org
>> >>> +64 21 101 7308
>>
>> >>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Ben Goertzel <b...@goertzel.org> wrote:
>> >>>> Oops... it looks like we were not chosen for GSoC this time around
>>
>> >>>> I'm rather surprised that we got demoted from having *so many*
>> >>>> students allocated to us, to having *none* ... especially since we had
>> >>>> a number of quite successful projects last summer!!
>>
>> >>>> I'll see if I can find out more about the reasons; but I have no
>> >>>> reason to believe the decision can be changed ;( ...
>>
>> >>>> Of course, OpenCog will continue toward superhuman AI and all that ...
>> >>>> but still, this is a bit of a disappointment...
>>
>> >>>> -- Ben
>>
>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >>>> From: <socghop.nore...@gmail.com>
>> >>>> Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:33 PM
>> >>>> Subject: Thank you for your application
>> >>>> To: bengoert...@gmail.com
>>
>> >>>> Hi Ben Goertzel,
>>
>> >>>> Thank you for submitting "OpenCog sponsored by the Singularity
>> >>>> Institute for Artificial Intelligence " organization application to
>> >>>> Google Summer of Code 2010. Unfortunately, we were unable to accept
>> >>>> your organization's application at this time. We received many more
>> >>>> applications for the program than we are able to accommodate, and we
>> >>>> would encourage you to reapply for future instances of the program.
>>
>> >>>> Best regards,
>> >>>> Google Open Source Programs
>>
>> >>>> --
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>> >>>> Director of Applied Research, Singularity Institute for AI
>> >>>> Chairman, Humanity+
>> >>>> External Research Professor, Xiamen University, China
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>>
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>> >>>> troublemakers." -- Mignon McLaughlin
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