RE: Google SoC

[Nicola Pero]

> Specifically I am thinking of Richard, who would be the ideal mentor for 
> this project. Nicola comes second to my mind, but if none of them would 
> take it, I am willing to step in. This is surely the application that 
> will need more support.

I was a mentor last year, but there are a lot of other people who would be
excellent mentors, so I think we should rotate - unless there's
a special reason (eg, we get more students if we have more mentors) 
I'll give it a miss this year and let someone else do it. :-)

Btw I enjoyed it last year because Chris was a good (and very nice) student,
but had a hard time finding the time to follow him properly as I'm 
already swamped - like most other people I think - by projects/things to do.
Next time I do it I'll allocate lot more time for it, and I recommend
to everyone who will be a mentor to think about the time it takes in
advance.  It's worth it (I look forward to my next mentoring), but 
if you want to do a good job with your student, you'll have to follow 
him/her very regularly. :-)

Thanks