Re: GNU accepted as a mentoring organization in GSOC 2014

[joakim]

address@hidden (Jose E. Marchesi) writes:

> Hi guys.  Good news: we are in.  Congrats to everyone.
>
> Now, we have some work to do.  As in previous years we will be
> maintaining a database in a recfile which lives in:
>
>     http://www.gnu.org/s/soc-projects/soc2014.rec
>
> I just created it initialized with the records corresponding to your
> humble servant and the project recutils.  I will be filling in the
> information about the other GNU projects in the following days.
>
> But then I need you (mentors) to send to me, CCing address@hidden
> (offlist) the following information:
>
> - Nick/Id (such as jemarch)
> - Name
> - Email
> - Alternate email
> - Phone (important)
> - GNU project in which you participate.
> - Which ideas (from the ideas page) you are willing to mentor.
>
> We will store the alternate email and the phone number encrypted in the
> public recfile.  Note however that the primary email will be stored
> unencrypted.
>
> You will also have to register a profile in melange and somehow ask to
> be approved as a mentor in the GNU mentoring organization.  I will get
> notifications and approve you, but _only_ if I already have the
> information requested above, please.

I did this now. I misstakenly thought that my information would have bee
kept since last year in Melange.


> Well, this is all for now... keep in mind that the formal students
> application date opens on 10 March, but you will be undoubtly contacted
> much earlier by enthusiast students..

3 students have contacted me so far regarding the Emacs Xwidget
project. 2 remain interested, but they are quiet now it seems. I´m not
sure if they are busy preparing their applications, or if they have lost 
interest.



> Happy mentoring!
>

-- 
Joakim Verona