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| == Special topic: Fedora Summer Coding == | | == Special topic: Fedora Summer Coding == |
| This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Summer 2010 Coding<ref> | | This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Summer Coding 2010<ref> |
| https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010</ref>. | | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010</ref> program. |
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| Contributing Writer: [[User:Quaid|Karsten Wade]] | | Contributing Writer: [[User:Quaid|Karsten Wade]] |
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| === Deadlines for ideas and proposals approaching === | | === Program quiet while mentors work === |
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| The schedule for Summer Coding 2010<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010_schedule</ref> has two important upcoming deadlines.
| | This week the mentors for Fedora Summer Coding 2010<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010</ref> are working via private discussion list. The mentors have these responsibilities: |
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| * Mentors must have all ideas in by 13 May. | | * Advocate for their own proposal(s) |
| * Students must have all proposals in by 20 May. | | * Help reach consensus about all proposals |
| | * Participate in ordering accepted proposals so the program can offer funding to the top selections. |
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| In addition, the deadline for sponsors to pledge funding<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010#You_are_a_sponsoring_organization</ref> is 21 May. This gives the mentors a week to decide which projects to fund based on the sponsor pool available.
| | With over 40 proposals submitted<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_Coding_2010_proposals</ref>, competition is very strong with a range of proposals but only a few being accepted, and even fewer funded. Mentors are scheduled to announce the accepted and funded proposals by the end of the week. |
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| === Program signs new community sponsors ===
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| In an email to the Summer Coding SIG, [[User:Quaid|Karsten Wade]] wrote<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/summer-coding/2010-May/000087.html</ref>, "Indifex (http://indifex.com) / Transifex (http://transifex.net) have signed on as community sponsors. Indifex is a company that was created to initially develop Transifex, the web-based translation management interface. We use it at http://translate.fedoraproject.org<ref>http://translate.fedoraproject.org</ref>, as do many other projects (Moblin/MeeGo, XFCE, LXDE, and so on.) Many more projects host on transifex.net. The initial coding work for Transifex was done by Dimitris Glezos as a Fedora GSoC project in 2007<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSoC_report_2009#Success_example:_The_Transifex.2FIndifex_story</ref>, further code was developed under later GSoC projects for Fedora (with Dimitris mentoring one), and this year Transifex has GSoC students of their own<ref>http://trac.transifex.org/wiki/Development/SummerCoding</ref>. The Indifex team are 2/3rds former GSoC students and now mentors. I'm proud they are interested in supporting Fedora Summer Coding."
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| In addition, JBoss.org is another community sponsor. A community sponsor is, "any other FOSS project that lends support to our program," Karsten wrote. For example, as a community sponsor JBoss.org is "growing the breadth and depth of our ideas page, providing mentoring expertise and access to upstream projects, (and) there is also an FSC 2010 banner<ref>http://jboss.org/overview/mainColumnParagraphs/0/2columnLeftParagraphs/03/2columnRightParagraphs/0/image/homepagespotlight_fedorasummerofcode.png</ref> prominently displayed on the http://jboss.org front page<ref>http://jboss.org</ref>."
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| === FAQ updated ===
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| Over the course of the program so far, the SIG has compiled a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ)<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_FAQ</ref>. These are answers to real questions that have arisen on the mailing list and IRC channel<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communication_for_Summer_Coding_2010</ref>, regarding both the 2010 session and the program overall.
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| === Search for sponsors continues ===
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| The search for sponsors continues, as the funding pool directly affects how many proposals can be funded.
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| [[User:Quaid|Karsten Wade]] wrote<ref>http://iquaid.org/2010/04/13/sponsoring-summer-coding-get-and-give-value/</ref>, "If you work for or with an organization, business, foundation, non-profit, etc. that benefits from a better Fedora Project … consider if you have some budget to help fund a student proposal<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010#You_are_a_sponsoring_organization</ref>.
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