Re: Google Summer of Code

["Matthew M. Burke" <matthew@...>]

So that we're all on the same page (a saying I loathe, but find myself 
using frequently), here's what needs to be done:

1) The mentoring organization (that would be "the Lua community") needs 
to put together an application which includes who the admin for the 
project is, what license does the product use, how does the org 
communicate, etc, etc, what to do if a mentor flakes out, how will we 
choose our mentors, etc...

This is due by 12 March, but the earlier the better.  Last year I was 
involved in putting together a mentoring organization application which 
we turned in on the last day.  By then Google had already received more 
applications than they were willing to support (although they have 
expanded the program significantly each year).

I've created a wiki page () so that we can work on the application en 
masse.  If/when we decide that's a terrible way to write the 
application....well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it :)


2) We need a list of project ideas.  There are two^h^h^hthree things 
this list does:  a) list projects we want to have worked on (duh) and b) 
serves as advertising of our organization (i.e. hey look at all the cool 
things so-and-so has going) and c) sparks ideas in students' heads 
because students are allowed/encouraged to submit their own proposals.

I've created a wiki page 
(http://lua-users.org/wiki/GoogleSummerOfCodeOhEight) for people to 
start listing possible projects --- and might even get around to putting 
some ideas on it.  I encourage to list yourself as mentor _if_ you 
want.  If not, we'll find someone (or not).

Matt