Historical:Google SoC 2007

This is the work in progress for the Google Summer of Code application.

Deadlines

• application as mentoring organization 5-mar-2007 - 12-mar-2007
• fill in the application

Application Summary (pls. don't edit this section)

  1.  Describe your organization.
  2. Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2007? What do you hope to gain by participating?
  3. Did your organization participate in GSoC 2005 or 2006? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and failures of your student projects.
  4. If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?
  5. Who will your organization administrator be? Please include Google Account information.
  6. What license does your project use?
  7. What is the URL for your ideas page?
  8. What is the main development mailing list for your organization?
  9. What is the main IRC channel for your organization?
 10. Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now.
 11. Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please include Google Account information.
 12. Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account Information.
 13. What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.
 14. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?
 15. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?
 16. What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program?
 17. What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes?

Application Text

feel free to work on the application text. every contribution / idea is welcome.

Project Ideas

feel free to add / specify the projects ideas. Candidates: you are welcome to enlist yourself for the ideas, take ownership and run with them.

Steering Committee

Who should we invite to the organization/steering committee? what will be their role?

• project leaders of hugin / panotools / tlalli
• community leaders (NG / Verein / WorldWidePanorama / IVRPA)
• academics

goal: broad and relevant support.

role: steer the work of the mentors. shape the projects. make sure the mentors are there for the students. solve interpersonal issues (organizers-mentors-students). give direction.

to do: write little text to extend invitation to steering committee members.

Mentors

volunteers? please specify why you are qualified and what is your current day job as well as position in the panorama community, particularly development.

role: mentor the students.

Organizers

volunteers? please specify why you are qualified and what is your current day job as well as position in the panorama community, particularly user community.

role: communicate with google. organize the steering committe. monitor the mentors.

Students

volunteers?