[BioSQL-l] Fwd: GSoC 2013 is ON

[Hilmar Lapp]

FYI - reminder from Pjotr about project ideas for GSoC 2013. -hilmar

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Pjotr Prins <pjotr2010 at thebird.nl>
> Subject: Re: GSoC 2013 is ON
> Date: March 20, 2013 5:19:32 PM EDT
> To: OBF GSoC <gsoc at lists.open-bio.org>
> 
> Heads up! One more week to go for project ideas! Please update
> 
>  https://github.com/OBF/GSoC/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2013
> 
> with the latest links. And maybe a wakeup call to your lists?
> 
> If you are not on the Internet you don't exist. If you are not making
> use of GSoC, you might as well be dead ;).
> 
> Kidding. But, the more ideas, the better.
> 
> Pj.
> 
> * March 22nd: Finalise project ideas
> * March 29th: Deadline OBF mentoring organisation submission to Google
> 
> On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:23:26PM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote:
>> Dear project leaders. 
>> 
>> I am sending below announcement to you, to have it forwarded by you to
>> your mailing lists. Please do so. Also pass this message on to anyone
>> who might be in some way interested in the OBF/GSoC initiative. To
>> participate, start by signing up to the soc mailing list at
>> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/gsoc
>> 
>> Spread the word!
>> 
>> ~~~
>> 
>> Game on! GSoC 2013 is ON. I am running with the OBF project
>> administration this year for the Google Summer of code (GSoC). 
>> First and foremost I want to thank Robert Buels and others for making
>> OBF/GSoC a success in the previous three years! This year, Robert, Chris
>> Fields and Hilmar Lapp will act as backup administrators.
>> 
>> The deadline for the OBF application for GSoC2013 as a mentoring
>> organisation is Friday March 29! See
>> 
>>  http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013
>> 
>> Similar to previous years, each Bio* project needs to update and add project
>> ideas on the project's individual OBF wiki page and create links from the main
>> OBF page at
>> 
>>  http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code
>> 
>> (we will update the main information on that page soon).
>> 
>> So, for each of the OBF projects that wants to do GSoC again this
>> year:
>> 
>> 1. Update the list of project ideas on your project's GSoC page (BioPython,
>>   BioPerl, BioRuby, etc). Add new ones, remove ones that have already been done
>>   or no longer relevant, etc. For an example see
>> 
>>     http://bioruby.open-bio.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code
>> 
>> 2. Update the final list of project ideas on the main OBF GSoC page
>>   to match.
>> 
>>     http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code
>> 
>> 3. Register with gsoc at lists.open-bio.org
>> 
>> 4. Announce it on that list when you are ready :)
>> 
>> Anyone can submit a project idea! Former GSoC students are especially
>> encouraged to contribute ideas to the mailing lists.
>> 
>> Please have the updates done by Friday March 22nd. The number and quality of
>> the project ideas are part of the evaluation process for whether OBF is
>> accepted as a Summer of Code organisation again this year, so let's come up
>> with some good ones!
>> 
>> Pj. (Pjotr Prins)
>> 
>> Important dates: 
>> 
>>  * March 22nd: Finalise project ideas
>>  * March 29th: Deadline OBF mentoring organisation submission to Google
>> 
>> http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code
>> 

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