[GSoC] reminder: mid-term evaluations in 1.5 weeks

[Robert Buels]

Hi all,

This is a reminder that GSoC mid-term evaluations are due on July 11, 
which is a little more than a week away.  At the end of this email, I'm 
including the full story on evaluations and how they work.

Hope your projects are going well.  Keep those progress reports up to 
date!  :-)

Rob Buels
OBF GSoC 2011 Administrator


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EVALUATIONS

(from 
http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs#evals)


9. How do evaluations work?

Google will pre-publish the evaluation questions for both students and 
mentors. Mentors will fill out mid-term and final evaluations for their 
students via the Google Summer of Code 2011 site. These evaluations will 
be visible in the system to the mentor and the mentoring organization's 
administrator(s). Students will fill out a mid-term and final evaluation 
of their mentors online as well, and their evaluations will only be 
visible in the system to the mentoring organization's administrator(s). 
Program administrators from Google will have access to all evaluation data.

In almost all cases, students will never see their mentor's evaluation 
of their progress, nor will a mentor see a student's evaluation of 
her/his mentorship. However, in the case where the mentoring 
organization's administrator and a student's mentor are one and the 
same, the student's evaluation will be shared with the mentor. If you 
are a student in a situation where your mentor is also your 
organization’s administrator and you would like to discuss an issue with 
the program, please contact the Google Summer of Code program 
administrators. Organization administrators are expected to review 
mid-term and final evaluations and to provide course corrections where 
necessary.

In some cases, Google's program administrators may need to share the 
results of evaluations with the student and mentor, such as to arbitrate 
when payment should not be made. Should this need arise, all parties 
will be notified in advance.