GSoC: Coding starts 21st May!

Hi,

In case you have forgotten, Monday (21st May) is the first day of the
GSoC coding period. The community bonding ends and by now, you should
have been acquainted with Debian and its community. You are very much
welcome to send a report (or blog) detailing how it went.

Have you setup your development environment? If not, now would be the
right time to do it!

We hope that you have discussed your GSoC project with your mentor; a
healthy discussion about the project before you start development
proves to be beneficial and helps save time later. To aid to this, as
communicated earlier, we require biweekly reports from you -- these
will help you monitor your progress yourself and also help us to see
how you are progressing.

If you have any questions, please ask here or on IRC #debian-soc
(irc.oftc.net).

PS: Please submit your 'Proof of Enrollment' and 'Tax Forms' to Google
by Friday, 18th May, 2012 (today). Delaying this will delay your
welcome package!

Your neighborhood GSoC admins,
 Ana Guerrero, Gergely Nagy, Sukhbir Singh

Sponsoring DebConf for Summer of code students

Hi

During the first IRC status meeting I had today with the Summer of Code
student I'm mentoring together with Per Andersson the topic of wheter
she planned to go to DebConf or not came up. it turned out that she did
not yet know about DebConf and did not consider it at all.

I guess the situation might be similar for other GSOC students. IMHO
going to DebConf could make a big difference for a GSOC project. Getting
more involved into the community increases the chances that these people
will stay active in the project even after summer of code.

Therefore I propose to make an exception for these students so that they
can still register for sponsored food and accomodation until 3th June.
What do others think?

One problem might be that most students don't have the money to fund
their own travel to nicaragua. Should we ask the DPL to fund another
DebConf newbies program for those from Debian money? This might be a bit
problematic as we don't have much money for normal travel sponsorship at
the moment at all.

Gaudenz

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Re: Sponsoring DebConf for Summer of code students

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 04:56:43PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> During the first IRC status meeting I had today with the Summer of Code
> student I'm mentoring together with Per Andersson the topic of wheter
> she planned to go to DebConf or not came up. it turned out that she did
> not yet know about DebConf and did not consider it at all.
> 
> I guess the situation might be similar for other GSOC students. IMHO
> going to DebConf could make a big difference for a GSOC project. Getting
> more involved into the community increases the chances that these people
> will stay active in the project even after summer of code.
> 
> Therefore I propose to make an exception for these students so that they
> can still register for sponsored food and accommodation until 3th June.
> What do others think?
> 
> One problem might be that most students don't have the money to fund
> their own travel to nicaragua. Should we ask the DPL to fund another
> DebConf newbies program for those from Debian money? This might be a bit
> problematic as we don't have much money for normal travel sponsorship at
> the moment at all.
>

Hi,

I heartly agree it is worthwhile having the students attending at debconf.
It really can make a difference if they go there to meet their mentors (and
people related to their project), they held a session about their project,

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsoring DebConf for Summer of code students

Hi,

On Donnerstag, 24. Mai 2012, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> Therefore I propose to make an exception for these students so that they
> can still register for sponsored food and accomodation until 3th June.
> What do others think?

I think thats fine, but we should handle it "silently", ie you tell the 
students and we override penta for those gsoc students who will apply.

> One problem might be that most students don't have the money to fund
> their own travel to nicaragua. Should we ask the DPL to fund another
> DebConf newbies program for those from Debian money? This might be a bit
> problematic as we don't have much money for normal travel sponsorship at
> the moment at all.

I'd first like to see a current budget estimate based on the latest numbers of 
attendes and 5 USD food price. In principal I'm fine with the idea...

cheers,
	Holger

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsoring DebConf for Summer of code students

Holger Levsen dijo [Fri, May 25, 2012 at 02:33:51PM +0200]:
> > Therefore I propose to make an exception for these students so that they
> > can still register for sponsored food and accomodation until 3th June.
> > What do others think?
> 
> I think thats fine, but we should handle it "silently", ie you tell the 
> students and we override penta for those gsoc students who will apply.

Hi,

Even though Ana's points are important and very true, I side with
Holger here. It is important for us to have them in DebConf if it is
possible.

Now, again with Ana's points: Yes, DebConf has no money to sponsor
anybody, so it would have to come from extraordinary sources. Also,
July is quite close, so probably some of the 15 will not be
available. I think a DebConf sponsorship should be offered to them as
a *UNSURE* thing, asking them to say who would participate. *IF* seven
of them say they can participate, we might be able to get the funding,
as Ana suggests, partly from Google and partly from other Debian
funds. If more were to request it, we could just tell them, "well, we
told you it was unsure, and... sorry."

As for what would they do, besides meeting tons of Debian people, I
volunteer together with Christian to try to welcome them - I will be
coordinating the tutorial track, thought originally for Central
Americans, but quite probably adequate for them as well.

Greetings,

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsoring DebConf for Summer of code students

[Discussion about having GSOC students to go to DebConf skip]

Hi,

Thanks everybody who wants to help! So for managing all the stuff
about asking students, mailing google and so on, who wants to volunteer?

Thanks,
Ana

GSoC Students: DebConf 12!!!

Hi,

The thirteenth Debian developer conference (known as DebConf12), will
take place in Managua, Nicaragua, from 8th to 14th of July 2012. As in
the past, we want that you to attend DebConf because it's a wonderful
experience -- you get to meet your mentor(s) and the Debian community in
real life!

If you are interested in going to DebConf, please let us know. DebConf
finances this year are limited, so we can't send each one of you and
neither can we promise any funding though we will try our best to
provide you with some.

Visit the DebConf website [0] to know more about DebConf. The travel
page describes how to get to Managua [1] and please check if you need a
visa to enter Nicaragua [2]; we will be providing you with an invitation
letter in case you do need one.

Since most of the students are from Europe and India, make sure that you
check the airfares before planning your trip. If you can manage it
(remember: funding is still uncertain), you should definitely attend
DebConf!

Please indicate if you are interested in going by replying to this
message, so that we can plan the finances and other stuff accordingly.

[0] - http://debconf12.debconf.org/
[1] - http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf12/Travel-Arriving
[2] - http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf12/Visas

Re: GSoC Students: DebConf 12!!!

Hi,

Sukhbir Singh writes:
> The thirteenth Debian developer conference (known as DebConf12), will
> take place in Managua, Nicaragua, from 8th to 14th of July 2012. As in
> the past, we want that you to attend DebConf because it's a wonderful
> experience -- you get to meet your mentor(s) and the Debian community in
> real life!
>
> If you are interested in going to DebConf, please let us know. DebConf
> finances this year are limited, so we can't send each one of you and
> neither can we promise any funding though we will try our best to
> provide you with some.

I want to attend (also DebCamp), but am still waiting for the debconf
team to decide on sponsored accommodation.  Luckily prices for flight
tickets went down during this time.

Ansgar

Re: GSoC Students: DebConf 12!!!

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<p>Hi!</p>
<div>
<br><span>Sukhbir Singh writes:</span><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote">
Please indicate if you are interested in going by replying to this<br>
message, so that we can plan the finances and other stuff accordingly.</blockquote>
<div><br></div>
<div>Going to Debconf sounds really awesome, It may be a great experience to see poeple behind mail and Irc, and users that will use your project. The community is the first affected by your work!</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>So I would like to be at debconf but It will depend on the price, sadly.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>greetings,</div>
<div>ko_lo</div>
<div><br></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Re: GSoC Students: DebConf 12!!!

Quoting Baptiste Mouterde (baptiste.mouterde@...):
> Hi!
> 
> Sukhbir Singh writes:
> 
> > Please indicate if you are interested in going by replying to this
> > message, so that we can plan the finances and other stuff accordingly.
> 
> 
> Going to Debconf sounds really awesome, It may be a great experience to see
> poeple behind mail and Irc, and users that will use your project. The
> community is the first affected by your work!
> 
> So I would like to be at debconf but It will depend on the price, sadly.

Then I'd suggest doing some research for flight prices ASAP. Where
would you fly from (unless you swim or you ride a bike from another
place in Americas, I'll assume you fly..). Your first name gives me
a guess, but that's only a guess and things may be misleading, sometimes..:)

Quoting Baptiste Mouterde (baptiste.mouterde@...):
> Hi!
> 
> Sukhbir Singh writes:
> 
> > Please indicate if you are interested in going by replying to this
> > message, so that we can plan the finances and other stuff accordingly.
> 
> 
> Going to Debconf sounds really awesome, It may be a great experience to see
> poeple behind mail and Irc, and users that will use your project. The
> community is the first affected by your work!
> 
> So I would like to be at debconf but It will depend on the price, sadly.

Then I'd suggest doing some research for flight prices ASAP. Where
would you fly from (unless you swim or you ride a bike from another
place in Americas, I'll assume you fly..). Your first name gives me
a guess, but that's only a guess and things may be misleading, sometimes..:)