15:00:26 <quaid> #startmeeting
15:00:26 <zodbot> Meeting started Wed Apr 21 15:00:26 2010 UTC.  The chair is quaid. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.
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15:01:02 <quaid> #topic Summer Coding SIG - no agenda set
15:01:20 <quaid> #topic Summer Coding SIG - roll call
15:01:23 * quaid 
15:01:38 * adimania Aditya
15:02:45 <adimania> jreznik: rrix: ping
15:03:34 * abadger1999 hereish
15:03:50 <quaid> heh
15:03:52 <rbergeron> rrix is in school, i think
15:03:59 <quaid> yes, he is
15:04:11 <quaid> being distracted from the good stuff :)
15:04:21 <rbergeron> pesky, pesky senior year :)
15:04:26 <quaid> #topic Summer Coding SIG - Status-n-stuff
15:04:34 <quaid> rbergeron: I had a very relaxed senior year :)
15:05:39 <quaid> #info schedule was updated last week, we start a week later for the project to start and there are 30 days now for all the up front activities
15:05:45 <quaid> #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010_schedule
15:05:58 * mchua here
15:06:05 <mchua> (lurking today)
15:06:25 <aksh> oops, i too would like to be a part of Fedora SoC
15:06:40 <aksh> am i late ?
15:06:58 <quaid> aksh: start here:
15:07:00 <quaid> #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010#You_are_a_student
15:07:23 <quaid> aksh: one more month until applications are due
15:07:48 <quaid> #info I heard last week that many schools in India have summer break May, June, July
15:07:58 <adimania> yes.
15:08:04 <aksh> Ok, i just saw that
15:08:05 <quaid> which means we are starting nearly in the middle; I see now how GSoC gave room for those students to start in May and finish early.
15:08:13 <aksh> yes quaid , Like me :)
15:08:21 <quaid> adimania: we can fix that for next year, but we need to do what we can with this year
15:08:49 <quaid> #idea how about full-projects and half-projects?
15:09:09 <adimania> yes. That is fine. Infact this is better. We won't clashes with GSoC this way
15:09:15 <quaid> I have been putting that forward as an idea because we may need to slice sponsoring money thinner, with less of it.
15:09:30 <quaid> I'll write a proposal for the SIG list ...
15:09:56 <adimania> can you explain the term "half-project"?
15:11:13 <aksh> Whats SIG ?
15:11:26 <adimania> aksh: Special Interest Group
15:11:38 <aksh> ohk
15:11:57 <quaid> adimania: instead of a full project that lasts ~10 weeks
15:12:06 <quaid> it would be a smaller scope and last ~5 weeks
15:12:13 <quaid> for 1/2 of the same stipend
15:12:20 <quaid> i.e., $5000 v. $2500
15:12:30 <adimania> yeah. I support this idea.
15:14:01 <quaid> ok, proposal to list
15:14:12 <quaid> also, we need to discuss the southern hemisphere idea on list, too
15:14:23 <quaid> I've been putting these both out there for potential sponsors
15:14:27 <quaid> and no, nothing new on that front
15:14:35 <quaid> still asking around :)
15:14:43 <adimania> So no new sponsors yet?
15:14:46 <jreznik> half project is ok - in fedora we usually have more smaller projects
15:15:18 <quaid> yeah, in the past some projects got inflated larger to fit GSoC when they really didn't need it
15:16:05 <quaid> I think sponsors are the biggest "hole" right now
15:16:13 <quaid> anything else glaring and dangerous we are about to step in?
15:16:23 <adimania> is there a possibility to run summer-coding entire year.
15:16:58 <adimania> quaid: Any luck from artwork team yet?
15:17:07 <pil-afk> sorry have to run and buy ant-repellent
15:18:37 <quaid> ciao pil-afk
15:18:47 <quaid> cinnamon or diotamaceous earth!
15:18:54 <quaid> adimania: zilch, nada, nothing
15:19:26 <quaid> in the US the expression is, "We need to punt,"
15:19:33 <quaid> meaning we need to give it our best shot and move on :)
15:19:49 <adimania> I have made a poster. It is not cool but might do if don't have anything else.
15:20:17 <adimania> Check out http://lh4.ggpht.com/_aM9QlwbywGw/S88RdR47JxI/AAAAAAAAASs/pXmNLomdUAc/s640/FSoC.png for the poster.
15:21:16 <adimania> I think we should ask ambassadors to conduct info sessions wherever they can. What do you say quaid?
15:21:27 <quaid> adimania: +1
15:21:42 <aksh> nice poster
15:21:58 <adimania> thanks aksh
15:22:02 <quaid> adimania: have you seen this page?
15:22:04 <quaid> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010_plan
15:22:20 <adimania> yes. I have seen this
15:22:23 <quaid> it has plans for each group e.g. ambassadors and how we try to reach them and what we ask them to do.
15:23:09 <adimania> oops! Nope I skipped this page.
15:23:34 <quaid> adimania: poster looks really good; did you do that in a vector program?
15:23:50 <adimania> Have you pinged other teams about this?
15:23:54 <quaid> only change I see is seconda para should have an 's' on the end of 'license'
15:24:09 <quaid> heh, been trying to ping peopl :)
15:24:23 <quaid> I've been doing what i perceibed as the highest priority stuff there
15:24:24 <aksh> I have a doubt, I m interested in one of the projects from the 2010 IdeaPages but it seems to vast for me , How do i proceed to know about it, I have a mentor mail address, is it fine to contact to him via it directly ?
15:24:38 <quaid> here, let me send that out to the SIG and remind people that's a way to help the organization.
15:24:44 <adimania> Nope. Unfortunately I am not very familiar with vector drawing so I ahve this png only
15:25:04 <quaid> aksh: we are asking students to discuss with mentors on the summer-coding-discuss mailing list
15:25:40 <adimania> quaid: okay. Being an ambassador myself I can ping other ambassadors.
15:26:17 <adimania> I will put the "s" and share the link on the mailing list.
15:26:46 <quaid> adimania: I was mainly thinking of SVG for scaling to print
15:26:50 <abadger1999> aksh: Also IRC/email if you can't get a reply on the mailing list -- the mailing list discussions benefit everyone but it's always okay to get attention some other way if the relevant mentor doesn't notice :-)
15:27:55 <adimania> I will give SVG a try once we finalize the concept of half and full projects. I don't want to miss out on that detail.
15:27:59 <quaid> ok, I need to go, sorry I have to cut myself short today
15:28:06 <aksh> ok
15:28:07 <quaid> do you all want to continue meeting?
15:28:24 <adimania> DO we have anything else to discuss?
15:28:37 <adimania> s/DO/Do
15:28:40 <quaid> probably lotss, but we can do it on list :)
15:28:56 <adimania> yes, of course :)
15:29:34 <aksh> yes
15:29:38 <quaid> ok, we're moving along on course pretty well
15:29:58 <quaid> thanks for coming today
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