[OSM-dev] Summary of GSoC applications

[Peter Barth]

Hi Polyglot,

Jo schrieb:
> If I understood correctly, we
> can enter into dialogue with the candidate students to discuss their
> applications and have them further improve them.

you may request further details from students, you can ask questions,...
it is also possible to allow students to improve their applications, but 
this should not happen without a good reason.

> By when should we assign scores to them? When does it make sense to start
> scoring? Should all mentors and co-mentors and dementors assign scores to
> all applications?

You may start scoring those projects you're willing to mentor. Especially
you should request mentorship for those projects so we can add you to it.

Regarding the scoring details, some mentors have already expressed their
opinion to discuss this on a mentor-only list. I'll write a second mail
in a minute with some more details...

> What to do with the applications which merely indicate the student's
> willingness to participate in the GSoC, but who didn't actually select a
> project they wanted to work on?

We simply ignore them. If a student is not able to write a proper
application within the normal timeslot and didn't introduce himself to a
specific project, we should not consider him for this year's GSoC.

Peda