Re: [gnu-soc] GNU GSOC 2023 application

[Jose E. Marchesi]

> Great. We are happy to participate! 
>
> Wasn't GNU rejected before because it was too large an umbrella?

GNU has been rejected only once.  No reason was given to us by Google.

>
> Is there a way we can narrow the focus, so it aligns with GSoC? We can
> check with the organisers if that is an idea.
>
> Pj.
>
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 06:30:02PM +0100, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone.
>> 
>> I have just submitted an application for the GNU Project to participate
>> as a mentoring organization in GSOC 2023.
>> 
>> We will know the outcome in late February.
>> 
>> In the meanwhile, it is VERY important to collect and publish a list of
>> ideas of the GNU programs interested in participating under the GNU
>> umbrella.
>> 
>> To do so, please send them to this list and I will be adding it to our
>> GSOC ideas page.
>> 
>> For each idea, please include the following information:
>> 
>> - Name of the program (example, GNU poke).
>> - Short description of the program.
>> - URL of the program (example, https://www.gnu.org/s/recutils)
>> - Title for the idea (example, Writing python bindings for libpoke).
>> - Description of the idea.
>> - Skills necessary to do the work.
>> - Address a prospective student should use in order to contact the
>>   development community and maintainers of the program.  This would be
>>   the typical foo-devel@gnu.org or bug-foo@gnu.org list.
>> - A list of URLs with reference information useful for the
>>   idea.
>> 
>> Please do not bother to format the ideas in HTML.  We will do it for
>> you.
>> 
>> Remember people: the more and more exciting and nice ideas we have in
>> the page, the bigger are the odds we will get accepted this year.  Also,
>> the sooner we have the info on place, the more odds we will have as
>> well.
>> 
>> So please send the information sonner than later!  Do not wait until
>> mid-February to do so.
>> 
>> Salud!
>>