Re: Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Kathiravelu Pradeeban
<kk.pradeeban@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Martin Sevior <msevior@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Pradeeban,
>>
>> Thank you very much for this. I would *really* like to read your
>> entries to the wiki but I can't work out how to login or to even
>> register for it.
>>
>> My regular GSoC username/passwrd does work.
>>
>> What do I do?
>
> Hi Martin,
> Thanks a lot. The default user name and password for the wiki are
> shared with the mentors in a mail in the mentor list. It is highly
> recommended to create your own account with a unique password, once
> you have logged in for the first time. I will provide more information
> on the wiki page credentials off-list, for the gsoc mentors.
>
> Will share the notes and the experience with the abiword community

My experience at the Mentor Summit 2011 -
http://kkpradeeban.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-summer-of-code-mentor-summit.html

I have also shared the session notes of "Community Matters" (from the
wiki) in my blog, for the wider audience-
http://kkpradeeban.blogspot.com/2011/10/community-matters111.html

Thank you.
Regards,
Pradeeban.

> through my blog post sooner, as the wiki seems not to be opened for
> the wider community (since it might have some sensitive information on
> the GSoC mentoring, AFAIK).
>
> Thank you.
> Regards,
> Pradeeban.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Kathiravelu Pradeeban
>> <kk.pradeeban@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Ola Marc,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 4:22 PM, J.M. Maurer <uwog@uwog.net> wrote:
>>>> Ola!
>>>>
>>>>> I am attending the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit this year from AbiWord.
>>>>>
>>>>> It will be a two day unconference hosted by Google (Oct 22nd and
>>>>> 23rd), where representatives from the organizations which participated
>>>>> in the Google Summer of Code gather to discuss about the event and the
>>>>> projects.
>>>>
>>>> Did it go well? Do you have fun so far? Any interesting stuff you
>>>> learned that AbiWord might benifit from?
>>>
>>> Yeah, the first day went really well. Got the chance to meet many
>>> folks from many organizations, and listen to their interesting and
>>> crazy experiences.
>>>
>>> 2011 was the first year for many organizations in Google Summer of
>>> Code, and they were impressed to hear the successful involvement of
>>> AbiWord in Google Summer of Code.
>>>
>>> I organized an unconference session on "Community matters!", and the
>>> notes can be found in [1]. [You might need to be a GSoC mentor to be
>>> able to access the session notes [2] or the wiki. I will blog about
>>> the session/s later for the wider audience].
>>>
>>> An interesting session on "Marketing and Spreading the word about the
>>> project/community", followed that.
>>>
>>> How localizers help to widen the user community was discussed. The
>>> mentor from PostGreSQL mentioned that they have allowed independent
>>> local user/dev communities to own the site in their languages (French,
>>> Japanese, ..)
>>>
>>> Social media engagement (twitter, facebook, dzone) to spread the word
>>> of the community and project releases were discussed.
>>>
>>> The other two sessions I attended were on Humanitarian FOSS and
>>> Managing the GSoC's payment (which had a few controversial suggestions
>>> followed by a healthy discussion, whether each student should be paid
>>> equally, or based on their geographical location, or by the outcomes -
>>> a final outcome of the discussion was to propose a reward for the
>>> outstanding students - may be a GSoC Student Summit).
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you Martin, Marc, Jean, and Xun. I will share more information
>>>>> on this, after the event (still we aren't given a schedule or hints
>>>>> about the events/talks scheduled, since it is an unconference).
>>>>
>>>> /me hates waiting :P
>>>>
>>>> Have fun, and thanks for representing AbiWord!
>>>
>>> Thank you Marc.
>>>
>>> Awaiting the second day eagerly.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Pradeeban.
>>>
>>> [1] https://gsoc-wiki.osuosl.org/index.php/Community_matters
>>> [2] https://gsoc-wiki.osuosl.org/index.php/Session_Notes_2011
>>>>
>>>>  Marc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kathiravelu Pradeeban.
>>> Software Engineer.
>>> WSO2 Inc.
>>>
>>> Blog: [Llovizna] http://kkpradeeban.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Kathiravelu Pradeeban.
> Software Engineer.
> WSO2 Inc.
>
> Blog: [Llovizna] http://kkpradeeban.blogspot.com/
>

-- 
Kathiravelu Pradeeban.
Software Engineer.
WSO2 Inc.
Blog: [Llovizna] http://kkpradeeban.blogspot.com/