[SciPy-Dev] SciPy GSoC'15 participation?

[Ralf Gommers]

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 7:45 AM Eric Larson <larson.eric.d at gmail.com> wrote:

> I say let's go for it. We can always apply to be a sub-org, and if no
> project/student combination seems is suitable given the mentor
> volunteer(s), I don't think there is any problem with not accepting any.
>

True

The fftpack project sounds reasonable. I can at least be a secondary
> member, possibly a primary depending on my time this spring and summer.
>
> I can also be the SciPy sub-org admin, since I'm usually one for another
> sub-org anyway.
>

Awesome, thanks!

Ralf



> Eric
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 1:58 AM Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It's the time of the year where GSoC kicks off again. Below email from
>> Terri, the lead PSF organizer, explains some of the deadlines and things
>> that are different from last year.
>>
>> So: do we want to participate again this year? We already have one
>> serious proposal from a student in preparation, about scipy.fftpack (see
>> earlier thread on this list).
>>
>> If we do want to participate, do we have volunteers for mentors and a
>> sub-org admin? I've done the latter for the last years, but this year I
>> really do not have the time (if you're interested: it doesn't take much
>> time compared to mentoring).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ralf
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Terri Oda <terri at toybox.ca>
>> Date: Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 11:02 PM
>> Subject: [GSoC-mentors] Python in GSoC 2019!
>> To: <gsoc-mentors at python.org>
>>
>>
>> Happy new year, everyone!
>>
>> As you may have seen, we're starting to prepare Python's application for
>> GSoC 2019, and we need your ideas.  We've got a few eager students
>> already asking what you'd like them to work on.
>>
>> The website has been updated for 2019: http://python-gsoc.org
>>
>> New and notable:
>>
>> - GSoC org applications open early this year, starting January 15th!
>> Google moves the dates around every year so students in different
>> countries with different schedules get opportunities to participate more
>> easily when the times line up with their scholastic year, and this is
>> one of the early years.
>>
>> - We're asking for sub-orgs to get as many ideas ready as they can by
>> Feb 4th so that we have lots of ideas ready for when Google judges our
>> umbrella org ideas page.  We need well-formed ideas if we want to get
>> accepted, and now's a great time to catch the eye of the most eager
>> students!  Once you've got some ideas ready, you can make a pull request
>> to get yourself added to the page here:
>> https://github.com/python-gsoc/python-gsoc.github.io
>>
>> - John has set up a Slack channel for Python GSoC.  It's bridged in to
>> link to the IRC channel, but may be a more familiar interface/mobile app
>> for people who aren't regular IRC users.  I know, it's not open source,
>> but we didn't have much luck with Zulip and while Matrix has been good
>> it's not quite solving the usability problem we have with the students,
>> so we're trying out the more popular Slack.  We'll see how it works this
>> year and if it's worth keeping, so if this is a thing you want us to
>> support, please use it!  (And if you see problems, please report them to
>> gsoc-admins at python.org so we can get them fixed.)
>>
>> You can snag a Slack invite here:
>>
>> https://join.slack.com/t/python-gsoc/shared_invite/enQtNDg0NDgwNjMyNTE2LTNlOGM1MWY2MzRlMjNhMGM2OWJjYzE3ODRmMmM0MjFjNGJmNGRiYzI4ZDc1ODgxOTYzMDQyNzBiNGFlYWVjZTY
>>
>> - We've got space for some new sub-orgs this year!  If you know of any
>> projects that might want to try out GSoC with us this year, let us know,
>> or tell them to email gsoc-admins at python.org (or join irc/matrix/slack,
>> or whatever) to chat with us!
>>
>>   Terri
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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