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Subject: Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
From: Suresh Marru <smarru@apache.org>
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Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 20:47:23 -0500
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On Mar 2, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Ross Gardler <rgardler@opendirective.com> =
wrote:

> On 2 March 2013 10:37, Shane Curcuru <asfl@shanecurcuru.org> wrote:
>=20
>> Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a =
non-code
>> project?
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> Google have always, in the past, been against non-code projects in =
GSoC.
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> Assuming this has not changed, your ideas are better suited to the =
other
> initiative which is more high school level (I forget its name) but it =
runs
> later in the year and projects are discreet and less code focussed. =
We've
> not participated in that programme for a good few years but that's =
only
> been due to lack of someone to drive our engagement.

Is it Google Code-in [1] ? Documentation seems to rightly fit here.=20

Suresh
[1] - https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/2012/

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> Ross
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>> We often decry the lack of understandable or organized technical
>> documentation, especially on the apache.org site.  Similarly, we =
could do
>> a much better job simply clearly describing things for branding, =
making
>> fundraising look a little prettier, having an easier to navigate =
events
>> area, etc.
>>=20
>> Should I try to find enough discrete tasks  here to submit a
>> documentation-type GSoC idea?  Or is that not likely to find any =
students /
>> going to be too much work to pull together?
>>=20
>> I love the idea of offering a non-heavy-code project, and I will have =
a
>> little spare time over the summer (when I'm taking a 12 week leave of
>> absence from $dayjob).
>>=20
>> Ideas? Anyone want to help?
>>=20
>> - Shane
>>=20
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> --=20
> Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
> Programme Leader (Open Development)
> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com