Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-forrest-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 85830 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2005 11:14:14 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Jun 2005 11:14:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 7620 invoked by uid 500); 2 Jun 2005 11:14:13 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-forrest-dev-archive@forrest.apache.org Received: (qmail 7590 invoked by uid 500); 2 Jun 2005 11:14:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@forrest.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: Reply-To: dev@forrest.apache.org List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@forrest.apache.org Received: (qmail 7574 invoked by uid 99); 2 Jun 2005 11:14:12 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from ns3.wkwyw.net (HELO ns3.wkwyw.net) (217.199.181.91) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with SMTP; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:14:12 -0700 Received: (qmail 30817 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2005 11:14:02 -0000 Received: from 82-69-78-226.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk (HELO ?192.168.0.4?) (82.69.78.226) by ns3.wkwyw.net with SMTP; 2 Jun 2005 11:14:02 -0000 Message-ID: <429EE9EE.2020306@apache.org> Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:13:50 +0100 From: Ross Gardler User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Forrest Developers List Subject: Summer of Code proposals Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N As all committers will now know Apache is a mentoring organisation in Googles Summer of Code initiative. I have already submitted (and received interest in) a proposal to build voice plugins for Forrest. However, there is plenty of scope for other proposals. The idea is that the student be mentored by a committer on the project. The mentor is supposed to help the student learn the ways of Open Source development and to ensure there is someone to guide them in the development process. However, they are not on their own, all design discussion is to be held in the normal community way, so the student should gain the support of the community as a whole. As I see it, the mentor is someone who guarantees to read and respond to the students communications, whilst other committers play their normal role of only piping up if they have an interest. I am willing to consider being a co-mentor on any projects submitted by the Apache Forrest project. So if anyone has any ideas and priorities - views perhaps. I have the time to spend on key projects within Forrest, so if there is anyone with "not quite enough time" to commit to being a mentor I will assist (I stress assist, I do not want to be lumbered with full mentorship, I already have one project and one co-mentored project). The first stage is to attract students to the project by adding a brief outline to http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2005 The second stage is to work with any interested students to create a full project proposal. Note competition is high for the Google sponsored projects, but the output of making a submission is a clear project proposal which will be a useful design document for Forrest. Ross