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* FAQ: http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2010/faqs
* FAQ: http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2010/faqs


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=== Subpages ===
* [[/Organisation Application]]
* [[/Organisation Application]]
 
* [[/Timeline]]
=== Timeline ===
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| February 8:                      || Program announced. Life is good.
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| March 8:~12 noon PST / 19:00 UTC || '''Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google.'''
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| March 12:4 PM PDT / 23:00 UTC    || '''Mentoring organization application deadline.'''
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| March 13-17:                    || Google program administrators review organization applications.
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| March 18:~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
| List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2010 site.
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| March 18-29:
| Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.
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| March 29:~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
| Student application period opens.
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| April 9:12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
| Student application deadline.
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| Interim Period:
| Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
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| April 21:
| All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor - 07:00 UTCStudent ranking/scoring deadline. Please do not add private comments with a nonzero score or mark students as ineligible (unless doing so as part of resolving duplicate accepted students) after this deadline - 17:00 UTCIRC meeting to resolve any outstanding duplicate accepted students - timing TBD, will be announced well in advance
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| April 26:~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
| Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2010 site.
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| Community Bonding Period:
| Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
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| May 24:
| Students begin coding for their GSoC projects;Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities.
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| Interim Period:
| Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
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| July 12:~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
| Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.
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| July 16:12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
| Mid-term evaluations deadline;Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file.
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| Interim Period:
| Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
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| August 9:
| Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.
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| August 16:~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
| Firm 'pencils down' date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.
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| August 20:12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
| Final evaluation deadlineGoogle begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.
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| August 23:
| Final results of GSoC 2010 announced
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| August 30:
| Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google
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| October (date TBD):
| Mentor Summit at Google: Representatives from each successfully participating organization are invited to Google to greet, collaborate and code. Our mission for the weekend: make the program even better, have fun and make new friends.
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=== Mentors ===
=== Mentors ===
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For coordination there will be regular IRC and Mumble meetings with the students and mentors. The schedule of this meetings should be at least twice a week and will be fixed as soon as the participants are fixed.
For coordination there will be regular IRC and Mumble meetings with the students and mentors. The schedule of this meetings should be at least twice a week and will be fixed as soon as the participants are fixed.
=== Students Applications ===


== Idea 1: MediaWiki extension to create ZIM files ==
== Idea 1: MediaWiki extension to create ZIM files ==
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Beside that openZIM is working with Linux4Africa as they are about to adopt the ZIM file format using the openZIM zimreader application as a local webserver on their school servers.
Beside that openZIM is working with Linux4Africa as they are about to adopt the ZIM file format using the openZIM zimreader application as a local webserver on their school servers.
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