| 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
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List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2010 site.
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| March 18-29:
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Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.
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| March 29:~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
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Student application period opens.
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| April 9:12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
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Student application deadline.
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| Interim Period:
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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:
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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
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Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2010 site.
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| Community Bonding Period:
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Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
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| May 24:
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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:
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Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
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| July 12:~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
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Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.
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| July 16:12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC
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Mid-term evaluations deadline;Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file.
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| Interim Period:
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Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
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| August 9:
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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
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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
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Final evaluation deadlineGoogle begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.
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| August 23:
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Final results of GSoC 2010 announced
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| August 30:
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Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google
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| October (date TBD):
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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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