Re: [Tuxmath-devel] [Tux4kids-tuxtype-dev] Tux4Kids has no mentors for GSoC 2011 (as of yet)

[Aviral D. <avi...@gm...>]

I could probably help, but then again, you're right about the "you wouldn't
want to be mentored by someone younger to you".

On 9 March 2011 09:17, Jesus Mager <fo...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi David!
>
> It is hard the hear that no one have  time this year! Sadly I am in my
> last year at the university, and I am very busy and I also don't want
> to leave a student with out attention. I got this experience the first
> time I was mentor. On the Admin question, it is hard for me because my
> nad English.
> But let me see, I can try to do an effort. My idea is continue the
> work on TuxHistory, but one of the biggest problems I have now is the
> lack of an integrated GUI TuxHistory. So I was thinking about the
> possibility of including a own (basic) GUI in TuxCommons. What do you
> think abut it?
>
> 2011/3/8 David Bruce <dav...@gm...>:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > (sorry about the cross-post, I want to make sure this message gets out)
> >
> > As things stand now, no one has offered to be a mentor for this year's
> > GSoC for Tux4Kids.
> >
> > If you are too busy to make a commitment, I know how you feel, and
> > this year I sort of feel that way myself.  I had hoped someone else
> > would offer to be the GSoC admin this year for our projects.  I've
> > decided I'm willing to do that, as long as we have mentors for the
> > projects, but so far no one has agreed to be a mentor.
> >
> > If the consensus is to sit this year out, I'm more or less OK with
> > that.  For sure on the tuxmath/tuxtype side, there are a ton of "loose
> > ends" that ought to be taken care of before we add major or invasive
> > new features, and I get the sense the same is true for Tux Paint.
> > Still, GSoC is our biggest opportunity to bring new developers into
> > the project, so I would like to participate if there is interest.  But
> > if no one can mentor, it's a moot point.  For the last two years, I
> > was both admin and mentor, and I felt like I didn't give my students
> > as much attention as they deserved.
> >
> > So, if you want to be a mentor, and it is news to you that we might
> > not participate this year due to lack of mentors, let me know right
> > away (as in by Thursday AM).  The deadline for us to submit an
> > organization application is Friday.  I don't want anyone feeling
> > shocked after the fact if we don't apply to participate this year.
> >
> > As always, thanks everyone for everything you have contributed.  I
> > don't want anyone to get the idea that they should feel obligated to
> > volunteer.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > David Bruce
> >
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>
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Regards,
Aviral