<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Well, I can only speak about my experience.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The page <a href="https://community.kde.org/GSoC">https://community.kde.org/GSoC</a> is good, and I think that is a good start. When I submitted my proposal las year at Umbrello, I did start to get to know Umbrello code before it. And get to know the code is, for me, a required step to get accepted on that project, otherwise when GSoC starts the student may lose valuable time on that. Also, search for a project and a mentor is a good step too. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I know that all of GSoC students do a review about the Community and that the Community can access it, however, maybe we can do a pool on #kde-gsoc about it, with a deep questioning about all the experience involving GSoC, of former students and the ones that have interesting to apply for 2017. That can help us to define a better standards to follow.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Well, that is just my ideas... I'm open to discussing it. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:23 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:valorie.zimmerman@gmail.com" target="_blank">valorie.zimmerman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Valorie Zimmerman<br>
<<a href="mailto:valorie.zimmerman@gmail.com">valorie.zimmerman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've just finished preparing the new Ideas page for 2017:<br>
> <a href="https://community.kde.org/GSoC/2017/Ideas" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.kde.org/<wbr>GSoC/2017/Ideas</a><br>
><br>
> It is basically the same as every other year, and has no previous<br>
> ideas on it. If you or your project plan to present a former idea<br>
> again, click on the 2016 Ideas link, and copy/paste it into the 2017<br>
> page as soon as possible.<br>
><br>
> Of course, new ideas are welcome as well, as long as there are mentors<br>
> available. We'll remove ideas with no mentor listed. Please ensure<br>
> that there is contact information for each mentor.<br>
<br>
</span>Sorry for replying to myself again, but I just heard an excellent idea<br>
on #gsoc - pictures! Terri said, "lots of code doesn't need it, but if<br>
you're writing code for a visualizer? an image analyzer? graphing<br>
software? a game?"<br>
<br>
I think a few screenshots where appropriate would spice up our Ideas<br>
page quite a bit. I'm going to add it as an optional part to our<br>
suggested format for Ideas.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> *Please* do no maintain a separate Ideas page which you present to<br>
> students. We need one central place for Ideas, and rules and<br>
> guidelines as well.<br>
><br>
> Speaking of guidelines: please read over<br>
> <a href="https://community.kde.org/GSoC" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.kde.org/GSoC</a> and see what you think. We've tried to<br>
> clarify the language and make our general expectations clear, as we<br>
> think being upfront about our standards is one way to get better<br>
> proposals and better students.<br>
<br>
</span>I'm serious about the above request. We need to all be on the same<br>
page about the quality of work we expect, and that includes<br>
communication from the students.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Valorie<br>
<br>
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