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Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc] Application period ends today / review period begins.
From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-03 21:41:58


Andrew Sutton wrote:
>> I think all potential mentors should rate as many applications as they find
>> time to evaluate. It's the mentors who will collectively decide how to rank
>> applications, and thus, which ones will get selected. This may involve not
>> only individual ranking, but also some internal discussion.
>>
>>
>
> Agreed. Also, I think it might be nice to write a short explanation of
> grades we're giving. Last time I checked, it's not good etiquette to reject
> a research paper from publication "just because".
>

Yes. The GSoC web application has a 'public' checkbox for reviews. If we
don't check that, comments will be 'private' (meaning: only seen by
mentors), so we may put annotations there. I'm not sure what other
medium we may use for such 'internal' discussions.

Regards,
       Stefan

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