[boost] [gsoc15] Attn: We need 2015 mentors and project ideas for Boost!

Subject: [boost] [gsoc15] Attn: We need 2015 mentors and project ideas for Boost!
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-12 10:51:37

Dear Boost community,

We are now within one month of the beginning of Google Summer of Code 
2015! Last year's GSoC furthered the continuing success of the Boost 
GSoC programme with the first ever Boost funded extension to a GSoC 
project (that being Boost.Hana by Louis Dionne mentored by Joel 
Falcou, congrats to both of them on passing an exceptionally tough 
selection process), and over $50,000 of Google funding brought to 
Boost in 2014. We also sent three representatives to last year's 
mentor summit, including one student whose entire expenses the Boost 
Steering Committee very generously covered.

As part of filling in our application for 2015, we must supply to 
Google a list of potential GSoC mentors and potential GSoC projects 
for summer 2015. There are a number of changes to how we design 
project ideas for students this year intended to improve the GSoC 
experience for both students and mentors, so please examine the ideas 
page which outlines those changes at 
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2015 and if you have any 
questions or concerns about those changes, please ask now rather than 
just before the GSoC deadline.

If you think yourself able to mentor a student doing some work on 
Boost this summer, *please* consider adding a description of the 
proposed work item and your name to the list. Last year we acquired 
eight slots from Google and had to disappoint two mentors and 
students, we hope with the improved selection process we can get back 
to the ten annual slots we once had.

If you want to know more about mentoring a Google Summer of Code 
funded
student work before you nominate yourself, please feel free to ask on 
the
main Boost developers mailing list boost_at_lists.boost.org. Thank you 
in
advance for your time.

Niall Douglas (Boost Google Summer of Code admin)
Boris Schäling (Boost Google Summer of Code admin)

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Boost C++ Libraries Google Summer of Code 2014 admin
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2014