[gsoc] Change in Google Summer of Code admin
Dear all, Google Summer of Code 2017 has ended with another successful summer of student coding with probably the highest calibre year we've ever seen. After four years as lead admin for Boost Summer of Code, my time has come to an end. I'll be making way for David Bellot, long time mentor at Boost GSoC and maintainer of Boost.uBLAS. Please join me in welcoming David as new lead admin. I'll be staying on as backup admin next summer to help David settle in. My time as Boost Summer of Code admin has certainly been eventful with lots of surprises, ups and downs. The fact these surprises did not turn into crises is due in large part to a few people in particular who went far beyond the call of duty: * Jon Kalb, who went to bat for the students repeatedly in multiple venues and finding tens of thousands of dollars when it was needed. * Boris Schäling, whom I replaced as lead admin and who acted as backup admin for some years, who also managed to arrange tens of thousands of dollars of sponsorship when it was needed most. * Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, for acting as backup admin these past few years. * Andrew Sutton, the lead GSoC admin before Boris, who gave such detailed and useful early advice and materials on how to best navigate the treacherous waters of Google Summer of Code! And finally to all the mentors who so generously volunteered their time, and to the students every single one of whom successfully finished their projects in my time as admin despite problems with sickness, deaths in close family etc. Some of those students have gone on to become mainstays of the C++ conference circuit, famous names in their own right. I'm sure they would have been so without Google Summer of Code, but I'd like to think that it helped bring them to Boost rather than them getting into C++ via elsewhere. Thank you students! Regards, Niall
On 9/7/17 9:22 AM, Niall Douglas via Boost-users wrote:
Dear all,
Google Summer of Code 2017 has ended with another successful summer of student coding with probably the highest calibre year we've ever seen. After four years as lead admin for Boost Summer of Code, my time has come to an end. I'll be making way for David Bellot, long time mentor at Boost GSoC and maintainer of Boost.uBLAS. Please join me in welcoming David as new lead admin. I'll be staying on as backup admin next summer to help David settle in.
My time as Boost Summer of Code admin has certainly been eventful with lots of surprises, ups and downs. The fact these surprises did not turn into crises is due in large part to a few people in particular who went far beyond the call of duty:
* Jon Kalb, who went to bat for the students repeatedly in multiple venues and finding tens of thousands of dollars when it was needed.
* Boris Schäling, whom I replaced as lead admin and who acted as backup admin for some years, who also managed to arrange tens of thousands of dollars of sponsorship when it was needed most.
* Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, for acting as backup admin these past few years.
* Andrew Sutton, the lead GSoC admin before Boris, who gave such detailed and useful early advice and materials on how to best navigate the treacherous waters of Google Summer of Code!
And finally to all the mentors who so generously volunteered their time, and to the students every single one of whom successfully finished their projects in my time as admin despite problems with sickness, deaths in close family etc. Some of those students have gone on to become mainstays of the C++ conference circuit, famous names in their own right. I'm sure they would have been so without Google Summer of Code, but I'd like to think that it helped bring them to Boost rather than them getting into C++ via elsewhere. Thank you students!
I want to thank Niall for his successful efforts in making the Boost GSOC program a success. I'm aware that this is not as easy as he made it look. Thanks again. And good luck to his successor. Robert Ramey
Regards, Niall _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users
Niall, Thank you very much for taking on this role. I know that it demands more time and effort than people realize and you executed well. As for Boost Summer of Code… we’ll let’s just put that down as “an adventure.” Thanks for your leadership there in an unpreceded situation and making that a success. David, Welcome to your new role. Andrew, Boris, and Niall have given us high expectations and I look forward to working with you. Jon On 2017-09-07, 9:22 AM, "Boost-users on behalf of Niall Douglas via Boost-users" <boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org on behalf of boost-users@lists.boost.org> wrote: Dear all, Google Summer of Code 2017 has ended with another successful summer of student coding with probably the highest calibre year we've ever seen. After four years as lead admin for Boost Summer of Code, my time has come to an end. I'll be making way for David Bellot, long time mentor at Boost GSoC and maintainer of Boost.uBLAS. Please join me in welcoming David as new lead admin. I'll be staying on as backup admin next summer to help David settle in. My time as Boost Summer of Code admin has certainly been eventful with lots of surprises, ups and downs. The fact these surprises did not turn into crises is due in large part to a few people in particular who went far beyond the call of duty: * Jon Kalb, who went to bat for the students repeatedly in multiple venues and finding tens of thousands of dollars when it was needed. * Boris Schäling, whom I replaced as lead admin and who acted as backup admin for some years, who also managed to arrange tens of thousands of dollars of sponsorship when it was needed most. * Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, for acting as backup admin these past few years. * Andrew Sutton, the lead GSoC admin before Boris, who gave such detailed and useful early advice and materials on how to best navigate the treacherous waters of Google Summer of Code! And finally to all the mentors who so generously volunteered their time, and to the students every single one of whom successfully finished their projects in my time as admin despite problems with sickness, deaths in close family etc. Some of those students have gone on to become mainstays of the C++ conference circuit, famous names in their own right. I'm sure they would have been so without Google Summer of Code, but I'd like to think that it helped bring them to Boost rather than them getting into C++ via elsewhere. Thank you students! Regards, Niall _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users
"Niall Douglas via Boost-users" wrote in message news:a376f555-6a0b-b6f2-e53f-aa5e0bbb23e0@nedprod.com...
Dear all,
Google Summer of Code 2017 has ended with another successful summer of student coding with probably the highest calibre year we've ever seen. After four years as lead admin for Boost Summer of Code, my time has come to an end. I'll be making way for David Bellot, long time mentor at Boost GSoC and maintainer of Boost.uBLAS. Please join me in welcoming David as new lead admin. I'll be staying on as backup admin next summer to help David settle in.
Thank you, Niall, for having run the GSoC program at Boost for many years! I'm looking forward to meet you in person at Meeting C++ (seems like ages since we met last time :)! Boris
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"Niall Douglas via Boost-users" wrote in message news:a376f555-6a0b-b6f2-e53f-aa5e0bbb23e0@nedprod.com...
Dear all,
Google Summer of Code 2017 has ended with another successful summer of student coding with probably the highest calibre year we've ever seen. After four years as lead admin for Boost Summer of Code, my time has come to an end. I'll be making way for David Bellot, long time mentor at Boost GSoC and maintainer of Boost.uBLAS. Please join me in welcoming David as new lead admin. I'll be staying on as backup admin next summer to help David settle in.
Thank you, Niall, for having run the GSoC program at Boost for many years! I'm looking forward to meet you in person at Meeting C++ (seems like ages since we met last time :)! Boris
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"Niall Douglas via Boost-users" wrote in message news:a376f555-6a0b-b6f2-e53f-aa5e0bbb23e0@nedprod.com...
Dear all,
Google Summer of Code 2017 has ended with another successful summer of student coding with probably the highest calibre year we've ever seen. After four years as lead admin for Boost Summer of Code, my time has come to an end. I'll be making way for David Bellot, long time mentor at Boost GSoC and maintainer of Boost.uBLAS. Please join me in welcoming David as new lead admin. I'll be staying on as backup admin next summer to help David settle in.
Thank you, Niall, for having run the GSoC program at Boost for many years! I'm looking forward to meet you in person at Meeting C++ (seems like ages since we met last time :)! Boris
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On 07/09/2017 18:22, Niall Douglas via Boost-users wrote:
Dear all,
Google Summer of Code 2017 has ended with another successful summer of student coding with probably the highest calibre year we've ever seen. After four years as lead admin for Boost Summer of Code, my time has come to an end. I'll be making way for David Bellot, long time mentor at Boost GSoC and maintainer of Boost.uBLAS. Please join me in welcoming David as new lead admin. I'll be staying on as backup admin next summer to help David settle in.
Thanks Niall for all your hard work and best wishes to David! Ion
participants (5)
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Boris Schäling -
Ion Gaztañaga -
Jon Kalb -
Niall Douglas -
Robert Ramey