Python Community was very sucessfull last year (see -
http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/2007). This year they just started, be we could learn from them (
http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode).
What I like about their application/proposal is:
1. Mentor list - http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/Mentors
2. Links to other projects sites where there is discussion about Summer of Code
3. Explicit expectation & advise for students (which we could copy with linking to the source)
4. Link to previous attempts (despite that our application failed last year - be we could show our improvement to Google).
5. Links to Google Summer of Code site - to the most important documents like Google's Advice for Students, Google's Advice for Mentors, FAQ, etc. - so to reuse the hard work done by Google in explaining details
6. Special mailing lists for mentors & students - we could do that with Google Groups especially because every mentor is required to have Google Account. I belive that we should set lists which could be reused in the following years unlike Python.
Regards
Tomasz Kosiak
PS. I've also posted this to Tcl-Core & AOLserver lists.
Can I post to OpenACS forum by e-mail, probably yes but not sure nor found any instructions.
