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Mentors are one of the crucial part for a good Summer of Code organization, without a good number of motivated mentors we are unable to do a good Summer of Code for the Maemo community.
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Mentors are a crucial part for a good Summer of Code organization, without a good number of motivated mentors we are unable to do a good Summer of Code for the Maemo community.
==How to become a mentor==
==How to become a mentor==
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In order to become a mentor, you must have done some contributions for the open source community in general, you can be a maemo community person, or you can be from other community's that produce software that Maemo use (eg. Gnome, BlueZ, Telepathy, Mozilla,...). People that develop project to Maemo (eg. Maemo mapper, Canola, liqbase,...) are encouraged to become mentors, proposing also ideas for their project.
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In order to become a mentor, you must have done some contributions for the open source community in general, you can be a Maemo community person, or you can be from other community's that produce software that Maemo use (eg. Gnome, BlueZ, Telepathy, Mozilla, etc.). People that develop project to Maemo (eg. Maemo mapper, Canola, liqbase, etc.) are encouraged to become mentors, proposing also ideas for their project.
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To become a mentor you only need to show your interest in participating in GSoC, send a mail to vdv100 at gmail dot com, with your name, Maemo.org nickname (if you have one), your areas of expertise and if you participated in the past in GSoC as a mentor or student send informations about your participation too.  
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To become a mentor you only need to show your interest in participating in GSoC, send a mail to vdv100 at gmail dot com, with your name, maemo.org nickname (if you have one), your areas of expertise and if you participated in the past in GSoC as a mentor or student send informations about your participation too.  
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If you have some project ideas just add it to the [[GSoC 2009/Project ideas| ideas page]].
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If you have some project ideas just add it to the [[GSoC 2009/Project ideas|ideas page]].
==Mentor expectations==
==Mentor expectations==
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* Mentors are expected to spend some time assisting the assigned students, the mentors should respond to the students questions as faster as possible;
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* Mentors are expected to spend some time assisting the assigned students, the mentors should respond to the students questions as quickly as possible;
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* Mentors are expected to be patients with their students, keep the students in the project schedule and motivating the student when difficulties arise;
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* Mentors are expected to be patient with their students, keep the students on the project schedule and motivating the student when difficulties arise;
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* Mentors should know at any time the current status of the projects of their assigned students.
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* Mentors are expected to know, at any time, the current status of the projects of their assigned students.
==Benefits of GSoC for Mentors==
==Benefits of GSoC for Mentors==
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* Chance of help even more the Maemo community and the projects around Maemo;
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* Chance to help the Maemo Community and the projects around Maemo;
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* Get some student labor in mentors 'pet' projects;
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* Get some student labor in your "pet" projects;
* Receive some goodies (Book, t-shirt);
* Receive some goodies (Book, t-shirt);
* Receive some money;
* Receive some money;
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* [http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors Advice for GSoC Mentors]
* [http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors Advice for GSoC Mentors]
* [http://www.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ Gnome GSoC mentoring howTo]
* [http://www.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ Gnome GSoC mentoring howTo]
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== Mentors ==
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<font color="#FF0000">Note</font>: Before add your name to this list, make sure you read [[GSoC_2009/Mentors#How_to_become_a_mentor|this]].
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*Aniello Del Sorbo ([[User:anidel|anidel]]) - Xournal/Canola reader(RSS,Mail,...) plugin
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*Csaba Kertész ([[User:kecsap|kecsap]]) - GTK+/OpenCV
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*Eduardo Lima ([[User:etrunko|etrunko]])
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*Eduard Bartosh ([[User:ed_|ed_]]) - Mnemosyne for Maemo
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*Florian Boor ([[User:florian|florian]]) - GTK+/GPE/PIM/UI/Phones/Kernel
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*Gary Birkett ([[User:lcuk|lcuk]]) - liqbase
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*Gustavo Lima Chaves ([[User:glima|glima]]) - EFL/Canola
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*Ilias Biris ([[User:ibiris|ibiris]]) - C/C++/Calendar
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*Ivan Frade ([[User:ifrade|ifrade]]) - Tracker
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*Leandro Sales ([[User:leandro|leandro]]) - BRisa-UPnP/Location Based Systems/Maemo PC-Connectivity/GStreamer
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*Luis Felipe Moraes ([[User:lfelipe|lfelipe]]) - EFL/Canola
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*Luis Gustavo Lira ([[User:lglira|lglira]])- Python/Bluetooth/USB/Networking
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*Mike Jipping ([[User:frethop|frethop]]) - Networking/Mobile phone operating systems/Distributed computing
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*Mohammad Anwari ([[User:mdamt|mdamt]]) - i18n/New input methods
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*Rafael Antognolli ([[User:antognolli|antognolli]]) - EFL/Canola
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*Thomas Perl ([[User:thp|thp]]) - Python/GTK+/SDL/UI design/Usability/UX
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*Valério Valério ([[User:vdvsx|vdvsx]]) - Python/EFL/Bluetooth/GTK+/UI
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*Zeeshan Ali ([[User:zeenix|zeenix]]) - GUPnP/Rygel
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==Backup Mentors==
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* Andrew Flegg ([[User:jaffa|Jaffa]])
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* Kees Jongenburger ([[User:keesj|keesj]])
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* Quim Gil ([[User:qgil|qgil]])
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* Ryan Abel ([[User:generalantilles|GeneralAntilles]])
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* Simon Pickering ([[User:lardman|lardman]])
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* Tim Samoff ([[User:timsamoff|timsamoff]])
==Mentor FAQs==
==Mentor FAQs==
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If you have some questions regarding the Maemo organization, you can ask those questions in the maemo mailing lists, the questions will be copied to this page in order to help other possible mentors with the same questions.
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If you have any questions regarding the Maemo organization, you can ask those questions in the [[community mailing lists]], the questions will be copied to this page in order to help other possible mentors with the same questions.
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Latest revision as of 09:56, 12 February 2010

Mentors are a crucial part for a good Summer of Code organization, without a good number of motivated mentors we are unable to do a good Summer of Code for the Maemo community.

Contents

[edit] How to become a mentor

In order to become a mentor, you must have done some contributions for the open source community in general, you can be a Maemo community person, or you can be from other community's that produce software that Maemo use (eg. Gnome, BlueZ, Telepathy, Mozilla, etc.). People that develop project to Maemo (eg. Maemo mapper, Canola, liqbase, etc.) are encouraged to become mentors, proposing also ideas for their project.

To become a mentor you only need to show your interest in participating in GSoC, send a mail to vdv100 at gmail dot com, with your name, maemo.org nickname (if you have one), your areas of expertise and if you participated in the past in GSoC as a mentor or student send informations about your participation too.

If you have some project ideas just add it to the ideas page.

[edit] Mentor expectations

  • Mentors are expected to spend some time assisting the assigned students, the mentors should respond to the students questions as quickly as possible;
  • Mentors are expected to be patient with their students, keep the students on the project schedule and motivating the student when difficulties arise;
  • Mentors are expected to know, at any time, the current status of the projects of their assigned students.

[edit] Benefits of GSoC for Mentors

  • Chance to help the Maemo Community and the projects around Maemo;
  • Get some student labor in your "pet" projects;
  • Receive some goodies (Book, t-shirt);
  • Receive some money;

[edit] Mentor resources

[edit] Mentors

Note: Before add your name to this list, make sure you read this.

  • Aniello Del Sorbo (anidel) - Xournal/Canola reader(RSS,Mail,...) plugin
  • Csaba Kertész (kecsap) - GTK+/OpenCV
  • Eduardo Lima (etrunko)
  • Eduard Bartosh (ed_) - Mnemosyne for Maemo
  • Florian Boor (florian) - GTK+/GPE/PIM/UI/Phones/Kernel
  • Gary Birkett (lcuk) - liqbase
  • Gustavo Lima Chaves (glima) - EFL/Canola
  • Ilias Biris (ibiris) - C/C++/Calendar
  • Ivan Frade (ifrade) - Tracker
  • Leandro Sales (leandro) - BRisa-UPnP/Location Based Systems/Maemo PC-Connectivity/GStreamer
  • Luis Felipe Moraes (lfelipe) - EFL/Canola
  • Luis Gustavo Lira (lglira)- Python/Bluetooth/USB/Networking
  • Mike Jipping (frethop) - Networking/Mobile phone operating systems/Distributed computing
  • Mohammad Anwari (mdamt) - i18n/New input methods
  • Rafael Antognolli (antognolli) - EFL/Canola
  • Thomas Perl (thp) - Python/GTK+/SDL/UI design/Usability/UX
  • Valério Valério (vdvsx) - Python/EFL/Bluetooth/GTK+/UI
  • Zeeshan Ali (zeenix) - GUPnP/Rygel

[edit] Backup Mentors

[edit] Mentor FAQs

If you have any questions regarding the Maemo organization, you can ask those questions in the community mailing lists, the questions will be copied to this page in order to help other possible mentors with the same questions.

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