Below are the questions which need to be answered for the Mentoring Organization Application.
The application is due between 3 March and 12 March. Have at it!
PS I think we can leave the Google account information off of this page and just include it when we send in the application.
Ought to say something about funding our app will have a large impact on the open source world since Tcl/Tk sees significant usage in government and industry.
We feel that Tcl/Tk, one of the most mature of all the so-called scripting languages, is a powerful tool to use for developing software in many application areas, presents an interesting and inspired set of language features, and is quite fun to use! By participating in GSoC we hope to accomplish three things: entice students into experiencing Tcl/Tk, provide students the opportunity to develop software that will actually get used, scratch various itches that we have not yet had the resources to attack.
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Matthew Burke
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CF is checking, but someone who knows is welcome to correct this.
I'll give some thought to what should be on a student application template, but I think it would be useful to help insure that particular information is included by the student and to make it easier to review/compare the applications.
Known to be knowledgeable. Known by other mentors.
Make them an offer they can't refuse?
Can we request that a professor at their institution be an adjunct Mentor of some sort?
Provide a backup Mentor with the application. The Tcl community has a pool of professionals with suitable teaching, CS and Tcl internals knowledge to be tapped if both Mentor and Backup fail.
I think it would be stronger if we could say that we have a group of backups identified, rather than saying we have a bunch of people we could contact.
The Tcl community is quite open, friendly, and easy to get along with.
The ability to code in Tcl provides a leg up in several non-programming careers like chip design, telecommunications, engineering, etc.
We will offer an opportunity to make a presentation and submit a paper at the annual conference to successful projects
We will offer an opportunity to receive a second award for "Best Student Paper" at the conference.
Successful projects are very likely to be included in commercial offerings.
Successful students will be offered a publication credit for writing up their work for the annual Tcl/Tk conference.
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