We are trying to turn the lights on for a new program this year, Fedora Summer Coding 2010.
This is more than making lemonade out of lemons. After we figured out that the whole idea of summer coding wasn’t kinda-sorta-good but actually pretty great when done right for your own community, it was clear we needed to do our own implementation of the summer coding model that Google first defined.
Although the plan was to test ideas during GSoC this year, we don’t get that luxury. Instead, we get the enviable position of taking a cool brand, Fedora, and create for it our own program to meld college students, mentors, summers, code, and community.
If you are at all interested, join the SIG mailing list where we are discussing how all the structure comes together. Use the step-by-step guide for organizers to get started.
Look forward to working with you!
(Fixed link to SIG mailing list.)
The SIG mailinglist should link to: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/summer-coding
My URL wasn’t working because I was sending through HTTPS and lists.fedoraproject.org doesn’t seem to be configured that way. I concur that the true address is on admin.fp.org, but I like the mnemonic with lists.fp.o, as that is also in the URL when emailing to a list.
Understandable, as I see it works now without the using a secure connection (https). Maybe this could be resolved by the infrastructure team, since I agree with using lists.fp.o as it seems more obvious.
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