BeagleBoard/GSoC

BeagleBoard.org Summer of Code
This is the BeagleBoard specific page for Google Summer of Code. BeagleBoard.org has been accepted as a mentoring organization for 2014 and is recruiting mentors and students.

Prospective mentors are requested to assist with the ideas page, add themselves to the list, join the mailing list and create a connection to BeagleBoard.org on Melange.

Students are requested to engage possible mentors and may begin submitting applications for BeagleBoard related projects starting on March 10. We had great success with our projects in 2010 and 2013, and we want 2014 to be even stronger.

Students - Please engage with us now to help make your application strong!

Here are some links to help students with their applications:
 * FAQ
 * Guide from drupal.org

Projects

 * 2014 Projects Page
 * Ideas page
 * Past ideas pages: 2009 2010 2012 2013
 * Past projects: 2010 2013

Key Dates for 2014
https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014
 * 8 October, 2013:	Program announced.
 * 3 February: 19:00 UTC	Mentoring organizations can begin submitting proposals to Google.
 * 14 February: 19:00 UTC	Mentoring organization proposal deadline.
 * 17 - 21 February: Google program administrators review organization applications.
 * 24 February: 19:00 UTC List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2014 site.
 * Interim Period: Would-be students discuss project ideas with potential mentoring organizations.
 * 28 February 16:00 UTC: IRC meeting with rejected mentoring organizations.
 * 10 March: 19:00 UTC Student application period opens.
 * 21 March: 19:00 UTC Student application deadline.
 * Interim Period: Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
 * 7 April: Mentoring organizations should have requested slots via their profile in Melange by this point.
 * 9 April: Slot allocations published to mentoring organizations
 * Interim Period: Slot allocation trades happen amongst organizations. Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
 * 15 April: First round of de-duplication checks happens; organizations work together to try to resolve as many duplicates as possible.
 * 18 April: All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor
 * 07:00 UTC Student acceptance choice deadline.
 * 19:00 UTC IRC meeting to resolve any outstanding duplicate accepted students - #gsoc (organizations must send a delegate to represent them in this meeting regardless of if they are in a duplicate situation before the meeting.)
 * 21 April: 19:00 UTC Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2014 site.
 * Community Bonding Period: Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
 * 19 May: Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects; Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities.
 * Work Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
 * 23 June: 19:00 UTC Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.
 * 27 June: 19:00 UTC Mid-term evaluations deadline; Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file.
 * Work Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
 * 11 August: Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.
 * 18 August: 19:00 UTC Firm 'pencils down' date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.
 * 22 August: 19:00 UTC Final evaluation deadline; Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.
 * 22 August: 20:00 UTC Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google
 * 25 August: Final results of Google Summer of Code 2014 announced
 * 25 & 26 October: Mentor Summit at Google: Representatives from each successfully participating organization are invited to Google to greet, collaborate and code. Our mission for the weekend: make the program even better, have fun and make new friends.

Links

 * BeagleBoard GSoC mailing list - potential students sign up here to discuss ideas with mentors.
 * Meeting minutes
 * Summer of Code Ideas
 * Our application to become a mentoring organization. Application
 * Jason's e-mail about the GSoC 2009 application feedback
 * FOSDEM video from 2009 about the Summer of Code
 * BeagleBoard GSoC flyer/poster for promotion