Public Lab is participating in Google's Summer of Code program as a mentoring organization in 2016, for the third time.

Links:

• GSoC Ideas Page - join in the 2016 program here!
• GSOC 2015 program, projects, students and mentors
• GSoC 2014 program, projects, students and mentors
• GSoC 2013 program
• GSoC 2013 mentors & proposals
• GSoC ideas page

Mailing list:

https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc

To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar.

Mentoring

What does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support.

We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble.

https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring.

Resources:

Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/