Google Summer of Code/2016

Wikimedia has applied as a mentoring organization for GSoC 2016(not yet live). For details about the Wikimedia submission, see phab task(fix me!).

Google Summer of Code 2016 is one of the outreach programs we are planning to organize. The org admins coordinating this edition are Tony Thomas and TODO: person 2. To follow the project in detail, check the GSoC 2016 workboard in Phabricator.

See also the parallel program Outreachy/Round 12.

Timeline
Please also review the official timeline and Outreach programs/Life of a successful project.


 * 8 February: Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google.
 * 29 February: List of accepted mentoring organizations published.
 * 14 March: Students can register and submit applications.
 * 25 March 19:00 UTC: Student application deadline.
 * 22 April: Accepted student proposals announced.
 * 23 May: Official start.
 * 20-27 June: Mid term evaluations by students and mentors.
 *  23 August: Firm 'pencils down' date.