Google Summer of Code/2014

Wikimedia has been accepted as a mentoring organization for GSoC 2014.

Google Summer of Code 2014 was announced in Tuesday, October 08, 2013 and is one of the mentorship programs we are planning to organize.

Se also the parallel program FOSS Outreach Program for Women/Round 8.

Timeline
For more detail, check the official timeline.


 * 24 February: List of accepted mentoring organizations published
 * 11 March: Wikimedia IRC meeting (logs)
 * 21 March: Student application deadline
 * 9 April: Slot allocations published to mentoring organizations
 * 21 April: Accepted student proposals announced
 * 19 May: Official start.
 * 23-27 June: Mid term evaluations by students and mentors.
 * 18 August: Firm 'pencils down' date.
 * 18-22 August: Final evaluations by students, mentors, and organization administrators.
 * 22 August: Final evaluation deadline
 * 25 & 26 October: Mentor Summit at Google

Status
 Reporting progress is essential in free software projects. Good reports are concise, they highlight relevant progress/blockers, and they link to bug reports, patches, or other interesting pages.

Good examples of reporting include Maria Pacana, ...

Participants are required to share Updates about their projects: 
 * announcement on Wikitech-l
 * prior microtasks completed
 * community bonding report including links to
 * minimum viable product and goals
 * communication plan
 * lessons learned since 21 April
 * first weekly report by 30 May
 * project wrap-up post by 20 August

See also:


 * Lessons learned
 * Category:Summer of Code 2014 proposals