<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Here you have the official mail from GSoC admins send to all students:</div><div><br></div><div>Hi&nbsp;GSoC&nbsp;2012&nbsp;Students,&nbsp;<br><br>Per the timeline [0] for this year,&nbsp;midterm&nbsp;evaluations&nbsp;start&nbsp;<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">9 July</a>. Here's some instructions to help you through them. Please read them&nbsp;carefully as they contain a lot&nbsp;of important information about your&nbsp;evaluation.&nbsp;<br><br>Midterm&nbsp;evaluations&nbsp;are done via Melange [1]. Starting&nbsp;<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">at 19:00 UTC on&nbsp;9&nbsp;July</a>&nbsp;you will be able to submit an&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;of&nbsp;your project, the program,&nbsp;and your mentor thus far. You can find the&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;link on your dashboard under 'Evaluations'. The deadline for&nbsp;submissions is&nbsp;<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">19:00 UTC on&nbsp;13&nbsp;July</a>. If you are curious about who can see&nbsp;your submitted&nbsp;evaluations, please check out the FAQ on&nbsp;Evaluations&nbsp;[2]. I&nbsp;have also pre-published the&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;questions below in this email so you&nbsp;can prepare.&nbsp;<br><br>You may submit, modify, and resubmit an&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;as many times as you&nbsp;choose up until the deadline. You must fill out the&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;entirely in&nbsp;one session, though, as there is no auto-save in Melange. After the&nbsp;deadline no further modifications are allowed. You may not submit your&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;before the&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;window opens.&nbsp;<br><br>**Students&nbsp;must have an&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;on file from both themselves *and* a&nbsp;passing evaluation&nbsp;from their mentor in order to receive their&nbsp;midterm&nbsp;payments.** Please note that non-submission of a midterm evaluation means you will automatically fail the program.&nbsp;<br><br>I will file payments for all passing&nbsp;students&nbsp;<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">at 19:30 UTC on&nbsp;13&nbsp;July</a>, which&nbsp;means you can expect your funds to be active on your card on or before&nbsp;<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">17&nbsp;July</a>&nbsp;if all your evaluations are in order.&nbsp;<br><br>Please let me know directly if you have questions or concerns.&nbsp;<br><br>[0] -&nbsp;<a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012" target="_blank">http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012</a><br>[1] -&nbsp;<a href="http://google-melange.com/" target="_blank">http://google-melange.com</a><br>[2] -&nbsp;<a href="http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#evaluations" target="_blank">http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#evaluations</a><br><br>Cheers,&nbsp;<br>Carol<br><div><br></div><div>---------</div><div><ol style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">How did you find about Google Summer of Code?</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Is this your first time applying to participate in Google Summer of Code?</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">How many years have you participated in Google Summer of Code? (Total - this doesn’t have to be consecutive.) </span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">This is my first year</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">2-3 years</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">More than three years</span></li></ol><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">If you answered “2-3 years” or “More than three years” in the above question, what years have you participated?</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">At what point did you *first* make contact with your mentor for the program this year? </span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Before the program was announced</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Before the organization was selected to participate in Google Summer of Code but after the program was announced</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">After the organization was selected to participate in Google Summer of Code</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">During the student application/acceptance phase of the program</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">During the community bonding period</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">After the start of coding</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></li></ol><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">How often do you and your mentor interact? </span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Daily</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Every few days</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Weekly</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Every few weeks</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Monthly</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></li></ol><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">How much time do you spend on Google Summer of Code per week? (Coding time plus meeting with your mentor and/or organization and time spent planning.):</span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">20-25 hours</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">25-30 hours</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">30-35 hours</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">35-40 hours</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">More than 40 hours per week</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></li></ol><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Please rate the quality of interactions and communications with your mentor. (Consider your communications with him/her as well as his/her responses.)</span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Very Good</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Good</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Bad</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></li></ol><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">How would you describe the quality of work you’ve produced thus far? </span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Exceeds my personal expectations</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Meets my personal expectations</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Does not meet my personal expectations</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></li></ol><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">How responsive is your mentor to you when you have questions or send communications? </span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Very responsive (average of 24 hours or less before response)</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Somewhat responsive (1-2 days before response)</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Not at all responsive (3 or more days before response)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></li></ol><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Give one example of a very good or very bad interaction you had with your mentor. </span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">What one thing do you think you could do to improve the quality of your interactions with your mentor? </span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Would you want to work with this mentor again (in any capacity)? </span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Yes</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">No</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">I’m not sure</span></li></ol><li style="font-weight: bold; ">If you chose "no" above, could you tell us more about why?</li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Would you want to work with this organization again (in any capacity)? </span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Yes</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">No</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">I’m not sure</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></li></ol><li><span style="font-weight: bold; ">If you chose "no" above, could you tell us more about why?</span><br></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">What do you consider the best aspect of participating in Google Summer of Code? </span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">What do you consider the most challenging aspect of participating in Google Summer of Code? </span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Would you apply for Google Summer of Code in an upcoming year? </span></li><ol style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Yes</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">No</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">I won’t be eligible/not applicable</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">I’m not sure</span></li><li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; ">Other</span></li></ol><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Anything else you’d like to tell us or suggestions on how we could improve the program? </span></li></ol></div><p></p>--&nbsp;<br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Summer of Code Students List" group.<br>To post to this group, send email to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:google-summer-of-code-students-list@googlegroups.com" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10">google-summer-of-code-students-list@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:google-summer-of-code-students-list+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11">google-summer-of-code-students-list+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>For more options, visit this group at&nbsp;<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-students-list?hl=en" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12">http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-students-list?hl=en</a>.<br><br>Wysłane z iPada</div><div><br>Dnia 6 lip 2012 o godz. 20:14 Krzysztof Kwaśniewski &lt;<a href="mailto:krzykwas@gmail.com">krzykwas@gmail.com</a>&gt; napisał(a):<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span>W dniu 04.07.2012 18:00, <a href="mailto:gsoc-request@lists.jboss.org">gsoc-request@lists.jboss.org</a> pisze:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>--------------------------------------------------</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Message: 1</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:31:59 -0500</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Anil Saldhana &lt;<a href="mailto:Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com">Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com</a>&gt;</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: [gsoc] GSOC 12 Midterm Reports</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: <a href="mailto:gsoc@lists.jboss.org">gsoc@lists.jboss.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Message-ID: &lt;<a href="mailto:4FF372DF.1080709@redhat.com">4FF372DF.1080709@redhat.com</a>&gt;</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Mentors,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://community.jboss.org/wiki/GSOC12JBossCommunityStudents">https://community.jboss.org/wiki/GSOC12JBossCommunityStudents</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I will need to evaluate the students that are part of the gsoc12</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>program. &nbsp;The midterm evaluation is going to start July 9th and window</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>will be open for 3-4 days.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Please send me your evaluations directly to me. :)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Regards,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Anil</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span>Hi!</span><br><span></span><br><span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I tried to find the set of questions to answer in the evaluation, </span><br><span>but with no luck. I will send it to you as fast as possible on Monday, </span><br><span>when I will be able to prepare the evaluation in Melange.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cheers</span><br><span></span><br><span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Krzysiek</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>gsoc mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:gsoc@lists.jboss.org">gsoc@lists.jboss.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/gsoc">https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/gsoc</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>