Bryce Harrington wrote:
On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 02:56:40PM -0500, Bob Jamison wrote:
Ted Gould wrote:
Also, there aren't that many proposals for Inkscape submitted... I was hoping for more.
True, there are not that many ideas. But look at the topics. The level of effort for the ones listed can be very large. Each one could be a group effort, especially the SVG Field Effect stuff ( the elusive svg:feWhatsit tags , what a wonderful idea ).
Does anyone have suggestions for how we could increase the number of submissions? I'm a bit concerned that we've only had 2 so far.
Bryce
Bryce, I was pretty serious when I mentioned about putting a big announcement on the home web page like "Summer of Code is On" or whatever - the demographic "baby trough" at the universities is very real and everyone is competing for limited people out there - so it's hard to get student's attention. Are there some professors that can be emailed (places like Rose-Holman or where there's been some other contributors)? Or your Alma Mater? Also there were some excellent students last year - can they repeat ? (maybe they're reading this, but maybe not and could be contacted and invited to submit or encourage their friends to submit). Also what about student linux user groups (where I think the more coder types are) (ie I'll email the BYU chapter here). I think a "call for proposals" should mention the success of the Inkscape SOC'ers last year and the excellent mentors. Also most good students have already lined up jobs for the summer (the job fairs are at start of semester) so explain it's something they can do in addition (like most of you) Students are now starting into finals so explain it's quick and easy to apply.
John