From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=kVNp4PCMul4onUrdZ6Q59AyvB/kNC8w+NSsJp/2KGxSvUk62S0lv6xV3Gjye2wE/3Xn3PH1z5Ge+LlIJmq5pTU7KYg+pYhySi+nNBp3NJaFk1oX3Yp0uhGOR6EKmLwhmMr3rolkODxxeQHbs21sHCOzEEzb9Zu9RUsD2205ZoM0= Message-ID: <45F069B1.9010302@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:53:21 +0000 From: Till Kamppeter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Printing-architecture] Application of OpenPrinting as Mentoring Organization for the Google Summer of Code 2007 List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: printing-architecture@lists.freestandards.org, "Printing-Sc (E-mail)" , printing-japan@lists.freestandards.org Cc: Jim Zemlin , 'Ian Murdock' Hi, I wanted to make this an agenda item for the call yesterday, but for technical reasons there was no call possible yesterday. I would like the OpenPrinting project being a mentoring organization in the Google Summer of Code 2007 (GSoC). This gives us some manpower to get APIs implemented (PAPI, JTAPI, ...) and also other coding work done (for example making foomatic-rip ready for the PDF workflow, modularizing the built-in drivers of GhostScript, so that they can plug into other renderers like XPDF/libpoppler). The application deadline is Monday (March 12), see http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60302&topic=10727 Application instructions are here: http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/gsoc-mentor-organization-application-how-to As you cannot access the application form without a valid Google account, See the questions asked in the form here: http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60303&topic=10727&ctx=sibling One needs an administrator a backup for the administrator and mentors for supervising the students. I could do the administrator's job and also be mentor for Foomatic-related projects and perhaps also for the modularization of the GhostScript drivers. Ira, could you be the administrator's backup? Claudia, could you be mentor for JTAPI subprojects? Norm, Wendy, could one of you be mentor for PAPI subprojects? Anyone who I did not mention here, would you also like to enter as a mentor for one or more subprojects? Everyone who enters, independent whether as admin or as mentor, needs to have a Google account. Please create one ASAP if you have non. If you have a @gmail.com e-mail address, you have a Google account with user name . Log into your account and then click the following link to see the application form: http://code.google.com/soc/org_signup.html I do not know whether one needs an invitation to get a Google account. If so, tell me and I will invite you. Now to the questions of the application form, here are they and I have partially filled in the answers. Please fill in the blanks and improve my answers. Fill in also your Google account names in case you participate. The page for project ideas is http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/GoSC2007 and it is linked in the application form. Please fill in your project ideas there. Page should not be empty when we submit our application. General ------- 1. What is your Organization's Name? OpenPrinting 2. What is your Organization's Homepage? http://www.openprinting.org/ 3. Describe your organization. The goal of the OpenPrinting workgroup is to develop and promote a set of standards that will address the needs of desktop to enterprise-ready printing, including management, reliability, security, scalability, printer feature access and network accessibility. OpenPrinting also provides the most comprehensive printer compatibility database, Foomatic, with its printer driver integration framework. This system turned a de-facto standard which is used by all Linux distributions and SUN Solaris. [ Probably more needed ] 4. Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2007? What do you hope to gain by participating? 5. Did your organization participate in GSoC 2005 or 2006? If so, please summarize your involvement and the sucesses and failures of your student projects. (optional) No, we did not participate. 6. If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)? (optional) No, this is our first application. 7. What license does your project use? PAPI, JTAPI, ...: Foomatic: GPL Downloadable drivers and PPDs: Licenses of the upstream suppliers, for most PPDs MIT. 8. URL for your ideas page http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/GoSC2007 9. What is the main development mailing list for your organization? printing-architecture Mailing List, http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-architecture 10. Where is the main IRC channel for your organization? We are not using IRC currently. 11. Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now. (optional) 12. Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please enter their Google Account address. We will email them to confirm, your organization will not become active until they respond. (optional) Ira McDonald (???@gmail.com) About Your Mentors ------------------ 1. What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible. 2. Who will your mentors be? Please enter their Google Account address separated by commas. If your organization is accepted we will email each mentor to invite them to take part. (optional) Till Kamppeter Claudia Alimpich Norm Jacobs Wendy Philips About The Program ----------------- 1. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students? 2. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? 3. What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program? 4. What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes? Can you please give your answers and suggestions as soon as possible, as the deadline is already on Monday. Google will decide on which organizations participate on Wednesday March 14. Till