March 2008 - Zope-Announce

Zope Foundation Summer of Code: deadline tomorrow!
by Martijn Faassen 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Hi there, If you want to submit a Zope-related proposal to the Google summer of code, today and tomorrow are your last chance! The submission period ends 0:00 UTC april 1, 2008, that's this monday 5:00 PM PDT over in California, and 10 PM (22:00) CEST over here where I am in the Netherlands. So, if you want to participate, go check out our proposals page: http://wiki.zope.org/gsoc/SummerOfCode2008 Or come up with your own proposal, and join our mailing list: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/gsoc And submit your proposal in the summer of code: http://code.google.com/soc/2008 under the 'Zope Foundation' project. Regards, Martijn

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students, submit your Google Summer of Code project ideas!
by Martijn Faassen 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Are you a student and are you interested to hack on Zope, the ZODB or Grok for the summer? Do you want to be helped by an expert mentor? And get money and a t-shirt? The Zope Foundation is participating in the Google Summer of Code for the second time this year, and the time for you to apply is now! The applications just opened yesterday, but deadline for student applications is monday, march 31, so there isn't a lot of time. We're really excited to be part of this program again, and we hope we get many good student applications. What to do to apply? * Sign up to our gsoc mailing list: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/gsoc * See our wiki page for project ideas: http://wiki.zope.org/gsoc/SummerOfCode2008 Your own ideas are very welcome too! If you have an other project idea and you aren't sure there is interest, do discuss it on our gsoc mailing list. Introducing yourself there is smart anyway, as the mentors are listening! * Then follow this guide to get signed up with Google and make an application: http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/guide-to-… Martijn Faassen - Zope Foundation gsoc mentor coordinator

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Grokkerdam sprint!
by Martijn Faassen 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

The "Grokkerdam" Grok sprint ============================ It was planned for a long time, but at last we are going to hold a Grok sprint in the Netherlands. To be more precise, in Rotterdam. Rotterdam will be "Grokkerdam" for the duration of the sprint! Where: Rotterdam, the Netherlands When: 30 april - 5 may 2008 Who: hopefully, you! A number of experienced Grokkers will be there. People of all experience levels are welcome, as long as you're interested in helping us improve Grok. Tasks could be anything Grok related. Some possible topics: * improving the Grok introspector UI * relational database integration for Grok * Polishing Grok's KSS integration * Preparing for Grok's 1.0 release * Documentation ... or whatever you want to work on! Sign up for the sprint on our wiki page, here: http://wiki.zope.org/grok/GrokkerdamSprint If you have any comments or questions, please mail me! Our generous host for this sprint is The Health Agency (http://www.thehealthagency.com/) a company that uses Grok for its own web applications here in Rotterdam. Note: this sprint is back-to-back with the Plone 3 sprint in Paris (25-27 april), hosted by Ingeniweb. Rotterdam is 3 hours away from Paris by train. You could participate in both sprints and enjoy a few days of Paris (or Rotterdam) in between.

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Looking for Google Summer of Code mentors!
by Martijn Faassen 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hi there, We are quickly approaching the Google of Summer of code again. The Zope Foundation's application needs to be in soon. In order to do a good application, we need to have a good selection of mentors. So, if you're a Zope developer and you want to mentor a student this summer, please add yourself to the list here: http://wiki.zope.org/gsoc/SummerOfCode2008 Don't wait: the Zope Foundation's application needs to be in *very* soon (by the 11th of march). The more mentors we have the better a chance we stand in getting projects accepted. Being a mentor isn't difficult and it can be very rewarding. All four of the students involved in the summer of code (Paul Carduner who worked on ajax for z3c.form, Nikhil N who worked on Zope 3 python 2.5 support, Uli Fouquet who worked on Grok's introspection UI and Luciano Ramalho who worked on a Grok-based application) are still active in our community, which we consider a great success! Being mentor is a privilege, and also a responsibility. We do expect mentors to stay in regular touch with their students. This means email and normal involvement on project mailing lists, but also in addition to this a weekly hour or so on irc and/or voice. We also have a few simple reporting requirements so that your mentor coordinator (yours truly) knows what's up and can solve any potential problems. Sign up and become a mentor! Everybody else (including mentors, students and others): * suggest projects, also on the same wiki page * suggest other mentors. Tell people who you *want* to be mentors to sign up. Everybody likes to be told they can be mentors, so tell them in public and get them to sign up. Students: * Mark the sign-up period on your calendar: it starts march 24. If we get accepted, then is the time to sign up. Regards, Martijn

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