[asterisk-dev] Google Summer of Code 2009

[Joshua Colp]

----- "Russell Bryant" <russell at digium.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> The Asterisk project participated in the Google Summer of Code
> program
> in 2005, but has not since then.  I would like to apply again this
> year.
>   I think it is an amazing opportunity to reach out to new developers
> and get some code written that we all want done, but have not had a
> chance to get to.
> 
> http://code.google.com/soc/
> 
> If we want to make this happen, we have a couple of things that we
> need
> to come up with as soon as possible.  Mentoring organizations must 
> complete their application for the program this week.
> 
> 1) We need to determine who is willing to serve as a mentor from the
> Asterisk project.  Mentors will be paired up with a student and will
> provide guidance to help the student bring their project to
> completion.

I would be happy to mentor a student as long as they are not in the land
of chan_h323, chan_dahdi, or ODBC. Anything else I can help with.

> 
> 2) We must build a suggested project list.  When students apply for
> the
> program, they can submit a proposal for implementing one of our
> suggested projects, or another project of their choosing.  Projects
> for
> this list should be appropriate in scope for a college student not yet
> 
> familiar with the code base to implement in a Summer.
> 

I'll let this roll around in my head and see what comes to mind.

-- 
Joshua Colp
Digium, Inc. | Software Developer
445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA
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