This year, 2009, showed we need at least the following for [[.|GSoC]]:

  - Let all together define the goals, verify the goals, in a group and revise them where needed
  - Idea proposals should be filled out in full so that goals can be concrete before we let students pick them up.
  - <del>A GSoC list where students can interact with the community as not all projects fit to internals and other existing lists</del> done. gsoc@lists.php.net && http://news.php.net/php.gsoc
  - A mentors list so mentors can exchange information without having to send mails with a longish CC line
  - Motivate more discussion between the different projects
  - Questionnaire during the application time for anything PHP specific, not everything can be handled by the generic GSoC form.
  - Weekly Reports to the GSoC list so all know what's going on
    - One org (don't remember which) has a nice approach sending weekly reports to the mentor only till midterm, project-wide after midterms

====== Links to other orgs =====

  - Python has a nice page explaining "What we expect", a good read, http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/Expectations
  - Tor has a template for applications https://www.torproject.org/gsoc#Template
  - Etherboot has an overview page on the wiki and individual project pages where the student lists useful things like timezone, weekly journal entries and any project notes. http://etherboot.org/wiki/soc/2008/start
  - Advice for mentors, interesting info and links http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors

====== Two Weekly report template ======


Subject: XXX's Report for the two weeks starting: 2009-MM-DD


TIME SPENT: XX hours (approx)


KEY GOOD VIBRATIONS
  < things that you were really pleased with >

KEY CONCERNS
  < anything that is outside of your control and which 
    concern you >

WAITING FOR...
  < if you are waiting for someone else in order to complete
    one or more tasks >

KEY TASKS THAT STALLED
  < if something stalled that is not outside your control
    in and by itself, even if it was outside factors that 
    delayed it >

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  < list as many things as you wish, but prioritize
    by putting the most important items first >


DETAILED ACTIVITIES
  < This section is optional -- list here all minor tasks that
    did not fit into any of the categories above. >

MY TODO
  < The major tasks you will be doing in the next couple 
    of weeks >