Frescobaldi at GSoC? Call for support

[Urs Liska]

Hi all,

we decided to apply for this year's Google Summer of Code program with
Frescobaldi. We don't expect the chances to be accepted very high, but
it's probably worth the effort. It would give the chance to get more
GSoC slots for the wider LilyPond cause, so it's definitely a good thing.

In order to complete our application we need a few items *until Feb. 9
(next Thursday)*, and I would be very happy to see concrete support from
this community:

1)
It is an absolute requisite that we have a second "org admin".
Org admins are responsible for communication between the project and
Google. I think both Google and the project will hold them "accountable"
for that. In addition they promise to be available and reliably
responsive over the whole project period (i.e. from now on until late
October) (obviously that doesn't rule out any vacancies ...).
Furthermore they'll have to do some paperwork and possibly channel some
money, for example for reimbursing mentors going to the mentors' summit.

This would be an ideal task for someone interested in actively
supporting Frescobaldi/LilyPond development who doesn't feel capable of
doing actual programming. This is a completely administrative task.

I can't say how much work it will be, but given the (lack of) size of
the organization I can't imagine it's a lot.

2)
As part of the application we have to submit a number of potential
project mentors who have volunteered. Therefore it is crucial to gather
that information right now.

On https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code I've
drafted a project idea's list similar to the one on lilypond.org. This
is very much open for discussion and extension.

So I ask anyone who can imagine mentoring a student for a Frescobaldi
project to have a look at that list, consider the options with the
proposed projects, feel free to suggest other projects you may prefer
mentoring.

>From last year's experience I know that it is difficult to get together
a team of potential mentors, so *please* take this call seriously and
consider joining the effort. Also from last year's experience I can say
that mentoring *does* take its time but it's definitely a worthwile
thing to do.

Best
Urs


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