[Cython] Google summer of code

[Robert Bradshaw]

On Mar 7, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Robert Bradshaw wrote:

> I'm a "probably," but it's sounding like at this point we don't have
> enough potential mentors to be a full mentoring organization unless
> someone else stands up. On the numerical side of things, perhaps a
> NumPy person would be willing.
>
> On the other hand, I think we're higher on Python's radar than last
> year, so I'm hopeful of at least getting one (maybe two) spots for
> them. The quality of the students and projects will play a huge role
> here--one thing I learned at the summit last year is that it's not
> even worth you time to go after sub-par projects (though good
> students are an extremely good return on the investment of mentoring
> them).

Just a reminder, the organization app is due Friday if we decide to  
do it.

Another advantage of being a mentor organization is that we get $500/ 
student. I'm not exactly sure what Cython would do with the money at  
this point (we don't have infrastructure to support, it's not enough  
to fund a get-together) I would propose it would be divvied out to  
the mentors to help offset the time they put into it. (They Python  
Foundation keeps the $500/student, which I'm fine with as they're big  
enough to have actual costs.) But being under an umbrella  
organization worked out well last time and is certainly less work and  
more flexibility on our part.

- Robert