[Phpmyadmin-devel] Preparing for GSoC 2013

[Dieter Adriaenssens]

2012/11/19 Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info>:
> Michal Čihař a écrit :
>> Dne Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:35:49 +0100
>> Dieter Adriaenssens <dieter.adriaenssens at gmail.com> napsal(a):
>>
>>> 2012/11/19 Michal Čihař <michal at cihar.com>:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> Dne Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:38:40 +0100
>>>> Dieter Adriaenssens <dieter.adriaenssens at gmail.com> napsal(a):
>>>>
>>>>> Another question we can ask to see if they are familiar with phpMyAdmin :
>>>>> 'What is your favorite phpMyAdmin feature?' and/or 'What feature or
>>>>> improvement would make phpMyAdmin even better?'
>>>> I'm okay with both of them being included.
>>> I added them to the template.
>>>
>>> I also took the liberty to move the motivation question. It was
>>> between questions on the project proposal. It seemed appropriate to
>>> move it below that section.
>>>
>>> About the motivation question  : The question asks about the
>>> applicant's motivation to take part in GSoC. We could extend this
>>> question and ask why they chose to submit an application with
>>> phpMyAdmin?
>
> What do we want to learn with this question? Whether they will consider
> normal to join the team afterwards, if they are invited?

It could tell us if they are in it for the money, to get some
experience developing outside a school environement, looking to
participate in FLOSS, as a first step to continue contributing, ...
(or a combination of these)

>>
>> Maybe it would be better to phrase it that way.

Another question we could ask : 'Did you submit an application with
another mentoring organisation?'
If they do we could ask a follow up question, which one they prefer in
case of deduplication? But I'm not sure the answer they would give,
would be anything else than "I'd like to keep my options open, bet on
multiple horses, but in the end I prefer your organisation".
Asking for a prefered project in case of submitting multiple would
make more sense on the Melange website level. But this was discussed
on the GSoC mentors mailing list already, I believe.

-- 
Kind regards,

Dieter Adriaenssens