Re: For SoC Students - Reporting your progress

["Lucas Rocha" <lucasr gnome org>]

Hi,

Just to clarify some points:

- By "07/05" I meant May 7. :-)

- If there things in your report that you don't feel confortable to
send to gnome-soc-list, you can always email SoC admins directly (me,
Vincent, Behdad and Christian).

- Officialy, the coding phase starts on May 28. However, we are
requesting the progress reports from next monday on. Why? In this
first moment, you're probably thinking, pondering, setting up the
infrastructure, designing, studying, chating, discussing with your
mentor and even coding. Those are all important activities and you
could write about them in your reports.

Cheers!

--lucasr


2007/5/2, Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org>:
> Hello SoC students,
>
> This year we decided we should have some way to keep track of the
> progress of your projects. This way we can:
>
> - Find out if you are going well or bad with your projects;
> - Try to help you to revert any bad situation as soon as possible;
> - Communicate better about your projects achievements to the GNOME community;
> - Help you to get more involved in the GNOME community;
>
> So, what does it mean in practice?
> This means we expect you to send a short weekly report to this mailing
> list (gnome-soc-list) every monday. Also, we *suggest* you to blog
> about your achievements so that other developers can keep track of
> your latest news.
>
> What do we expect to see in your weekly report?
> Any kind of quick information about the current status of your project
> such as your achievements during the week, how is your communication
> with your mentor, how is your involvement with the community, problems
> you're facing (svn account, coding challenges, architecture decisions,
> etc), things you've been studying to move your project forward,
> interesting references, etc.
>
> What happens if I don't send the report?
> I will personally keep bugging you via e-mail asking what's going on.
> I'm serious. :-)
>
> What if I didn't code anything during the week?
> Write about your non-coding project activities in your report. :-) We
> don't expect you to be coding all the time.
>
> We'll be waiting for your first reports on monday (07/05). Next
> reports should be sent in the following weeks.
>
> Let us know if you have any questions, ok?
>
> Cheers!
>
> --lucasr