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* [[User:Sev|Eugene Sandulenko]], Google Account: sev.mail AT gmail.com link_id: sev
* [[User:Sev|Eugene Sandulenko]], Google Account: sev.mail AT gmail.com link_id: sev
* [[User:DrMcCoy|Sven Hesse]], Google Account: drmccoy AR users.sourceforge.net link_id: drmccoy
* [[User:DrMcCoy|Sven Hesse]], Google Account: drmccoy AR users.sourceforge.net link_id: drmccoy
* [[User:DJWillis|John Willis]], Google Account: John.Willis AT Distant-Earth.com link_id: djwillis
* [[User:Bluddy|Yotam Barnoy]], Google Account: ??? link_id: ???
* [[User:LordHoto|Johannes Schickel]], Google Account: lordhoto AT gmail.com link_id: lordhoto
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In 2010 we were granted 4 slots and had 6 mentors, thus we had nice backup mentoring for every student. All four passed the finals this time, and we merged in their code. One student still continues to contribute to the project. We addressed several long standing project needs and it was just excellent.
In 2010 we were granted 4 slots and had 6 mentors, thus we had nice backup mentoring for every student. All four passed the finals this time, and we merged in their code. One student still continues to contribute to the project. We addressed several long standing project needs and it was just excellent.


In 2009 we had 5 students and 6 mentors. 4 our students passed, and one failed the finals. That year the success was so big that all the students' code was merged within three months into the main development line. We were considered to be mature in our processes by that time with excellent outcome.
In 2009 we had 5 students and 6 mentors. 4 of our students passed, and one failed the finals. That year the success was so big that all the students' code was merged within three months into the main development line. We were considered to be mature in our processes by that time with excellent outcome.


In 2008 we had 6 students and 7 mentors. 5 of our students were so successful that their code is included in the mainline of ScummVM. Our latest release contains code from all 5. We consider a great achievement the fact that 4 of the students still continue to contribute to the project. We had one student severely underachieving last year. Although his mentor helped him to a great extent, even going as far as writing portions of his task's code with him as a method to help him along, he still failed to even come close to completing the task. It is our assessment that the major problem was that he overestimated his free time to work on the project. We will be addressing this kind of issue this year by using several mothods, such as requiring a more detailed task schedule, explicitly asking about prior committments and conducting interviews with the students.
In 2008 we had 6 students and 7 mentors. 5 of our students were so successful that their code is included in the mainline of ScummVM. Our latest release contains code from all 5. We consider a great achievement the fact that 4 of the students still continue to contribute to the project. We had one student severely underachieving that year. Although his mentor helped him to a great extent, even going as far as writing portions of his task's code with him as a method to help him along, he still failed to even come close to completing the task. It is our assessment that the major problem was that he overestimated his free time to work on the project. We will be addressing this kind of issue this year by using several methods, such as requiring a more detailed task schedule, explicitly asking about prior commitments and conducting interviews with the students.


In 2007 we had 7 students and 4 mentors in total. Two of our students have been promoted to active, regular developers in the team after having their respective code contributions integrated in the codebase. One other student's code contributions have also been integrated in the mainline. Two more have their code still in development to improve it and make it production-ready, either through optimization or extension and better integration. Two students failed to keep up with the schedule and/or produced inadequate code.
In 2007 we had 7 students and 4 mentors in total. Two of our students have been promoted to active, regular developers in the team after having their respective code contributions integrated in the codebase. One other student's code contributions have also been integrated in the mainline. Two more have their code still in development to improve it and make it production-ready, either through optimization or extension and better integration. Two students failed to keep up with the schedule and/or produced inadequate code.
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===  If your organization participated in past GSoCs, please let us know the ratio of students passing to students allocated, e.g. 2006: 3/6 for 3 out of 6 students passed in 2006. ===
===  If your organization participated in past GSoCs, please let us know the ratio of students passing to students allocated, e.g. 2006: 3/6 for 3 out of 6 students passed in 2006. ===
2007: 7/5, 2008: 6/5, 2009: 5/4, 2010: 4/4
2007: 5/7, 2008: 5/6, 2009: 4/5, 2010: 4/4


===  What is the URL for your ideas page? ===
===  What is the URL for your ideas page? ===
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===  What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students? ===
===  What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students? ===
We know that the students can do that. We learned this the hard way the first time 'round the GSoC ride :-) The measures we set in place last year effectively erradicated this problem.
We know that the students can do that. We learned this the hard way the first time 'round the GSoC ride :-) The measures we set in place last year effectively eradicated this problem.


As for this year, we will firstly enforce certain rules at the program start. That is, we will clearly explain that this work should be considered as full-time, and that in any doubt we will not let the student enter the program.
As for this year, we will firstly enforce certain rules at the program start. That is, we will clearly explain that this work should be considered as full-time, and that in any doubt we will not let the student enter the program.
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=== Anything else you'd like to tell us? ===
=== Anything else you'd like to tell us? ===
We really love the program. This let whole OSS world to blossom in these days, and we saw with awe number of organisations which Google sponsored. Thank you very much for this
We really love the program. This let whole OSS world to blossom in these days, and we saw with awe number of organizations which Google sponsored. Thank you very much for this


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