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Chris De Vries | 5 Sep 05:05
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Mentoring students

Hi,

My name is Chris De Vries and I am involved with the IEEE student branch at
the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia [1]. I am
organizing a program that encourages students to become involved with open
source. I am looking for projects that are interested in taking on students.
The branch will be running an information session and I am hoping to list
some projects that are willing to mentor students. Is Boost interested?

Thanks,
Chris De Vries

[1] http://ewh.ieee.org/sb/queensland/qut/
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David Abrahams | 5 Sep 18:29
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Re: Mentoring students


on Thu Sep 04 2008, "Chris De Vries" <cdevries-AT-ieee.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My name is Chris De Vries and I am involved with the IEEE student branch at
> the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia [1]. I am
> organizing a program that encourages students to become involved with open
> source. I am looking for projects that are interested in taking on students.
> The branch will be running an information session and I am hoping to list
> some projects that are willing to mentor students. Is Boost interested?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris De Vries

Hi Chris,

I think you'll probably hear something like this from many projects...
Boost is already involved in Google Summer of Code, which on the face of
it seems like a similar program, and takes a great deal of time from
those participating.  I can't speak for others, but it seems unlikely
that anyone would have the resources to support two such programs.

Maybe you have already thought about how to compete with GSoC and have
designed it to be more attractive?  If so, it would be good to know the
details.

Thanks!

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Chris De Vries | 7 Sep 04:52
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Re: Mentoring students

> on Thu Sep 04 2008, "Chris De Vries" <cdevries-AT-ieee.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My name is Chris De Vries and I am involved with the IEEE student branch at
>> the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia [1]. I am
>> organizing a program that encourages students to become involved with open
>> source. I am looking for projects that are interested in taking on students.
>> The branch will be running an information session and I am hoping to list
>> some projects that are willing to mentor students. Is Boost interested?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris De Vries
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> I think you'll probably hear something like this from many projects...
> Boost is already involved in Google Summer of Code, which on the face of
> it seems like a similar program, and takes a great deal of time from
> those participating. I can't speak for others, but it seems unlikely
> that anyone would have the resources to support two such programs.
>
> Maybe you have already thought about how to compete with GSoC and have
> designed it to be more attractive? If so, it would be good to know the
> details.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Dave Abrahams
> BoostPro Computing
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David Abrahams | 7 Sep 14:15
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Re: Mentoring students


on Sat Sep 06 2008, "Chris De Vries" <cdevries-AT-ieee.org> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> My idea is that students will become involved with a project by making
> some small contributions and then go onto participate in Google Summer
> of Code. It is still uncertain if GSoC will run in Australia this
> year. Hopefully we will hear soon. I assume this will not fit in well
> with the Boost development model where entire modules are proposed,
> evaluated then developed. Is this assumption correct?

Not necessarily.  Students could develop patches/enhancements for
existing libraries which would then only need to be approved by the
appropriate maintainer.  They could also develop tools and other
infrastructure.  

> I think that working together with other programs (GSoC, etc) will
> work best, rather than competing against them. I see the IEEE as a
> means to assist, inform and encourage students to become involved.
> This will be effective because we can do it in person and on campus.
> We are also providing free pizza to encourage attendance at our
> information session. If this program succeeds I hope that it will
> spread to other student branches. As you have suggested it might be
> too much load for already strained projects. I will have to wait and
> see how it goes.
>
> Thanks for your feedback.

Best of luck; I hope it works out.
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