GSoC 2011 Timeline

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• January 24: Program announced.
• February 28: 19:00 UTC: Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google.
• March 11: 23:00 UTC: Mentoring organization application deadline.
• March 14-17: Google program administrators review organization applications.
• March 18: 19:00 UTC List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2011 site. Scribus Team is accepted into the program.
• March 18-27: Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.
• March 28: 19:00 UTC Student application period opens.
• April 8: 19:00 UTC Student application deadline. Interim Period: Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
• April 22: All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor - 07:00 UTC Student ranking/scoring deadline. Please do not add private comments with a nonzero score or mark students as ineligible (unless doing so as part of resolving duplicate accepted students) after this deadline - 17:00 UTC IRC meeting to resolve any outstanding duplicate accepted students - 19:00 UTC #gsoc
• April 25: 19:00 UTC Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2011 site. Community Bonding Period: Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
• May 23: Students begin coding for their GSoC projects; Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities. Interim Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
• July 11: 19:00 UTC Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.
• July 15: 19:00 UTC Mid-term evaluations deadline; Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file. Interim Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
• August 15: Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.
• August 22: 19:00 UTC Firm 'pencils down' date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.
• August 26: 19:00 UTC Final evaluation deadline Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.
• August 29: Final results of GSoC 2011 announced
• August 30: Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google
• October 22 & 23: Mentor Summit at Google: Representatives from each successfully participating organization are invited to Google to greet, collaborate and code. Our mission for the weekend: make the program even better, have fun and make new friends.