GSoC 2009 Timeline

'''This is an active timeline. Scribus Team has been accepted into GSoC 2009.

Official Timeline in GSoC FAQ

Current Stage

 * March 18-23: 	Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.

Future Stages
March 23: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC 	Student application period opens. April 3: 5:00 PM PDT / ~12 noon PDT / 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 15: 00:00 PDT / 07:00 UTC

* All mentors must signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor; * IRC meeting to resolve any outstanding duplicate accepted students (timing TBD).

April 20: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC 	Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2009 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 6: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC 	Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations. July 13: 12 noon PDT / 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 10: 	Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc. August 17: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC 	Firm 'pencils down' date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google. August 24: 12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC

* Final evaluation deadline; * Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.

August 25: 12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC Final results of GSoC 2009 announced September 3: 	Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google October (date TBD): 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.

Past Stages

 * 1) February 8: 	 Program announced. Life is good.
 * 2) The organization should choose a single administrator to submit its application via the GSoC web app between March 9-13, 2009.
 * 3) March 9: ~12 noon PST / 19:00 UTC 	Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google.
 * 4) March 13: 12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC 	Mentoring organization application deadline.
 * 5) March 13-17: 	Google program administrators review organization applications.
 * 6) March 18: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC 	List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2009 site.