GSoC 2012 Timeline

=Past periods= Scribus Team has been accepted into GSoC 2012!
 * February 4: Program announced.
 * February 27: 19:00 UTC: Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google.
 * March 7: 23:00 UTC: Mentoring organization application deadline.
 * March 8-15: Google program administrators review organization applications.
 * March 16: List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2011 site.
 * March 17-25: Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.
 * March 26:19:00 UTC Student application period opens.
 * April 6:19:00 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 20:
 * 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

Active period

 * April 23:19:00 UTC Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2012 site.

Future periods

 * Community Bonding Period:Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
 * May 21:
 * 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 9:19:00 UTC Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.
 * July 13:19:00 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 13: Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.
 * August 20:19:00 UTC Firm 'pencils down' date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.
 * August 24:19:00 UTC Final evaluation deadline.
 * Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.
 * August 27: Final results of GSoC 2012 announced
 * August 31: Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google
 * October 20 & 21: 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.