Google Summer of Code 2010 :: Students Template
Students Template
In order to apply successfully to Monkey Project, students besides to fill Google SoC application form, must
send us the following template with the required answers.
Please send the following required information to the organization email gsoc2010@monkey-project.com
About you
Full name
E-Mail
Please provide us your primary phone number
Please provide any additional contact method as ICQ, Jabber, Gtalk, etc.
We would like to have a backup contact, so please provide the name and contacts methods for a trusted person
that knows that you are participating on this program. This person should be able to know your current status, maybe a friend
or family member.
Do you post on internet frequently ?, if so, please provide the address of your Blog, Twitter or similar
How longer have you been using Linux as developer ?
Do you have any previous experience in FLOSS projects ?, if so please explain in detail.
Please answer of this question will NOT exclude you if you don't have previous experience
About your project
What is the name of your project ?
Describe your project in 10-15 sentences. What are you making? Who are you making it for, and why do they need it? What technologies (programming languages, etc.) will you be using?
Convince us, in 5-15 sentences, that you will be able to successfully complete your project in the timeline you have described. This is usually where people describe their past experiences, credentials, prior projects, schoolwork, and that sort of thing, but be creative. Link to prior work or other resources as relevant.
You and the community
What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?
How do you propose you will be keeping the community informed of your progress and any problems or questions you might have over the course of the project?
What are you plans when GSoC ends ?
Miscellaneous
Why Monkey HTTP Daemon ?
Have you deal with web servers performance before ? (on sysadmin side)
What is your t-shirt size ?
Are you able to work fulltime on the project ?, if you have some activities please describe them
Please consider to read the following link as an additional resource of help when writing an Application Proposal:
http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/nel/wiki/GSoC2009WritingProposals
