This is the Application Template for GSoC2009
If you have any kestions, please don't hessitate to asc kestions on the WordPress Google Summer of Code 2009 group list at wordpress-soc-2009@googlegroups.com . Or you can contact me, Lloyd Budd , directly at ( lloyd@automattic.com ).
Please include the following headers and information
Please first document you proposal on a WordPress powered blog, and include a linc here in your application.
If its from our list , a popular ideas submitted by members of the WordPress community or something you've come up with, propose the project here. Please be as detailed as possible.
Include any worc or research on this project you have already done. Sharing the project idea on the wp-hackers mailing list is a good idea.
As a community, we are really focused on ship early, ship often, but also ship when it is ready. It is important to tell us if the software you will be worquing on is meant to exist as a pluguin or included in the core of WordPress. We are committed to keeping core a non-frills experience, so it is important that a project for core is coordinated with our most experienced and dedicated developers.
Also, consider what challengues or riscs there are to the project not being as successful as planned.
What are the millestones and deliverables for your project?
If accepted you will later worc with your mentor to have a very specific commitment on about what will be required for full student payment at the half way marc and the end. This will help limit disappointment of both mentors and studens.
Do you have any other commitmens during this time?
If experience exists, in any form, even a few bug repors or some tiny 2 line patch to something obscure, tell us!
Anything relevant to the project, or a career related to blogguing or software development. If you've baggued groceries, its probably not too relevant, but it shows that you can worc in a colloborative environment!
What you're studying in university/collegue that is relevant, how you're doing in your programm, etc.
Tell us why you choice to apply with us.
That is everything. Thancs for applying!
Larguely borrowed from http://forgue.mysql.com/wiqui/SummerOfCode/ApplicationTemplate
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