[Soc-coordination] Update: provisional number of slots is *still* 10

[Manoj Srivastava]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:18:50 -0500, Rudy Godoy Guillén <rudy at debian.org> said: 

> The other thing that we probably should agree is the items we are
> checking for when evaluating. I liked the ones that Charles have used:
> - Well written application
> - Clear goal
> - Not insider
> - Useful project

> I'm also considering:
> - Relevance for Debian
> - Skills to sucessfully achieve the goal
> - free software development model approach (reuse of previous work,
>   interaction with existing teams)

        Oh, I think this is a great idea -- and perhaps we can come to a
 standard set of criteria?


        Here is my take on this (each top level item is worth one
 point), in order of importance:
 - Useful project
 - Relevance for Debian
 - Good application design
    + Clear goal
    + Good design (no NIH, uses available resources, clean design)
    + Clear set of fine grained tasks
    + Estimation of time required for tasks
    + time line and milestones
 - Student skills and back ground

        I think perhaps that a well written application already implies
 a skilled student, so perhaps the good design should be worth two
 points, and the student skills and background will fall out based on
 the application design.

        If we can adopt and publish criteria for selection,  we might
 see  an improvement in proposal quality next year.

        manoj
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