Adding background page #135

bmorris3 · 2018-01-23T19:20:28Z

Here's a first draft at a solution for #133. Comments please!

bsipocz · 2018-01-23T22:59:12Z

gsoc/background.md

+
+To apply to be a GSoC intern, you must write an application to GSoC and an 
+application to OpenAstronomy. Each summer, several projects are offered by 
+potential OpenAstronomy mentors, with well-defined scope and pre-requisite 


drop "potential"

bsipocz · 2018-01-23T23:00:30Z

gsoc/background.md

+software at home (or wherever you like), with guidance from expert mentors 
+distributed around the globe.
+
+To apply to be a GSoC intern, you must write an application to GSoC and an 


while it's really an internship like thing, it's officially not an intership so we should try to avoid calling it such. What about changing intern to student here?

Also, there is only one application, so what about this:

To apply to be a GSoC student, you must write an application to GSoC ideally after you have discussed your project plan with your potential mentors.

@bsipocz - what do you mean with there is only one application? The student can submit up to three applications

oh, what I meant is that there is only one application per project, no need to apply to google and to the org. Whether the students can have multiple application with different projects that's something different.

bsipocz · 2018-01-23T23:03:47Z

gsoc/background.md

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+OpenAstronomy is an umbrella organization which acts as an interface between
+the Google Summer of Code and several open source, open development projects
+in the astronomical community, including astropy and sunpy. It coordinates


link to astropy.org and sunpy.org

bsipocz · 2018-01-23T23:05:44Z

gsoc/background.md

+### Who is eligible to apply to GSoC?
+
+OpenAstronomy is actively seeking applicants who are senior undergraduates or
+junior graduate students with experience developing software for astronomy in 


I would drop the senior/junior parts. We had student who has just finished high school, and also students who were finishing grad students.

Agree, we are seeking for any student! One of our best had just finished high school.

bsipocz · 2018-01-23T23:06:44Z

gsoc/background.md

+software. You don't need to be a Python guru or an astronomical coordinate 
+system expert to be eligible -- projects are available that cover a range of 
+previous experience in Python and/or astronomy. Underrepresented students are 
+especially encouraged to apply.


have it mentioned that from anywhere on the globe

bsipocz · 2018-01-23T23:09:30Z

gsoc/background.md

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+Brett Morris, GSoC student 2015
+
+


We need to reach out to more students, e.g. I guess Aarya would be very interesting is she's willing to share her story.
Maybe Axel, as one of the first students, too?

@Cadair - Was Alex gsoc or socis?

@Alex-Ian-Hamilton - could you write something from here too? It doesn't really mater whether was SOCIS or GSOC, both can go here, as the process is similar.

I also tag @mirca, it would great if you could share some thoughts here.

dpshelio

Mainly to change all internship to program. Thanks for the great job!!!!

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:13:22Z

gsoc/background.md

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+### What is GSoC? 
+
+Google Summer of Code is a remote summer coding internship program funded by 


The definition on the GSOC floss manual doesn't say internship. It's also something NumFOCUS has been discussing how to call this. I would write it as in the manual:

... is a global program that matches students up with open source,...

In fact... the explicitly said it's not an inthernship.

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:15:13Z

gsoc/background.md

+### What is GSoC? 
+
+Google Summer of Code is a remote summer coding internship program funded by 
+Google. Google distributes funds to open software development organizations to 


I'm not sure whether awards would be better than distributes. I get the impression with distributes that they do to everyone.

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:21:47Z

gsoc/background.md

+software at home (or wherever you like), with guidance from expert mentors 
+distributed around the globe.
+
+To apply to be a GSoC intern, you must write an application to GSoC and an 


@bsipocz - what do you mean with there is only one application? The student can submit up to three applications

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:23:04Z

gsoc/background.md

+To apply to be a GSoC intern, you must write an application to GSoC and an 
+application to OpenAstronomy. Each summer, several projects are offered by 
+potential OpenAstronomy mentors, with well-defined scope and pre-requisite 
+experience. If you are selected by both Google and OpenAstronomy, you will be


Google does not make any selection.

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:24:14Z

gsoc/background.md

+### What is OpenAstronomy?
+
+OpenAstronomy is an umbrella organization which acts as an interface between
+the Google Summer of Code and several open source, open development projects


and [several open source, open development projects in the astronomical community](http://openastronomy.org/members/)

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:29:54Z

gsoc/background.md

+and we will ask you for more project-specific personal backaground information 
+in the OpenAstronomy application. 
+
+The complete details on applying are in the [GSoC Student Guide].


I am not sure Jekyll finds links in other pages, a line at the end of the file needs to be added to make this link to work. I may be wrong though...

Also, the official GSOC student guide is now in: https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/index

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:32:08Z

gsoc/background.md

+### Who is eligible to apply to GSoC?
+
+OpenAstronomy is actively seeking applicants who are senior undergraduates or
+junior graduate students with experience developing software for astronomy in 


Agree, we are seeking for any student! One of our best had just finished high school.

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:34:29Z

gsoc/background.md

+my coding style, taught me loads about managing large projects, version control,
+testing, and packaging. Do you have a summer without research funding? Apply!
+
+Brett Morris, GSoC student 2015


That's brilliant!! Thanks @bmorris3 for sharing it :) - Should we put your picture (or GH avatar) next to it?? Also, if you put your name with a link to your github profile it helps.

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:35:52Z

gsoc/background.md

+
+Brett Morris, GSoC student 2015
+
+


@Alex-Ian-Hamilton - could you write something from here too? It doesn't really mater whether was SOCIS or GSOC, both can go here, as the process is similar.

dpshelio · 2018-01-27T12:37:03Z

gsoc/index.md

+## Quick Links
+
+* [OpenAstronomy Student Guide]
+* [GSoC Student Guide]


Please, update this link too for the new one. Thanks!! :)

bmorris3 · 2018-01-30T16:19:56Z

@dpshelio /@bsipocz – I've made lots of changes to incorporate your feedback.

@mirca

adds @mirca testimonial

Some changes to make it the page more dynamic

dpshelio

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dpshelio · 2018-02-04T17:01:50Z

@bsipocz - the selection of OA is not made public till Google accept them, so I am not too worried by how it's said in the text. The rest I think it has been answered. Merge it if you are happy.

bsipocz · 2018-02-04T22:12:05Z

gsoc/background.md

+OpenAstronomy is an umbrella organization which acts as an interface between
+the Google Summer of Code and several open source, open development projects
+in the astronomical community, including [astropy], [sunpy], and
+[several other projects in the astronomical community][oa members].


astronomical community is a bit repetitive here.

bsipocz · 2018-02-04T22:13:07Z

gsoc/background.md

+### What is the application process?
+
+You must submit your application to the [Google Summer of Code][GSoC], but
+it's preferable that you share it before hand with your potential project mentor


beforehand is one word I think

bsipocz · 2018-02-04T22:15:21Z

gsoc/background.md

+it's preferable that you share it before hand with your potential project mentor
+or the rest of the community. They will give you feedback before the deadline.
+Check the [application template][application] or look up for previous years
+applications on the projects' wikis.


project has double meaning all along this page, would be nice to come up with more distinction between projects as gsoc projects and projects as OA members

bsipocz · 2018-02-04T22:19:29Z

gsoc/background.md

+OpenAstronomy is actively seeking applicants who are undergraduates or graduate 
+students with experience developing software for astronomy in 
+Python and other languages. We are looking for students who have or are pursuing
+degrees in astronomy (or physics), who are interested in developing open source 


while it is true that we would prefer to have astro/physics students, this sentence suggest that we are only excepting astro/physics students.

bsipocz · 2018-02-04T22:25:10Z

@dpshelio - I think we should merge this now, but would be nice if we could address my comments above (I'll try to come back to it unless someone is quicker). The only critical point is that while the aim of this page is to attract more astropy/physics students, we are not just accepting them but anyone with a good project proposal.

mirca · 2018-02-05T02:11:22Z

The only critical point is that while the aim of this page is to attract more astropy/physics students, we are not just accepting

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This looks great 🎉 !

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		### What is GSoC?

		Google Summer of Code is a remote summer coding internship program funded by

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