[Phylobase-devl] PhyloSoC 2008 project ideas page is ready for editing

[Hilmar Lapp]

Hi all -

the project ideas page for our mentoring organization application is  
up at the following URL:

http://hackathon.nescent.org/Phyloinformatics_Summer_of_Code_2008

This now needs to be fleshed out with project ideas.

There is a link at the top of the page to last year's project ideas  
(make sure you scroll down to the *Ideas* section; the accepted  
projects part was added only later) so you get an idea for how these  
might look like. Bottom line, succinctly state the problem that the  
idea is addressing, be specific in approaches etc where needed or  
useful (e.g., where that is clear already, or where there are too  
many possibilities otherwise), be sure to provide pointers to more  
information and background (URLs to software, citations/DOIs of  
method or background papers, etc).

The project ideas should be in pretty good shape by Tuesday night  
(3/11) at the latest, so I suggest that we aim for Monday night  
(3/10) for an initial draft. They do not need to be in perfect shape  
until we are accepted. Also, until the time students start applying,  
the primary and secondary mentors do not need to be fully nailed down  
yet, though there should be candidate names for both.

If you have multiple project ideas, try to focus on one unless you  
can drum up enough mentors for each. It is OK to be a secondary (but  
not primary) mentor for another project idea than you anticipate to  
be primary mentor for, or for multiple project ideas.

If you are listed as a primary mentor, please also email me your  
Google ID, as I will need to provide those in the application. Yes, I  
should still have that if you were a mentor last year.

In order to edit the page you will need to create yourself an account  
on the wiki if you don't have one yet (but almost all of you do  
already). To prevent clashes from concurrent editing I recommend that  
you follow these steps:

- click on the '[edit]' link to the left of the 'Ideas' heading
- copy the project idea template and paste it underneath, change the  
idea title to yours (can be a working title), *leave the rest as is*
- save

This can be done relatively quickly, and hence has little chance to  
directly co-incide with someone doing the same thing. Afterwards you  
can click on the '[edit]' *to the left of the heading you just  
created* and fill in the details for your project idea; this will  
only pull up your particular section into the editor and hence avoid  
the risk of multiple people editing the same section of text.

You may also choose to just email me the template text with the  
details filled in for your project idea, and I'll put it in for you  
(you can still edit it afterwards).

Finally, those of you who aren't yet subscribed to the wg- 
phyloinformatics at nescent.org list, I'd encourage you to do so at your  
earliest convenience, as then I don't run the risk of forgetting to  
include you in Summer of Code-related communication. The URL for  
subscribing is:

https://lists.nescent.org/mailman/listinfo/wg-phyloinformatics

Lastly, I'm available any time if you want to bounce off ideas or if  
you want me to weigh in on prioritizing one idea versus another or  
just for any other question you might have.

I apologize for not getting this out sooner, but hopefully you've all  
been cooking up some ideas already over the past week and a half.

The ideas I've seen being rumored about so far are all pretty cool,  
so I'm looking forward to pulling together again a strong application!

	-hilmar
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