Google Summer of Code 2010 mentors can sign up now

[Peter Arrenbrecht]

Folks,

You can now sign up for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) mentoring. From
http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoringGuide:

"Mentors are those people from the community who volunteer to work
with a student. Mentors provide guidance such as pointers to useful
documentation, code reviews, etc. In addition to providing students
with feedback and pointers, a mentor acts as an ambassador to help
student contributors integrate into their project's community. Some
organizations choose to assign more than one mentor to each of their
students. Many members of the community provide guidance to their
project's GSoC students without mentoring in an "official" capacity,
much as they would answer anyone's questions on the project mailing
list or IRC channel."

So a mentor should find regular time for his/her student during the
time of the GSoC, but is not meant to be the sole point of
interaction. Students should instead engage the community like all
other contributors. The main goal is to help new people get into the
typical FOSS development workflow, which can be a jarring experience
at first, but very rewarding once you get the hang of it.