Good Morning,
I'm proposing an extension to successful GSoC students.
The idea is to give the possibility to continue their project for another
1-3 months with a similar rate as they get in GSoC (5k USD circa AFAIK).
This may or may not work, but doesn't cost nothing to plan for next GSoC or
even for the latest year students if someone is listening and interested.
So I don't see why not give a try.
If the project manage to get at least a student each year picking this
possibility, we could have a nice gain and most important we can use the
donors money for something.
The idea is to go with something in the meddle between a GSoC and a real
contract. I expect the student eventually picking this possibility to be
still followed by the mentor pool, but also requiring a certain level of
autonomy.
General points of discussion I can think of right now:
* Not sure if it's reasonable to have the student continue it's work or
also pick another idea from GSoC list.
* Give students the possibility to pick that for a limited time frame,
maybe 6 months, otherwise they are required to go through the normal
contract proposal.
At least avoiding overlap with next GSoC.
* The rate should be fixed.
* Haiku Inc. shall at least check for funds and slots available.
* Key to increase chances is to advertise this possibility right in the
GSoC page next year.
Comments welcome.
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Saluti,
Dario
