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19:38:23 <carols> so many of these this year! you're another org with a great ideas page
                  and a great application.
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19:38:41 <carols> we really did just have to reject some of our returning orgs to make
                  space for new ones.
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19:38:51 <carols> this was the case for you too.
19:38:55 <TPF|rafl> really? no criticism of our ideas page? that's not quite what i've
                    been expecting
19:39:04 <TPF|rafl> fair enough, though :)
19:39:22 <carols> i think a few of them could be more fleshed out, but i like that
                  there's a wide variety.
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19:39:31 <TPF|rafl> so, this year we had a couple of smaller perl projects approach us,
                    asking whether or not they should apply for gsoc individually
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19:39:50 <carols> alright...
19:39:56 <TPF|rafl> we, regrettably, told them to not do that, as we assumed chances of
                    them getting a slot or two might be higher under an umbrella
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19:40:13 <TPF|rafl> would you recommend we'd stop doing that for next year?
19:40:27 <TPF|rafl> i don't want you guys to be flooded with even more org applications
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19:40:41 <TPF|rafl> but also i feel rather bad for the small projects i basically robbed
                    of their chance to get in this time around
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19:41:35 <carols> well, maybe they can find another org to take them under their wing
                  this summer.
19:41:44 <carols> or, if they don't, they can try again on their own next year
19:41:48 <carols> and you should try again as well.
19:41:56 <TPF|rafl> we're working on that
19:42:00 <carols> every year some decisions are tough, this was one of them.
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19:42:10 <TPF|rafl> putting some of our prospective students in touch with other related
                    orgs, that is
19:42:18 <carols> great, thank you for that.
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19:42:31 <TPF|rafl> and also we're currently planning to run our own summer program for
                    students
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19:42:43 <carols> we have more orgs participating this year than ever before and it still
                  wasn't enough space for all the quality applications we got.
19:42:51 <carols> oh awesome! glad to hear it.
19:42:53 <TPF|rafl> is the latter something google and the gsoc organisers encourage, or
                    would you rather not see something that could be construed as
                    "competition" for gsoc?
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19:43:09 <carols> no, it's not competition to run your own summer of code-like program.
19:43:15 <carols> we encourage it.
19:43:25 <carols> it's an open source model :-)
19:43:29 <TPF|rafl> duly noted - thank you :)
19:43:32 <carols> use it and modify it however you like.
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19:43:49 <TPF|pjcj> thanks for the feedback
19:43:53 <carols> you're welcome. again, i hope you'll apply again next year.
19:44:00 <TPF|rafl> we will. thanks.
19:44:00 <carols> thanks for your participation in the past!
19:44:12 <carols> have a nice summer :-)