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<carols> =====BEGIN GSOC 2014 ORG REJECTION FEEDBACK MEETING====
<carols> hi everyone, thanks for coming
<carols> this year we got 371 (well, technically 372) applications from organizations for the program.
<carols> we accepted 190 organizations in total
<carols> but unfortunately, we always have less space for orgs than we have applications.
<carols> this year we emphasized, as we have in the past, accepting organizations that have never participated before and/or were small communities
* bakercp is now known as openFrameworks_b
<carols> we again saw a huge amount of applications from folks in the bioinformatics, life sciences, and biology fields
* 64MAAD0I7 is now known as kshitij
<carols> but we also got some great new applications from fields we've never had participate before
<carols> please make sure your ideas page is the one you used to apply with if you're in the queue, since that's what the assessment of our team was based on
<carols> and, as the topic says, you're also more than welcome to email me with a request for feedback, but please keep in mind that i'm just 1 person and i might take a while to get back to you
* enigmadev_joshw is now known as joshwambua
<carols> so with that
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<carols> kblin: i'll take queue #1
<kblin> you can update the URL to your ideas page by using the queue command again if you haven't changed your nick
<carols> what kblin said
<kblin> you won't lose your position in the queue while doing that
<kblin> !nextinline
<gsocbot> kblin: Next in line is nimrod_dom with notice: https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/wiki/GSoC-2014-Ideas
* joshwambua_ is now known as enigmadev_joshw
* kblin gives voice to nimrod_dom
<carols> alright, nimrod_dom needs voice
<carols> and i'll check my spreadsheet
<nimrod_dom> hello :)
<carols> hello :-)
<carols> just a sec while i read
<carols> alright, so a couple things:
<carols> 1) some of the ideas on your ideas page needed a bit of work
<carols> not a huge deal, but we did notice it
<carols> particularly you seemed to lose steam at the end :-)
<carols> love the format and structure of the page, though
<carols> and the number of ideas was great
<carols> another thing i didn't mention in the preamble, but is applicable here:
<carols> we got a *ton* of apps from programming languages as well
<carols> and do you had some stiff competition :-(
<carols> let me look at the app and see if there's anything else
<nimrod_dom> oh :(
<carols> yeah, we try to choose as wide a variety of projects as we can to benefit the students
<carols> and sometimes that means rejecting a lot of orgs in a particular topic area if the competition is stif
<carols> stiff
<carols> only thing i'd say about your app is we might have liked to see someone vouching for you
* joshwambua_ is now known as enigmadev_joshw
<carols> but that's a small thing
<carols> that's all i've got
<carols> do you have any questions?
<carols> ...still there nimrod_dom?
<nimrod_dom> hrm, perhaps you could tell me what made you choose the other applicants in the programming languages field?
<nimrod_dom> Did it just come down to the quality of the ideas page?
<carols> nimrod_dom: well, as i said, your app/ideas page wasn't A+, and you were competing in an A+ field
<carols> it looks great
<carols> but wasn't quite enough
<carols> for next year i'd say take a couple ideas off the page and flesh out the ones you have there
<carols> and find someone to vouch for you :-)
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<carols> anything else?
<nimrod_dom> I see. I certainly will do that! :)
<carols> excellent
<nimrod_dom> No, I think that's it.
<carols> i hope you have a nice summer :-)
<nimrod_dom> Thank you.
<carols> thanks for coming
<carols> you're welcome
<kblin> !nextinline
<gsocbot> kblin: Next in line is damn_sueastside with notice: https://github.com/sueastside/damn/wiki/Ideas
<nimrod_dom> You too!