SUMO:FAQ:Dates
From SIDE-Labs.org
Important Dates
| Month | Date | Task |
|---|---|---|
| May | 24 | Program announced. Life is good. Make models not code. Design once, run anywhere.
Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to SIDE-Labs. |
| June | 4 | Mentoring organization application deadline.
SIDE-Labs program administrators review organization applications. |
| 7 | List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the SUMO 2010 site.
Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations. Student application period opens. Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant. | |
| 11 | Student application deadline.
All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor Student ranking/scoring deadline. Please do not add private comments with a nonzero score or mark students as ineligible (unless doing so as part of resolving duplicate accepted students) after this deadline - 17:00 UTC IRC meeting to resolve any outstanding duplicate accepted students - timing TBD, will be announced well in advance | |
| 14 | Accepted student proposals announced on the SUMO 2010 site.
Students begin coding for their SUMO projects; SIDE-Labs begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities. | |
| Interim Period | Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects. | |
| July | 15 | Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations. |
| 31 | Mid-term evaluations deadline;
SIDE-Labs begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file. | |
| Interim Period | Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects. | |
| August | 23 | Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub models & code, write tests, improve documentation, etc. |
| 30 | Firm 'pencils down' date.
Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to SIDE-Labs. | |
| September | 14 | Final evaluation deadline.
SIDE-Labs begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file. |
| 28 | Students can begin submitting required code samples to SIDE-Labs | |
| 30 | Final results of SUMO 2010 announced
No Mentor Summit at SIDE-Labs this first year because all resources are focused on modelling and coding. Moreover, flying by plane is not sustainable :-) Next year, representatives from each successfully participating organization will be invited to SIDE-Labs to greet, collaborate and code. |
