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pharo4Stef@free.fr
I’m sorry to have to forward you this kind of mail but I do it. 
I will not send other emails on the topics.

Stef


Dear community

On the [hidden email] janko is kind of declaring that ESUG was not doing a good job managing 
GSOC. We feel insulted and we are quite concerned by that fact. Personally if students would not be involved I would vote that ESUG does not have anything to do with GSOC. Because it costs us money, time and stress. Note in addition that we never interferred with the choice or anything. 

I will ask the ESUG board to decide because we cannot do the job, spend time, money and be treated like that.
Sorry! We are sad but this is like that.

Then we do not like the kind of mails that Janko is sending us about the fact that ESUG is biased towards Pharo. 
Where are the research teams and teachers?  Of course: the mails of janko are just so nice. I let you judge.

It is particularly fun since this year we (the pharo board) decided not to organise a Pharo conference to avoid competing with ESUG. 

About motivations for my proposal:

1. 'Smalltalk' is more recognizable name on first spot that 'ESUG' . And this matters when a student looks at around 150 GSoC organizations to choose, which one to check and try. See last year list of orgs.

2. ESUG is currently regarded by many as too biased towards Pharo. Let we avoid starting debating is this is true or not. Making our org more independent will I hope remove any remaining doubt about that.


I feel shocked and insulted but I take it easy, having success make you as easy target for jaleous people. This is strange that 
some people would prefer to have a non existing/moving open-source smalltalk. May be the losers theory.

I added the answer of marcus below (because marcus usually is much calmer than me) so that Janko succeeded to get marcus reacting like that is a nice proof in itself.

Seriously Smalltalk is in a so good shape in presence of lua, Javascript, ruby and python, clojure that we should fight.

Excellent idea thank for this nice initiative. 

Stef




Begin forwarded message:

From: Janko Mivšek <[hidden email]>
Subject: [gsoc-mentors] Running under 'Smalltalk' org. name
Date: 8 Feb 2014 08:46:18 GMT+1
Reply-To: [hidden email]

Dear mentors,

I propose that we run this year GSoC simply under 'Smalltalk' name. Mentoring organization will be us mentors of past and current GSoCs, as the name 'mentoring organization' implies anyway. Such organization therefore doesn't need to be some kind of legal entity.

Because I need to open a new website and we have only one week to deadline, decision needs to be done soon.

Best regards
Janko

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Smalltalk GSoC Admin Team

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Of course you need it: I filled out quite some paperwork for Google. ESUG is an official Google supplier, for that I filled american tax forms and so on.

Without an organisation that will be very difficult. How do yu receive money for the flight if someone goes to the meeting in the fall?

One of the reasons why the Smalltalk GSOC was accepted was I think that it was the same organisation that is already in the books of google.

And I do not see why to change that: ESUG did a good job, we even lost money (that is, we spend more money on additional Summer of Code slots
than got in with the money from google).
We payed all additional expenses of the people going to the Summit: Google only pays the flight and hotel. Everyhting else not (e.g. going from the airpot
to the hotel).


What we need to discuss this year is if additional slots make sense: We had last year the fast that
a) it was very expensive for ESUG
b) even then, we got complaints that it was unfair that we did not pay the same as google
c) that it was very extremely unfair that the student could not put “Google Summer of Code” on the CV.

The last is the Killer: money from ESUG is just money. GSoC is more. So we ask if it is really worth to spend the money
if even the students are not happy about it.

And if your motivation behind is that this way you think it will be easier to enable “Quotas” for different Smalltalks:  I think this is a dumb idea.

Yes, Pharo is very active. So could every other Smalltalk be, too. They just need to do it. If they do not, it is not my duty to limit
my activity for “Fairness”. Limiting the activity level of those who do to be more “in line” with what those do who do nothing is just
*insane*. It’s a description of death itself.

Marcus

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Janko Mivšek
.. and of course my answer:

Dear Smalltalkers,

Stef is overreacting as always, going off-topic and don't want to see
the real reasons behind this proposal. Which is to make GSoC attractive
to all Smalltalkers by removing the last doubt about the any bias
towards any Smalltalk or group. That's why I propose to go more
independent under new name 'Smalltalk', besides a clearly better
visibility of such name of course.

I invite you to follow the debate on GSoC mentor list:

  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/smalltalk-gsoc-mentors

All mentors with voting rights on past GSoCs please join back to this
mailing list and help with debate:

  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/smalltalk-gsoc-mentors/join

Best regards
Janko

---
Janko Mivšek
Smalltalk GSoC Admin Team


Dne 08. 02. 2014 10:53, piše Pharo4Stef:

> I’m sorry to have to forward you this kind of mail but I do it.
> I will not send other emails on the topics.
>
> Stef
>
>
> Dear community
>
> On the [hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]> janko is kind of
> declaring that ESUG was not doing a good job managing
> GSOC. We feel insulted and we are quite concerned by that fact.
> Personally if students would not be involved I would vote that ESUG does
> not have anything to do with GSOC. Because it costs us money, time and
> stress. Note in addition that we never interferred with the choice or
> anything.
>
> I will ask the ESUG board to decide because we cannot do the job, spend
> time, money and be treated like that.
> Sorry! We are sad but this is like that.
>
> Then we do not like the kind of mails that Janko is sending us about the
> fact that ESUG is biased towards Pharo.
> Where are the research teams and teachers?  Of course: the mails of
> janko are just so nice. I let you judge.
>
> It is particularly fun since this year we (the pharo board) decided not
> to organise a Pharo conference to avoid competing with ESUG.
>
>> About motivations for my proposal:
>>
>> 1. 'Smalltalk' is more recognizable name on first spot that 'ESUG' .
>> And this matters when a student looks at around 150 GSoC organizations
>> to choose, which one to check and try. See last year list of orgs
>> <http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/list/public/google/gsoc2013>.
>>
>> 2. ESUG is currently regarded by many as too biased towards Pharo. Let
>> we avoid starting debating is this is true or not. Making our org more
>> independent will I hope remove any remaining doubt about that.
>
>
> I feel shocked and insulted but I take it easy, having success make you
> as easy target for jaleous people. This is strange that
> some people would prefer to have a non existing/moving open-source
> smalltalk. May be the losers theory.
>
> I added the answer of marcus below (because marcus usually is much
> calmer than me) so that Janko succeeded to get marcus reacting like that
> is a nice proof in itself.
>
> Seriously Smalltalk is in a so good shape in presence of lua,
> Javascript, ruby and python, clojure that we should fight.
>
> Excellent idea thank for this nice initiative.
>
> Stef
>
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> *From: *Janko Mivšek <[hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>>
>> *Subject: **[gsoc-mentors] Running under 'Smalltalk' org. name*
>> *Date: *8 Feb 2014 08:46:18 GMT+1
>> *To: *[hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>> *Reply-To: *[hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>>
>> Dear mentors,
>>
>> I propose that we run this year GSoC simply under 'Smalltalk' name.
>> Mentoring organization will be us mentors of past and current GSoCs,
>> as the name 'mentoring organization' implies anyway. Such organization
>> therefore doesn't need to be some kind of legal entity.
>>
>> Because I need to open a new website and we have only one week to
>> deadline, decision needs to be done soon.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Janko
>>
>> ---
>> Janko Mivšek
>> Smalltalk GSoC Admin Team
>>
>> --
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>> Groups "Smalltalk GSoC mentors" group.
>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
>> an email to [hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>.
>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>
>
>
> Of course you need it: I filled out quite some paperwork for Google.
> ESUG is an official Google supplier, for that I filled american tax
> forms and so on.
>
> Without an organisation that will be very difficult. How do yu receive
> money for the flight if someone goes to the meeting in the fall?
>
> One of the reasons why the Smalltalk GSOC was accepted was I think that
> it was the same organisation that is already in the books of google.
>
> And I do not see why to change that: ESUG did a good job, we even lost
> money (that is, we spend more money on additional Summer of Code slots
> than got in with the money from google).
> We payed all additional expenses of the people going to the Summit:
> Google only pays the flight and hotel. Everyhting else not (e.g. going
> from the airpot
> to the hotel).
>
>
> What we need to discuss this year is if additional slots make sense: We
> had last year the fast that
> a) it was very expensive for ESUG
> b) even then, we got complaints that it was unfair that we did not pay
> the same as google
> c) that it was very extremely unfair that the student could not put
> “Google Summer of Code” on the CV.
>
> The last is the Killer: money from ESUG is just money. GSoC is more. So
> we ask if it is really worth to spend the money
> if even the students are not happy about it.
>
> And if your motivation behind is that this way you think it will be
> easier to enable “Quotas” for different Smalltalks:  I think this is a
> dumb idea.
>
> Yes, Pharo is very active. So could every other Smalltalk be, too. They
> just need to do it. If they do not, it is not my duty to limit
> my activity for “Fairness”. Limiting the activity level of those who do
> to be more “in line” with what those do who do nothing is just
> *insane*. It’s a description of death itself.
>
> Marcus
>


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pharo4Stef@free.fr
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Janko

in fact I'thinking about it may be this is the time to propose a Pharo specific GSOC program.
If they are enough people willing to do that we have an association with a real legal status ready for that.

:) thanks for giving us the idea. 

Stef

On 08 Feb 2014, at 11:34, Janko Mivšek <[hidden email]> wrote:

.. and of course my answer:

Dear Smalltalkers,

Stef is overreacting as always, going off-topic and don't want to see
the real reasons behind this proposal. Which is to make GSoC attractive
to all Smalltalkers by removing the last doubt about the any bias
towards any Smalltalk or group. That's why I propose to go more
independent under new name 'Smalltalk', besides a clearly better
visibility of such name of course.

I invite you to follow the debate on GSoC mentor list:

 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/smalltalk-gsoc-mentors

All mentors with voting rights on past GSoCs please join back to this
mailing list and help with debate:

 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/smalltalk-gsoc-mentors/join

Best regards
Janko


Dne 08. 02. 2014 10:53, piše Pharo4Stef:
I’m sorry to have to forward you this kind of mail but I do it. 
I will not send other emails on the topics.

Stef


Dear community

On the [hidden email]
<[hidden email]> janko is kind of
declaring that ESUG was not doing a good job managing 
GSOC. We feel insulted and we are quite concerned by that fact.
Personally if students would not be involved I would vote that ESUG does
not have anything to do with GSOC. Because it costs us money, time and
stress. Note in addition that we never interferred with the choice or
anything. 

I will ask the ESUG board to decide because we cannot do the job, spend
time, money and be treated like that.
Sorry! We are sad but this is like that.

Then we do not like the kind of mails that Janko is sending us about the
fact that ESUG is biased towards Pharo. 
Where are the research teams and teachers?  Of course: the mails of
janko are just so nice. I let you judge.

It is particularly fun since this year we (the pharo board) decided not
to organise a Pharo conference to avoid competing with ESUG. 

About motivations for my proposal:

1. 'Smalltalk' is more recognizable name on first spot that 'ESUG' .
And this matters when a student looks at around 150 GSoC organizations
to choose, which one to check and try. See last year list of orgs
<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/list/public/google/gsoc2013>.

2. ESUG is currently regarded by many as too biased towards Pharo. Let
we avoid starting debating is this is true or not. Making our org more
independent will I hope remove any remaining doubt about that.


I feel shocked and insulted but I take it easy, having success make you
as easy target for jaleous people. This is strange that 
some people would prefer to have a non existing/moving open-source
smalltalk. May be the losers theory.

I added the answer of marcus below (because marcus usually is much
calmer than me) so that Janko succeeded to get marcus reacting like that
is a nice proof in itself.

Seriously Smalltalk is in a so good shape in presence of lua,
Javascript, ruby and python, clojure that we should fight.

Excellent idea thank for this nice initiative. 

Stef




Begin forwarded message:

*From: *Janko Mivšek <[hidden email]
<[hidden email]>>
*Subject: **[gsoc-mentors] Running under 'Smalltalk' org. name*
*Date: *8 Feb 2014 08:46:18 GMT+1
*To: *[hidden email]
<[hidden email]>
*Reply-To: *[hidden email]
<[hidden email]>

Dear mentors,

I propose that we run this year GSoC simply under 'Smalltalk' name.
Mentoring organization will be us mentors of past and current GSoCs,
as the name 'mentoring organization' implies anyway. Such organization
therefore doesn't need to be some kind of legal entity.

Because I need to open a new website and we have only one week to
deadline, decision needs to be done soon.

Best regards
Janko

---
Janko Mivšek
Smalltalk GSoC Admin Team

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Smalltalk GSoC mentors" group.
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an email to [hidden email]
<[hidden email]>.
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Of course you need it: I filled out quite some paperwork for Google.
ESUG is an official Google supplier, for that I filled american tax
forms and so on.

Without an organisation that will be very difficult. How do yu receive
money for the flight if someone goes to the meeting in the fall?

One of the reasons why the Smalltalk GSOC was accepted was I think that
it was the same organisation that is already in the books of google.

And I do not see why to change that: ESUG did a good job, we even lost
money (that is, we spend more money on additional Summer of Code slots
than got in with the money from google).
We payed all additional expenses of the people going to the Summit:
Google only pays the flight and hotel. Everyhting else not (e.g. going
from the airpot
to the hotel).


What we need to discuss this year is if additional slots make sense: We
had last year the fast that
a) it was very expensive for ESUG
b) even then, we got complaints that it was unfair that we did not pay
the same as google
c) that it was very extremely unfair that the student could not put
“Google Summer of Code” on the CV.

The last is the Killer: money from ESUG is just money. GSoC is more. So
we ask if it is really worth to spend the money
if even the students are not happy about it.

And if your motivation behind is that this way you think it will be
easier to enable “Quotas” for different Smalltalks:  I think this is a
dumb idea.

Yes, Pharo is very active. So could every other Smalltalk be, too. They
just need to do it. If they do not, it is not my duty to limit
my activity for “Fairness”. Limiting the activity level of those who do
to be more “in line” with what those do who do nothing is just
*insane*. It’s a description of death itself.

Marcus


-- 
Janko Mivšek
Svetovalec za informatiko
Eranova d.o.o.
Ljubljana, Slovenija
www.eranova.si
tel:  01 514 22 55
faks: 01 514 22 56
gsm: 031 674 565

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Re: [Pharo-dev] for those not in the smalltalk-gsoc-mentors mailing-list nor in esug

Janko Mivšek
Dne 08. 02. 2014 11:40, piše Pharo4Stef:
> Janko
>
> in fact I'thinking about it may be this is the time to propose a Pharo
> specific GSOC program.
> If they are enough people willing to do that we have an association with
> a real legal status ready for that.
>
> :) thanks for giving us the idea.

You can do that of course but then all will loose. Pharo will be
regarded as a new organization and will get just few stipendiums while
Smalltalk GSoC as continuation of Smalltalk-wide org won't have a lot of
good projects with mentor pool and will also get much less stipendiums.

And now question back to you, will you take a responsibility for such
outcome?

Janko

P.S: Legal entity matters nothing, please read FAQ carefully:

"What is a mentoring organization?

A group running an active free/open source software project, e.g. the
Python Software Foundation. The project does not need to be a legally
incorporated entity."

http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page#1._What_is_a_mentoring_organization

Legal entity is needed only for receiving the money and for this any
entity can be used. If not others a Software Freedom Conservancy can be
asked.


> On 08 Feb 2014, at 11:34, Janko Mivšek <[hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>
>> .. and of course my answer:
>>
>> Dear Smalltalkers,
>>
>> Stef is overreacting as always, going off-topic and don't want to see
>> the real reasons behind this proposal. Which is to make GSoC attractive
>> to all Smalltalkers by removing the last doubt about the any bias
>> towards any Smalltalk or group. That's why I propose to go more
>> independent under new name 'Smalltalk', besides a clearly better
>> visibility of such name of course.
>>
>> I invite you to follow the debate on GSoC mentor list:
>>
>>  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/smalltalk-gsoc-mentors
>>
>> All mentors with voting rights on past GSoCs please join back to this
>> mailing list and help with debate:
>>
>>  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/smalltalk-gsoc-mentors/join
>>
>> Best regards
>> Janko
>>
>>
>> Dne 08. 02. 2014 10:53, piše Pharo4Stef:
>>> I’m sorry to have to forward you this kind of mail but I do it.
>>> I will not send other emails on the topics.
>>>
>>> Stef
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear community
>>>
>>> On the [hidden email]
>>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>>> <mailto:[hidden email]> janko is kind of
>>> declaring that ESUG was not doing a good job managing
>>> GSOC. We feel insulted and we are quite concerned by that fact.
>>> Personally if students would not be involved I would vote that ESUG does
>>> not have anything to do with GSOC. Because it costs us money, time and
>>> stress. Note in addition that we never interferred with the choice or
>>> anything.
>>>
>>> I will ask the ESUG board to decide because we cannot do the job, spend
>>> time, money and be treated like that.
>>> Sorry! We are sad but this is like that.
>>>
>>> Then we do not like the kind of mails that Janko is sending us about the
>>> fact that ESUG is biased towards Pharo.
>>> Where are the research teams and teachers?  Of course: the mails of
>>> janko are just so nice. I let you judge.
>>>
>>> It is particularly fun since this year we (the pharo board) decided not
>>> to organise a Pharo conference to avoid competing with ESUG.
>>>
>>>> About motivations for my proposal:
>>>>
>>>> 1. 'Smalltalk' is more recognizable name on first spot that 'ESUG' .
>>>> And this matters when a student looks at around 150 GSoC organizations
>>>> to choose, which one to check and try. See last year list of orgs
>>>> <http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/list/public/google/gsoc2013>.
>>>>
>>>> 2. ESUG is currently regarded by many as too biased towards Pharo. Let
>>>> we avoid starting debating is this is true or not. Making our org more
>>>> independent will I hope remove any remaining doubt about that.
>>>
>>>
>>> I feel shocked and insulted but I take it easy, having success make you
>>> as easy target for jaleous people. This is strange that
>>> some people would prefer to have a non existing/moving open-source
>>> smalltalk. May be the losers theory.
>>>
>>> I added the answer of marcus below (because marcus usually is much
>>> calmer than me) so that Janko succeeded to get marcus reacting like that
>>> is a nice proof in itself.
>>>
>>> Seriously Smalltalk is in a so good shape in presence of lua,
>>> Javascript, ruby and python, clojure that we should fight.
>>>
>>> Excellent idea thank for this nice initiative.
>>>
>>> Stef
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> *From: *Janko Mivšek <[hidden email]
>>>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>>>> <mailto:[hidden email]>>
>>>> *Subject: **[gsoc-mentors] Running under 'Smalltalk' org. name*
>>>> *Date: *8 Feb 2014 08:46:18 GMT+1
>>>> *To: *[hidden email]
>>>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>>>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>>>> *Reply-To: *[hidden email]
>>>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>>>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>>>>
>>>> Dear mentors,
>>>>
>>>> I propose that we run this year GSoC simply under 'Smalltalk' name.
>>>> Mentoring organization will be us mentors of past and current GSoCs,
>>>> as the name 'mentoring organization' implies anyway. Such organization
>>>> therefore doesn't need to be some kind of legal entity.
>>>>
>>>> Because I need to open a new website and we have only one week to
>>>> deadline, decision needs to be done soon.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> Janko
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Janko Mivšek
>>>> Smalltalk GSoC Admin Team
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>>>> Groups "Smalltalk GSoC mentors" group.
>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
>>>> an email to [hidden email]
>>>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>>>> <mailto:[hidden email]>.
>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Of course you need it: I filled out quite some paperwork for Google.
>>> ESUG is an official Google supplier, for that I filled american tax
>>> forms and so on.
>>>
>>> Without an organisation that will be very difficult. How do yu receive
>>> money for the flight if someone goes to the meeting in the fall?
>>>
>>> One of the reasons why the Smalltalk GSOC was accepted was I think that
>>> it was the same organisation that is already in the books of google.
>>>
>>> And I do not see why to change that: ESUG did a good job, we even lost
>>> money (that is, we spend more money on additional Summer of Code slots
>>> than got in with the money from google).
>>> We payed all additional expenses of the people going to the Summit:
>>> Google only pays the flight and hotel. Everyhting else not (e.g. going
>>> from the airpot
>>> to the hotel).
>>>
>>>
>>> What we need to discuss this year is if additional slots make sense: We
>>> had last year the fast that
>>> a) it was very expensive for ESUG
>>> b) even then, we got complaints that it was unfair that we did not pay
>>> the same as google
>>> c) that it was very extremely unfair that the student could not put
>>> “Google Summer of Code” on the CV.
>>>
>>> The last is the Killer: money from ESUG is just money. GSoC is more. So
>>> we ask if it is really worth to spend the money
>>> if even the students are not happy about it.
>>>
>>> And if your motivation behind is that this way you think it will be
>>> easier to enable “Quotas” for different Smalltalks:  I think this is a
>>> dumb idea.
>>>
>>> Yes, Pharo is very active. So could every other Smalltalk be, too. They
>>> just need to do it. If they do not, it is not my duty to limit
>>> my activity for “Fairness”. Limiting the activity level of those who do
>>> to be more “in line” with what those do who do nothing is just
>>> *insane*. It’s a description of death itself.
>>>
>>> Marcus
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Janko Mivšek
>> Svetovalec za informatiko
>> Eranova d.o.o.
>> Ljubljana, Slovenija
>> www.eranova.si <http://www.eranova.si/>
>> tel:  01 514 22 55
>> faks: 01 514 22 56
>> gsm: 031 674 565
>

--
Janko Mivšek
Svetovalec za informatiko
Eranova d.o.o.
Ljubljana, Slovenija
www.eranova.si
tel:  01 514 22 55
faks: 01 514 22 56
gsm: 031 674 565