[amsat-bb] Google Summer of Code - mentorship application from Open Research Institute

[Michelle Thompson]

Greetings Tucker,

The work we would enable through GSoC, by mentoring students, would be
amateur satellite communications work.

Open Research Institute is a Member Society of AMSAT-NA.

-Michelle W5NYV




On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:24 PM KI7UNJ Tucker <ki7unj at gmail.com> wrote:

> While I applaud your efforts, exactly how is this relevant to amateur
> satellites and being sent to the AMSAT-BB?
>
> Last time I checked we were AMSAT not ORI?
>
> Was spamming the physical mailing list with ORI letter headed "propaganda"
> not enough?  Certainly, you have other means of publicizing, rather than
> spamming us on the AMSAT-BB and violating the terms of use  For someone
> who throws a lot of unfounded accusations at others, you seem to do a lot
> of shady stuff. I thought a Board member would know better.
>
>
> KI7UNJ
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Open Research Institute is looking to apply as a mentor in the Google
>> Summer of Code program. I believe participation can greatly benefit the
>> amateur satellite service. Special thanks to Wally Ritchie for suggesting
>> this path, and to Bruce Perens and Ben Hilburn for their support and
>> approval.
>>
>> Details about the program can be found here:
>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
>>
>> If approved, it would mean we would mentor student(s), at least once a
>> week, coordinating efforts to produce engineering in support of achieving
>> technical goals.
>>
>> This is a significant time commitment, but we have plenty of really
>> interesting and meaningful options for students to work on.
>>
>> In order to apply, we need volunteers that can commit to working with
>> students. As of today, we have four enthusiastic volunteers that cover a
>> wide variety of technical fields. We are looking for more. AMSAT-BB is
>> full
>> of truly wonderful and qualified people.
>>
>> The deadline is 5 February 2020. If you can help with this, let us know!
>>
>> -Michelle W5NYV
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