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=== Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now. ===
=== Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now. ===


No... perhaps we should make one.
We <s>freely stole</s> worked derivatively from [http://wiki.unknown-horizons.org/w/Student_application_template the Unknown Horizons template] and adapted it to [[Student Application Template|this]].
 
We could include the following items (it can be a Google application form)
* What OS do you use to develop?
* Are you an Octave or Matlab (R) user?
* Evaluate your coding confidence level on the following: C (-,0,+); C++ (-,0,+); Octave/Matlab m-files (-,0,+); OpenGL (-,0,+)
* Something about your background (CS, Physics, AI, Control, etc...).
* Why did you choose GNU Octave?


=== Who will be your backup organization administrator? ===
=== Who will be your backup organization administrator? ===
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Invite them to IRC. Set clear expectations on the minimum frequency of email progress updates (probably every two or three days). Be nice and friendly to them.
Invite them to IRC. Set clear expectations on the minimum frequency of email progress updates (probably every two or three days). Be nice and friendly to them.


Octave community boasts developers from to academia and industry, and we believe that emergence of joint projects is not unlikely. Connections made while contributing to the Octave community represent potential career opportunities for students, and successful student interns will be encouraged to continue their collaboration. This will be achieved by actively inviting students to continue and extend participation in Octave and Octave Forge projects, depending on their interests and code submitted.
Octave community boasts developers from academia and industry, and we believe that emergence of joint projects is not unlikely. Connections made while contributing to the Octave community represent potential career opportunities for students, and successful student interns will be encouraged to continue their collaboration. This will be achieved by actively inviting students to continue and extend participation in Octave and Octave Forge projects, depending on their interests and code submitted.


=== Are you a new organization who has a Googler or other organization to vouch for you? If so, please list their name(s) here. ===
=== Are you a new organization who has a Googler or other organization to vouch for you? If so, please list their name(s) here. ===


Yes, GNU can vouch for us.
Yes, GNU can vouch for us.
Dick Lyon <dicklyon@google.com> will also vouch for us.


=== Are you an established or larger organization who would like to vouch for a new organization applying this year? If so, please list their name(s) here. ===
=== Are you an established or larger organization who would like to vouch for a new organization applying this year? If so, please list their name(s) here. ===


No.
No.
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