[00:22:39] any previous GSOC/Outreachy org admins around? [00:28:41] if there were, what would be the followup question? [00:34:45] I wanted to learn how to deal w/ applicants who have submitted proposals only on the GSOC/Outreachy's dashboard, but there is no activity on Phab? [00:42:19] note that other years there was an amount of spam… [00:43:07] might be that, might be students that *are* interested but needing guidance [00:43:42] Yeah! agree w/ you. Mostly they are, besides 1-2 that are good, and perhaps need some advice. [00:44:29] (by spam I mean that they submitted their proposal to many orgs regardless of it being appropriate, pasted a proposal, etc) [23:07:25] srishakatux: someone told me thay want to apply to GSoC but can't find out how, which seems to be a valid complaint [23:07:40] the wiki page doesn't really explain the application process [23:12:27] tgr it's there in the recommended next steps section: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017#Recommended_Next_Steps [23:13:45] the only somewhat actionable thing there is "express your interest" [23:14:15] so they should just comment on Phabricator and someone will take care of the request / explain next steps to them? [23:14:26] The 5th point in there is about guidelines for preparing the proposal [23:15:18] yeah..that will work too. [23:16:07] alternatively, you could ask them to join a conpherence https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/conpherence/514/ which is specifically for prospective students, and I will take it from there. [23:16:24] so there is no parallel application process with Google, like the one Outreachy has? [23:16:47] the GSoC webpage says something about uploading a PDF but is not clear about it [23:17:33] the conpherence sounds good, thanks [23:17:45] okay! great.