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     * The %%FreeBSD%% project has participated in the Google Summer of Code since it's inception.  We have had a total of 79 projects, 73 of which passed.     * The %%FreeBSD%% project has participated in the Google Summer of Code since it's inception.  We have had a total of 79 projects, 73 of which passed.
     * In each year we've had quite a bit more promising student proposals and willing mentors than spaces were allocated to us, and so we were able to be extremely picky and I think this is reflected in the high success rate of our students.     * In each year we've had quite a bit more promising student proposals and willing mentors than spaces were allocated to us, and so we were able to be extremely picky and I think this is reflected in the high success rate of our students.
-    * At least 10 of our former students continue to work on %%FreeBSD%% as full fledged committers and the work of many others has become part of the source and ports trees.  Many others are currently in Ph.D. programs, some pursuing a similar line of %%FreeBSD%% related research to their %%SoC%% projects.  We've also had quite a few join industry such as Google, Oracle, Cisco, etc.. and found startups based on open source technologies (rememberthemilk.com).+    * At least 10 of our former students continue to work on %%FreeBSD%% as full fledged committers and the work of many others has become part of the source and ports trees.  Many others are currently in Ph.D. programs, some pursuing a similar line of %%FreeBSD%% related research to their %%SoC%% projects.  We've also had quite a few join industry such as Google, Cisco, Oracle, Slide, and VMWare and found startups based on open source technologies (rememberthemilk.com).
     * Various %%FreeBSD%% project members have attended past Summer of Code Mentor Summits including all three members of our current admin team (Brooks Davis, Tim Kientzle, and Robert Watson).     * Various %%FreeBSD%% project members have attended past Summer of Code Mentor Summits including all three members of our current admin team (Brooks Davis, Tim Kientzle, and Robert Watson).
  
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   * **What steps will you take to encourage contributors to interact with your community before, during, and after the program?**   * **What steps will you take to encourage contributors to interact with your community before, during, and after the program?**
     * We will provide contributors with a designated place to post their status reports and encourage contributors, mentors, and other community members to review and comment on their work as it progresses.  This will be separate from the primary mailing lists because we have found that posting to the primary lists can be quite intimidating.  By creating a separate area where expectations are set appropriately and interactions are policed by mentors and administrators we hope to achieve a higher level of participation.  Once code reaches a more complete state, we will encourage contributors to seek review on the appropriate lists.     * We will provide contributors with a designated place to post their status reports and encourage contributors, mentors, and other community members to review and comment on their work as it progresses.  This will be separate from the primary mailing lists because we have found that posting to the primary lists can be quite intimidating.  By creating a separate area where expectations are set appropriately and interactions are policed by mentors and administrators we hope to achieve a higher level of participation.  Once code reaches a more complete state, we will encourage contributors to seek review on the appropriate lists.
-    * We also create a personal space about each accepted project on http://wiki.freebsd.org and make blog posts and newsflash entries about the projects.  We also solicit individual project updates for our bi-monthly developer status reports, where these projects are reported on in the same document as our other mainstream development projects.+    * We also create a personal space about each accepted project on the Wiki and make blog posts and newsflash entries about the projects.  We also solicit individual project updates for our bi-monthly developer status reports, where these projects are reported on in the same document as our other mainstream development projects.
     * Our project ideas page lists potential mentors and encourages students to contact them before the program so that we can open communication channels early.     * Our project ideas page lists potential mentors and encourages students to contact them before the program so that we can open communication channels early.
     * We invite all gsoc participants to attend BSD conferences and developer summits, and thanks to the %%FreeBSD%% Foundation, are able to offer travel support to them.  This allows them to present their work to the community, meet the people they've seen on the lists (and their mentor), as well as network with the community and potential employers.     * We invite all gsoc participants to attend BSD conferences and developer summits, and thanks to the %%FreeBSD%% Foundation, are able to offer travel support to them.  This allows them to present their work to the community, meet the people they've seen on the lists (and their mentor), as well as network with the community and potential employers.
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