[BioC] Mentored Projects at Bioconductor

[Paul Shannon]

Thanks to Gordon and Marcus, for pointing out the broken link and its proper replacement.

We will craft some clarifying text to answer Gordon's "project scope" question, and put that up tomorrow.

Thanks!

 - Paul

On Sep 20, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Marcus Davy wrote:

> The broken link should probably point to the RGalaxy development package
> 
> http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/RGalaxy.html
> 
> Marcus
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Gordon K Smyth <smyth at wehi.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> A paragraph explaining what a mentored project is and what participating involves would be helpful.  Full time work?  Travel to Seattle?  For a group or an individual?  Those things aren't clear to me from the current page.
> 
> Also the link to the first project (RGalaxy) gives "Page not found".
> 
> Best wishes
> Gordon
> 
> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:57:35 -0700
> From: Paul Shannon <pshannon at fhcrc.org>
> To: "bioconductor at r-project.org List" <bioconductor at r-project.org>
> Cc: Paul Shannon <pshannon at fhcrc.org>
> Subject: [BioC] new: Mentored Projects at Bioconductor
> 
> We wish to announce a new feature of Bioconductor: "Mentored Projects".
> 
> The web page is
> 
>  http://www.bioconductor.org/developers/mentored-projects
> 
> with this overview:
> 
> Developers new to Bioconductor may find mentored projects a useful way to apply, refine
> and extend their skills. Projects are identified by experienced Bioconductor developers.
> The projects involve important but manageable programming tasks. Experienced developers
> act as mentors, providing guidance and oversight. Successful mentored projects will be
> incorporated into relevant packages to benefit contributors, users, and the Bioconductor
> project.
> 
> and with this invitation:
> 
> Below you will find a list of proposed projects.  We invite your participation.
> We welcome your suggestions.
> 
> Please respond to me directly if you have any questions or suggestions, or any interest in
> participating.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> - Paul Shannon
>   pshannon AT fhcrc DOT org
> 
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