[WSIS CS-Plenary] Announcing the Guido Sohne Open Source Fellowship - First year edition

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The Guido Sohne  Fellowship 

About Guido Sohne
Guido
Sohne was legendary in his work of "developing information"
and "writing code". His contributions range from his
personal vision of  our future to constructive criticism of
regulatory  and other technical policy frameworks. In the world of
code writing Guido's work is recognised both in the Free and Open
Source space as well as the proprietary space. From C to LAMP, his
language proficiency is known. Experienced in the use of  Operating
Systems from Unix to Windows, he has played with Apache, XML,
Chillispot etc. technologies. Above all these, Guido was known to
have a blistering pace in delivering top quality software projects.
Guido was, also, one of the pioneer founders  of the Free Software
and Open Source Foundation for Africa, the premier continental open
source foundation in Africa. 


About the Fellowship  
To
celebrate the memorial of Guido's passing, the Sohne family, friends
and colleagues of Guido in conjunction with the Ghana-India Kofi
Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT and FOSSFA are instituting a
Fellowship in honour of his personality, his vision and his ideals. 
The first edition is   a web application development competition that
seeks to encapsulate the dreams, visions, ideals and technological
orientation of Guido Sohne.

The competition

Software
The
competition is focused on Guido and the views he shares on
technology, development, Africa and life in general. Participants are
required to collect information on Guido and his work over the course
of his life and then develop a unique web application with it. The
web application must have  functionalities that immortalize the work
that Guido did over the course of his life. In memory of the
extremely fast pace with which Guido produced quality work, we also
pay attention to how fast the competitors are able to produce top
quality entries.

Essay
As
part of the competition, entries are required to include an essay on
the the technological vision for Africa that Guido and his
compatriots shared. The input for the essay should be Guido's blog
posts, papers and other media both online and offline. Competitors
are required to write an essay on the role of software and technology
on the development of the African content. The essay should be at
least 3,000 words long.

Eligibility criteria

In order to be eligible
for the competition, you must:

	1. Believe in yourself, in your capacity to effect change, and in leading your generation to do the same
	2. Have a vision for the African continent  
	3. Be 35 years or less on the 23rdMay, 2009
	4. Be resident on the African continent

Submission requirements

Eligible
submissions must fulfill the following requirements:
	1. All applications must be developed using Free software and open source development frameworks, languages and tools. Using any proprietary development frameworks, languages or tools automatically disqualifies the submission.
	2. The submission must include a web interface which is powered by a web application.
	3. The developer must be able to  provide complete documentation of the web application.
	4. Demonstrate a finished version of the application to the judges when called upon to do so.


The judging criteria

Judging
would be based on the depth of research done on Guido and his work as
well as uniqueness and sophistication of the Web application and how
it immortalizes the work of Guido. Also the use of appropriate
technology for the various parts of the application and its web
interface would be a determining factor in selecting the winner.
Guido was a strong proponent of choosing the right technologies for
the right tasks and hence his strong desire to learn about a vast
range of different technologies.  

The reward

After
all eligible submissions are received and the competition is closed,
judges will assess all the received eligible submissions according to
the reward criteria. Three(3) entries will be rewarded with the Guido
Sohne Fellows for the year. Winners are entitled to:  

	1. Mentorship from senior developers from Africa and all over the world.  
	2. Publicity within all the major FOSS networks on the continent and beyond.
	3. Free all-round passes to the 4th African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons (IDLELO4)  in May 2010

How to apply
Review
information on the competition at
http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/gsf
	1. Make sure that you fulfill all the eligibility requirements
	2. Develop your application, noting all the submission requirements  
	3. Write your essay  
	4. Submit your application at http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/gsf

Details
The
competition is online www.aiti-kace.com.gh/gsf and open from 23rd May 2009 (Guido's birthdate) to 31st October
2009.  



      
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