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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-02-25 17:35:51
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Make it clearer that they should pick one of the projects.
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 Google Summer of Code 2014 Ideas
 ================================
 Welcome, potential Google Summer of Code students!  This project is
 currently called "The NPO Accounting Project", for lack of a better name.
 The project is coordinated by
 [Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.](https://sfconservancy.org/) which is a
 (c)(3) charitable not-for-profit organization in the USA.  We run all our
 operations solely and completely on Free Software.
 One area that we've had great difficulty is regarding non-profit accounting
 software.  We've launch this project to improve the state of accounting Open
 Source and Free Software for non-profits.  Since this NPO Accounting project
 is just getting started, there are only the four potential projects below
 for a GSoC 2014 student.  Assuming Google picks us for GSoC 2014, we'll be
 selecting just one student, but we've provided four project choices.  We
 need all of these items below done anyway, and we want to find the best
 possible student/project match.  Please pick the project that fits your
 skills and background best when submitting your application.
 for a GSoC 2014 student.  Students who wish to apply to our org should pick
 one specific project below, and focus their application on that project.
 We'll likely select just one student, but we've provided multiple project
 choices.  Students who wish to apply to our org should pick *one* of the four
 projects below, and focus their application on that project.
 We need all of these items below done anyway, and we want to find the best
 possible student/project match.  Please pick the *single* project below that
 fits your skills and background best when submitting your application.
 ## Possible GSoC 2014 Projects
 . Add all necessary the tag types found
    [the tutorial on the Ledger-CLI setup for fiscal sponsor 501(c)3 organizations](https://gitorious.org/ledger/npo-ledger-cli/)
    into the
    [REST API for basic double-entry accounting](http://npoacct.sfconservancy.org/accounting-api/),
    and then write some reports using that new API.
    This will require the student to get familiar (or already be familiar)
    with how Ledger-CLI works, how REST APIs work, and learn some basics of
    double entry accounting.
     A successful student should be able to complete that work about
     three-quarters the way through the summer, and then be able to focus on
     actually writing a few specialized NPO-style report using the API.  A
     great acid test will be to use the API to implement the
     [IRS required charity public support test](http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Exempt-Organizations-Annual-Reporting-Requirements-Form-990,-Schedules-A-and-B:-Public-Charity-Support-Test).
 . Convert  [Ledger-CLI](http://www.ledger-cli.org/) to use fixed-point
    arithmetic.
    Currently Ledger-CLI uses floating point arithmetic, which is definitely a
    mistake for an accounting system.  This causes

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