Re: Agora proposal for SOCIS

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Carnë Draug <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 27 July 2012 12:27, Juan Pablo Carbajal <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Juan Pablo Carbajal
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Carnë Draug <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> On 27 July 2012 04:33, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> I must say, I'm personally excited about this:
>>>>>
>>>>>     https://gist.github.com/5a222e8f5a834ed9459f
>>>>
>>>> Don't the applicants need to be European? "I'm a second-year student
>>>> studying math and computer science at McGill University in Montreal,
>>>> Canada."
>>>>
>>>> Carnë
>>>
>>> Who's eligible to participate as a student in SOCIS?
>>> In order to participate in the program, you must be a student. For the
>>> purpose of this program, ESA defines a student as an individual
>>> enrolled in or accepted into an accredited institution including (but
>>> not necessarily limited to) colleges, universities, masters programs,
>>> PhD programs and undergraduate programs. The institution must be based
>>> in in one of the following states: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech
>>> Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
>>> Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
>>> Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia
>>> and Romania. You should be prepared, upon request, to provide ESA with
>>> transcripts or other documentation from your accredited institution as
>>> proof of enrollment or admission status. Computer Science does not
>>> need to be your field of study in order to participate in the program.
>>> Additionally, ESA will require organizations with multiple assigned
>>> students slots to select at least half of the students from ESA
>>> states: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
>>> France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands,
>>> Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom,
>>> Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia and Romania. A scanned copy of
>>> passport, national ID card or equivalent document will be asked in the
>>> student's application form.
>>>
>>
>> Canada belongs to the Commonwealth Realm (former British empire),
>> therefore is European.
>>
>> Check this video to understand it
>> http://youtu.be/rNu8XDBSn10
>
> I'm in no way complaining about the applicant, quite happy about it.
>
> Just got surprised about the Canada part. But that doesn't make it an
> European country. It doesn't matter if it's commonwealth or not, it
> doesn't make it an European country. Otherwise, many other countries
> would be European too, including Australia and New Zealand. The reason
> to include Canada is at the end of text, it's an ESA state (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency#Member_countries_and_budget
> ), nothing to do with the old British empire.
>
> Carnë

True, anyways the video is quite informative :D


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