[17:09] <bkerensa> valorie: do you know how GSoC money is handled?
[17:10] <bkerensa> Ubuntu is going to apply this year
[17:10] <bkerensa> but we need to sort out who gets money 
[17:10] <bkerensa> and who signs contract
[17:10] <bkerensa> since Canonical is not Ubuntu
[17:10] <bkerensa> :)
[23:09] <valorie> it's up to the org how they handle the money
[23:09] <valorie> some allow it to go directly from Google to mentors
[23:10] <valorie> that is the only money we're talking about afaik
[23:10] <valorie> in the case of KDE, the money goes to the e.V. (foundation)
[23:10] <valorie> and then KDE sends mentors to the mentor summit with that money
[23:11] <valorie> so if there isn't a community foundation of some sort, Canonical may be willing to handle it instead
[23:11] <valorie> often mentors *can't* be paid directly because of tax laws
[23:12] <valorie> I suggest talking to someone such as Lydia "Nightrose" or someone from the GNOME foundation for more specific info
[23:13] <valorie> the Google folks in #gsoc are excellent as well