It is that time of year again; the Google Summer of Code is upon us!<br><br><br><br><b>Sign Up Information</b><br><br>If you are a student and want to sign up to make $4,500 for hacking on the code you love over the summer or are willing to help out as a mentor, now is the time to act. Please sign up by adding your name to the list at: <br>
<br><a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/wiki/People2010">http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/wiki/People2010</a><br><br>I have extracted an initial list of interested mentors from Malcolm&#39;s earlier inquiry to the cafe and have submitted our initial application to Google. A strong list of potential mentors and students will help bolster our case.<br>
<br>Our main wiki entry for the Summer of Code 2010 is now online:<br><br><a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/wiki/Soc2010">http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/wiki/Soc2010</a><br><br>If you are interested in applying as a student, here are some guidelines:<br>
<br><a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/wiki/StudApply2010">http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/wiki/StudApply2010</a><br><br>The official deadline for student applications with Google is April 7th, but if you are interested please add your name to the People2010 page above, as soon as possible.<br>
<br><b>Interested in helping out, but not sure how?<br></b><br>There are a number of ideas that we&#39;ve been collecting for projects available through the trac<br><br><a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/report/1">http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/report/1</a><br>
<br>and which have been collecting over time in a reddit:<br><br><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell_proposals/top/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell_proposals/top/</a><br><br>While the reddit is a great place to discuss proposals,  we had to choose one mechanism to supply Google with our ideas officially, so please <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/newticket">submit proposals</a> to the trac if you can think of something you like to work on, or which would be an appropriately beneficial project for a summer worth of work.<br>
<br><b>Helping Out Darcs </b><br><br><a href="http://Haskell.org">Haskell.org</a> is going to continue to act as an umbrella organization covering <a href="http://darcs.net/">darcs</a> for the Summer of Code once more. If you are interested in helping them out, they also have a page full of project ideas as well:<br>
<br><a href="http://wiki.darcs.net/GoogleSummerOfCode">http://wiki.darcs.net/GoogleSummerOfCode</a><br><br>Again, please <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/newticket">submit proposals</a> as tickets to the trac if you can think of something you&#39;d like to work on.<br>
<br><b>More Information</b><br><br>Here are a bunch of relevant links that may be able to answer your questions:<br><br><a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/">Google&#39;s Summer of Code Homepage</a><br><a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2010/faqs">Google&#39;s Summer of Code 2010 FAQ</a><br>
<a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2010/timeline">Google&#39;s Summer of Code 2010 Timeline</a><br><a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/WikiStart">Google&#39;s Summer of Code Wiki Knowledge Base</a><br>
<br>Of course, you can always feel free to <a href="mailto:ekmett@gmail.com">email me</a> or inquire on <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a> #haskell-soc or with the darcs folks over on #darcs for more information. If you don&#39;t have an IRC client, you can get there from: <a href="http://webchat.freenode.net">http://webchat.freenode.net</a><br>
<br>Thank you all very much and we look forward to another successful Summer of Code!<br><br>-Edward Kmett<br>