<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">It is that time of year again. The <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Google</span> <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Summer</span> of Code is upon us!<br>
<br><b>Sign Up Information</b><br><br>If you are a student and want to sign up to make $5,000 for hacking on the code you love over the <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">summer</span> 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">http://hackage</a>.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">haskell</span>.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">org</span>/trac/<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">summer</span>-of-code/wiki/People2011<br>
<br>Our main wiki entry for the <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Summer</span> of Code 2010 is now online:<br>
<br><a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/wiki/Soc2011">http://hackage.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">haskell</span>.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">org</span>/trac/<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">summer</span>-of-code/wiki/Soc2011</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/StudApply2011">http://hackage.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">haskell</span>.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">org</span>/trac/<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">summer</span>-of-code/wiki/StudApply2011</a><br>
<br>The official deadline for student applications with <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Google</span> is April 8th, 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've been collecting for projects available through the trac<br><br><a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/report/1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">http://hackage.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">haskell</span>.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">org</span>/trac/<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">summer</span>-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/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell_proposals/top/</a></span><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell_proposals/top/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); "></a>Unfortunately, reddit doesn't let you comment on topics after they become archived, and most of the topics in the haskell_proposals reddit have been.<br>
<br>While the reddit is a great place to discuss proposals, we had to choose one mechanism to supply <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Google</span> with our ideas officially, so please <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/newticket" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">submit proposals</a> to the trac once you have hashed out something you like to work on, or which would be an appropriately beneficial project for a <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">summer</span> worth of work.<br>
<br><b>Helping Out Darcs </b><br><br><a href="http://haskell.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); "><span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Haskell</span>.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">org</span></a> is going to continue to act as an umbrella organization covering <a href="http://darcs.net/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">darcs</a> for the <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Summer</span> 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" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">http://wiki.darcs.net/GoogleSummerOfCode</a><br><br>Again, please <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/newticket" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">submit proposals</a> as tickets to the trac if you can think of something you'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/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); "><span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Google</span>'s <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Summer</span> of Code Homepage</a><br>
<a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">Google's Summer of Code 2011 FAQ</a><br><a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/timeline" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">Google's Summer of Code 2011 Timeline</a><br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/WikiStart" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); "><span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Google</span>'s <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Summer</span> of Code Wiki Knowledge Base</a><br>
<br>Of course, you can always feel free to <a href="mailto:ekmett@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">email me</a> or inquire on <a href="http://irc.freenode.net/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">irc.freenode.net</a> #<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">haskell</span>-soc or with the darcs folks over on #darcs for more information. If you don't have an IRC client, you can get there from: <a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143); ">http://webchat.freenode.net</a><br>
<br>Thank you all very much and we look forward to another successful <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(187, 218, 253); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Summer</span> of Code!<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>-Edward Kmett</font></span></div>