<div>My duty.</div>
<div>Students for Summer of Code note the deadline is 31st Mar and not one below. </div>
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<div>abhishek<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Eric Wilhelm</b> <<a href="mailto:scratchcomputing@gmail.com">scratchcomputing@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: 18 Mar 2008 07:55<br>Subject: [pm_groups] Summer of Perl -- call for student proposals<br>To: PM Groups <<a href="mailto:pm_groups@pm.org">pm_groups@pm.org</a>><br><br></span>Hi all, Please forward this to your groups. (Also feel free to break<br>
into a discussion as to whether or how students are involved in the<br>perl community, what we can do to connect with more universities and<br>etc.)<br><br><br>The Perl Foundation is participating in Google's 2008 Summer of Code(tm)<br>
and we have a lot of capable, willing mentors looking forward to working<br>with some talented, driven students. So, we would like you to help<br>find those students (and quickly -- the students must apply before<br>March 24th.)<br>
<br>This is a rare opportunity for students to get a chance to get a paid<br>summer of hacking on exciting projects like Parrot, Perl 6, Moose,<br>Jifty, SVK, Catalyst, or their very own Perl modules or applications.<br>It also brings new talent into the community and gives the student a<br>
hefty "real world" experience with a knowledgable mentor. Further,<br>employers love to see this sort of demonstration of teamwork, handling<br>deadlines, communication skills, resourcefulness and etc.<br><br>We're looking for promising students who are interested in open source<br>
(or maybe you know someone who *should* be interested in open source.)<br>Knowledge of Perl is optional if the project is Parrot-related. The<br>student doesn't need to be an expert in the problem domain (after all,<br>
learning is part of the process), but should bring a big pile of<br>creativity, problem-solving skills, and determination.<br><br>Students should review the page of suggested projects, but are<br>encouraged to bring their own proposals (those are often the best.)<br>
The most important first step is getting in touch with the community<br>and discussing their project idea with potential mentors.<br><br><a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects">http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects</a><br>
<br>Additional information and links can be found here.<br><br><a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008">http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008</a><br><br>Google has posted some flyers if you happen to have a university<br>
bulletin board or hallway handy:<br><br><a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers">http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers</a><br><br>Additional info:<br><br><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/</a><br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html</a><br><br>(Note that google has particular requirements to do with the fact that<br>they are paying the students. The student must be able to show their<br>
eligibility regarding enrollment and employability.)<br><br>Remember, the Perl community draws talent from many fields, so if you<br>came to Perl from a non-computer-science major and still have contacts<br>in that department from your university, it is probably worth<br>
mentioning to them.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Eric<br> </div>