GSOC 2012 is upon us. If any members of the Parrot community are enrolled as students and want to get paid to hack on parrot for the summer, please consider applying. You need to be over 18 and enrolled as a student somewhere. "Non-traditional" older students may apply as well. Students who have done GSOC in previous years are welcome to participate again.
I've heard from a handful of prospective students so far, but would really like to hear from more. The proposal deadline is April 6 (Next Friday). The best proposals are drafted, receive feedback and are iterated upon before final submission, so now is the time to get started. Also please put the word out. Let friends, families, coworkers and neighbors know about the program. People get money and Parrot gets code, so more applicants and more projects create benefit for everybody involved. Feel free to send any interested students to me (or any other mentor) for information. Also since TPF didn't get into GSOC this year, Parrot is willing to host Rakudo-related projects. As an ecosystem there is lots of work that we need and lots more than we want, so we can definitely find projects to suit most student interests and skill sets. Thanks, --Andrew Whitworth
