FYI ;) <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Leslie Hawthorn <<a href="mailto:lhawthorn@google.com">lhawthorn@google.com</a>> Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:12 PM Subject: Google Summer of Code 2009 has begun! To: Google Summer of Code Announce <<a href="mailto:google-summer-of-code-announce@googlegroups.com">google-summer-of-code-announce@googlegroups.com</a>> Hello everyone, Google Summer of Code 2009 is on! We are now accepting applications [0] from Free and Open Source software projects that would like to act as mentoring organizations for the program, and the application deadline is March 13th. We will begin accepting student applications on March 23rd. Make sure to read our Frequently Asked Questions [1] and User's Guide [2] before applying. ***Very Important:*** Google App Engine will be down for planned maintenance from 1:00 - 5:00 UTC on March 10, 2009. During this time, no applications can be submitted. You may also notice some slowness with the Google Summer of Code 2009 site [3] , which should be corrected after this planned maintenance. You are welcome to wait until after the maintenance window to submit your application, as the time when it is submitted has no effect on your chances for acceptance. (Unless of course you don't apply before the deadline, in which case you are guaranteed not be accepted. :) ***Even More Important:*** While we encourage students applicants to begin talking with would-be mentoring organizations sooner rather than later, it is important to reiterate that there is no guarantee that any particular organization will be accepted. We will announce the list of accepted organizations on the 2009 program site on March 18th. It is also very important to note that even once an organization is accepted, they cannot guarantee that any student will be accepted into the program. The list of accepted students will be announced on the 2009 program site on April 20th. To be very clear, until these announcements are made, *nothing* is final, guaranteed, etc. We are hanging out in #gsoc if you have questions. Please make sure to take a look at the documentation before pinging. Best of luck to all of our applicants. Our fifth Google Summer of Code is on! Cheers, LH [0] - <a href="http://socghop.appspot.com" target="_blank">http://socghop.appspot.com</a> [1] - <a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/faqs" target="_blank">http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/faqs</a> [2] - <a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/userguide" target="_blank">http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/userguide</a> [3] - <a href="http://socghop.appspot.com" target="_blank">http://socghop.appspot.com</a> -- Leslie Hawthorn Program Manager - Open Source Google Inc. <a href="http://code.google.com/opensource/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/opensource/</a> I blog here: <a href="http://google-opensource.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://google-opensource.blogspot.com</a> - <a href="http://www.hawthornlandings.org" target="_blank">http://www.hawthornlandings.org</a> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Summer of Code Announce" group. To post to this group, send email to <a href="mailto:google-summer-of-code-announce@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">google-summer-of-code-announce@googlegroups.com</a> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to <a href="mailto:google-summer-of-code-announce%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">google-summer-of-code-announce+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a> For more options, visit this group at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce?hl=en" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce?hl=en</a> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- </div>