Students, how would you like to (1) get real-world programming experience; (2) work with fantastic Joomla! developers; (3) help your favorite open-source software project (Joomla!, of course); and (4) get paid for a fantastic summer job? If so, then you should apply for Google Summer of Code project with Joomla!. Google is now accepting applications, but the deadline is Friday, Arpil 3-- only 10 days from now.

We have a great team of mentors (but we can still use more!) and a great list of project ideas. So now it's up to you students to create great proposals and get them submitted by Friday April 3 (noon Pacific Daylight Time, 19:00 UTC).

Here are some important links:

• Joomla GSoC 2009 Guidelines - all of the official information including student eligibiity
• Joomla! GSoC Google Group - newsgroup for discussing project proposals and other issues
• Joomla! GSoC Skype Chat - Skype chat for more immediate discussions
• 2009 Project Ideas Wiki - list of 30+ possible project ideas (feel free to add and edit!)
• Google Summer of Code 2009 Site -- Google's official site with lots of information about the program
• GSoC User Guide for Students -- Instructions for using registering and submitting your proposal

Thanks, and good luck to you all.