Folks: Short version: we made the cut. Join the plan9-gsoc Google group (and/or come hang out in #plan9-gsoc on Freenode) if you want more info.
Longer version: Google has accepted just over 1/3 of applying organizations: 150 of 395. The program admin says the application quality was the best she's seen so far, and many projects that've worked with them before got rejected. I think this speaks well of our ability to address some of Google's bigger concerns from 2008 (largely based on our 2007 participation), and generally of progress we've made over the last two years towards making things a bit more friendly for students. Thanks to everyone who's contributed ideas for students or agreed to mentor so far. Thanks to the community generally, and the folks at Bell Labs, of course. Thanks in particular to Noah and Uriel for helping with the application and understanding our previous issues, and to Uriel for the work that's gone into cat-v.org, which helped a lot in practical terms. The next tasks are ensuring our info is tidy for the pending rush of students, getting mentors to stick their names on particular projects, and agreeing on the set of projects we want to do (we're asking for far fewer this year; quality of quantity). Once things are fully underway, I'll be making regular reports here on progress of the GSoC participation generally, and you'll be hearing project-specific things from students and mentors. Most of the ongoing discussion specific to GSoC will be taking place in the plan9-gsoc Google group, or on #plan9-gsoc on freenode. Anthony Sorace