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=== Sugar Digest ===

=== Sugar Digest ===

1. The Sucrose 0.84 release is now official! Simon Schampijer and Tomeu Vizoso have put together comprehensive release notes (See [[DevelopmentTeam/Release/Releases/Sucrose/0.84|0.84 Release Notes]]). The long list of new features is impressive. And Sean Daly is spreading the word, having launched a major media blitz, a first for Sugar Labs, that has already gotten Sugar 0.84 exposure on [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sugar-labs-nonprofit-announces-new/story.aspx?guid={EF4B8934-0046-465F-AD4D-E82FBCE8F1EC}&dist=msr_7 Market Watch], [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS100509+16-Mar-2009+PRN20090316 Reuters], and [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2009/03/16/prnewswire200903160805PR_NEWS_USPR_____PH83812.html Forbes]. More to come.

1. The Sucrose 0.84 release is now official! Simon Schampijer and Tomeu Vizoso have put together comprehensive release notes (See [[Development Team/Release/Releases/Sucrose/0.84|0.84 Release Notes]]). The long list of new features is impressive. And Sean Daly is spreading the word, having launched a major media blitz, a first for Sugar Labs, that has already gotten Sugar 0.84 exposure on [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sugar-labs-nonprofit-announces-new/story.aspx?guid={EF4B8934-0046-465F-AD4D-E82FBCE8F1EC}&dist=msr_7 Market Watch], [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS100509+16-Mar-2009+PRN20090316 Reuters], and [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2009/03/16/prnewswire200903160805PR_NEWS_USPR_____PH83812.html Forbes]. More to come.

2. In preparation for the media campaign, there has been a lot of work done behind the scenes to make the wiki more easily searchable and navigable. Fred Grose has been the driving force behind a wiki reorganization, which includes a subpage menu for each of the major sections. Plus, we have made progress in eliminating much of the CamelCase in the wiki that was interfering with search.

2. In preparation for the media campaign, there has been a lot of work done behind the scenes to make the wiki more easily searchable and navigable. Fred Grose has been the driving force behind a wiki reorganization, which includes a subpage menu for each of the major sections. Plus, we have made progress in eliminating much of the CamelCase in the wiki that was interfering with search.

=== Help Wanted / Help Received ===

=== Help Wanted / Help Received ===

5. Jameson Quinn and Mel Chua have submitted our Google Summer of Code (GSoC) application. We have [[Summer_of_Code/Mentors|10 mentors]] and a growing [[DevelopmentTeam/ProjectIdeas|list of project ideas]]. While the number of interns who will be formally participating in GSoC will be relatively small, the mentoring framework being put into place will have impact above and beyond that one program. For example, Jeff Elkner sent out an email asking for mentoring support for some student projects; he got an overwhelming response from the community. Mentoring is a key to our growth.

5. Jameson Quinn and Mel Chua have submitted our Google Summer of Code (GSoC) application. We have [[Summer_of_Code/Mentors|10 mentors]] and a growing [[Development Team/Project Ideas|list of project ideas]]. While the number of interns who will be formally participating in GSoC will be relatively small, the mentoring framework being put into place will have impact above and beyond that one program. For example, Jeff Elkner sent out an email asking for mentoring support for some student projects; he got an overwhelming response from the community. Mentoring is a key to our growth.

=== Tech Talk ===

=== Tech Talk ===