<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-42eb1645-8610-cd07-51d2-59ae3e6fae84"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Haskellers, </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are sorry to announce that this year </span><a href="http://haskell.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Haskell.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> was not accepted for the 2017 Google Summer of Code. But, as last year, we plan to organize our own Summer of Haskell!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We ask for your help to plan a successful Summer of Haskell 2017. As last year, one student will be funded directly out of </span><a href="http://haskell.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Haskell.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> general funds. The key factor in how many further students we can fund is the generosity and support of donors. Funding a single student plus overhead costs 6000 USD. We are looking for donors willing to cover half, one or more students. If you (or your organization) are interested in becoming a </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Summer of Haskell</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> donor please reach out to </span><a href="mailto:committee@haskell.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">committee@haskell.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. We also encourage you to make a smaller donation, as if we receive enough of small donations in total, we will combine them to fund more students. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Donation information is at:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://wiki.haskell.org/Donate_to_Haskell.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://wiki.haskell.org/Donate_to_Haskell.org</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More information will be forthcoming as we work out the details.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Feel free to contact us at (</span><a href="mailto:nvazou@cs.umd.edu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">nvazou@cs.umd.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(85,85,85);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:m@jaspervdj.be">m@jaspervdj.be</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) if want to help or if you have any ideas, questions, or concerns.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Niki Vazou & Jasper Van der Jeugt</span></p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for the Haskell.org Committee </span></span><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