<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Hello,</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div>For those of you who want to attend a darcs hacking sprint but live in the US, this may be easier to attend.</span><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">We have three confirmed people, and 2 maybes at the moment.  We could use more attendees :)</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">I&#39;ll be around to mentor anyone who needs or wants some darcs hacking mentoring.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">I&#39;ll announce the location soon, but it depends on how many people RSVP.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Thanks,</span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Jason</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br>
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Details below:<br><br>--------------------------------------<br><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word; ">
The <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Darcs</span> Team will soon be hosting its third <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">hacking</span> sprint.<br>
<br>Details<br>-------<br>When : 14-15 November 2009<br><br>Where: Portland and University of Technology, Vienna, Austria<br>
<br>Who  : Anybody who wants to hack on <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Darcs</span> (or Camp, Focal, SO6, etc)<br>
       Beginners especially welcome!<br><br>Why  : <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Darcs</span> aims to have bi-annual <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">hacking</span> sprints so that we can<br>
       get together on a regular basis, hold design discussions,<br>
       hack up a storm and have a lot fun.<br><br>What : We plan to put some finishing touches on <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Darcs</span>-2.4.<br>
       <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Darcs</span> 2.4 is a pretty exciting release because we expect it<br>
       to offer nice performance enhancements from Petr&#39;s Google<br>
       Summer of Code Project, and also a nice new &#39;hunk splitting&#39;<br>       feature.<br><br>       We also intend to set aside at least one <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Darcs</span> hacker for<br>
       mentoring beginners, so if you&#39;re new to Haskell or to <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Darcs</span><br>

       <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">hacking</span>, here&#39;s a good chance to plunge in and start working<br>
       on a real world project.<br><br>How:   Add yourself to <a href="http://wiki.darcs.net/Sprints/2009-11" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112); ">http://wiki.<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(84, 133, 189); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">darcs</span>.net/Sprints/2009-11</a><br>

       or email me to let me know you&#39;re interested!</pre></span></div>