<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Kumud,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'll let you know as soon as I get it figured out. Probably right after</DIV><DIV>spring break.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>-- ram</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 9, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Kumud Nepal wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Professor Morelli,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">These project ideas sound really interesting especially when we have been doing similar stuff in class. I am really interested. By when do we need to confirm or apply, whichever is needed?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks again,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kumud</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ralph Morelli wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi everyone,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I'm pleased to announce that we have received a generous grant from the Aidmatrix Foundation to support summer humanitarian free and open source software (H-FOSS) development.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Pending actual receipt of the funds, we expect to have funds for five H-FOSS research internships, funded at $3500 each.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Trinity College will provide free on-campus housing for student interns.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The focus of this summer's project will be twofold. Some of the interns will work with faculty and industry experts on further development of Trinity's volunteer management (VM) module.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The Sahana work will be focused<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>primarily on meeting the requirements identified by the Sri Lankan Red Cross.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Other interns will be working on designing and developing an H-FOSS product for a local (Hartford) non-profit community organization.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>In addition to helping local and international humanitarian organizations, the project will also help you gain valuable real world experience.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The work you do over the summer will be presented at Trinity's symposium for summer research students and may eventually lead to the publication of a paper at a national or international conference.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">We haven't yet worked out the details of the application process, but I did want to let you know about this opportunity before we disperse on our spring vacations.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I will provide further details as soon as they are available.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Even though the application details are not yet finalized, please let me know if you are interested in this opportunity.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>We would like to give the Sahana project list the first opportunity before announcing the project more broadly.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Expressing interest at this point does not require any commitment on your part.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Regards,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-- ram</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ralph Morelli <ralph.morelli@trincoll.edu <<A href="mailto:ralph.morelli@trincoll.edu">mailto:ralph.morelli@trincoll.edu</A>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Professor of Computer Science</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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