This year Ingres is participating organization in GSoC, an event sponsored by Google that encourages students, of all levels, to get involved with Open Source. A summary of some proposed projects can be found here and here, any interested candidates need to get their skates on as the deadline for application is March 31, register and get more information at Guide to the GSoC Web App for Student Applicants. The
I have the privilege of being accepted as a mentor for Ingres. All of the project mentors have been introducing themselves on the mentors mailing list and there must be a few hundred of us. What strikes me, from the brief biographies, is the number of people who manage to dedicate their personal time for their projects. I have to take my hat off to them. Any Ingres community members who would like to mentor a project can register and get more information at Guide to the GSoC Web App for Mentors and Organization Administrators.
I’m really looking forward to seeing what develops 
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