Summer of Parrot

[Daniel Arbelo Arrocha]

Hello everyone,
   I've been following parrot development for quite a while and have 
dived into it's internals over the past months.  Fortunately, I've 
recently acquired more spare time than I used to have, which  I'd love 
to spend hacking on parrot. And just in time for the SoC, which I've 
noticed TPF is apparently entering again as a mentoring organization. 
So I figured I'd ask a few questions.
   I'd like to know what (if any) extra requirements does Parrot (or 
TPF as the case may be) have for it's SoC applicants, both technical and 
nontechnical. For instance, I'm located in Argentina, which makes any 
kind of face-to-face interaction unlikely, if not impossible.
   Also, I dislike working in a vacuum, so I wanted to know what is the 
proper channel to get feedback on proposal ideas, and interact with 
likely mentors beforehand, which I believe is the best way to craft a 
proposal that gives the most benefits to both the project and myself.
   On the other hand, if this isn't the proper place to ask this, I'd 
appreciate a pointer to it.

Daniel Arbelo Arrocha