Updates to make clear we like students to propose their own ideas; add

more key dates to the calendar.
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and
<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2013Projects">2013</a>.</p>
<p>This page will be updated throughout the application period
<p>This page and the ideas lists will be updated throughout the application period
to include new information, such as project ideas, proposal information,
and potential mentor contact information. If you don't see an idea that
interests you, visit again in a couple of days!</p>
interests you, visit again in a couple of days! Additionally, we welcome
proposals unrelated to the ideas listed here.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#benefits">Benefits of Participating</a></li>
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environment with many real world applications, and under the mentorship
of experienced developers.</p>
<p>After the summer ends, many of our students are sponsored by Google or
<p>After the summer ends, students can be sponsored by Google or
the FreeBSD Foundation to attend operating systems and open source
conferences to present on their work, and a significant number go on to
become FreeBSD developers. It's also a great job networking
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mentor &mdash; we suggest e-mailing our soc-admins alias for help if you do
decide to propose one of them.
These pages exist to help provide inspiration. Students are also welcome,
and indeed encouraged to propose your own ideas, and if the proposal is
and are indeed encouraged to propose your own ideas, and if the proposal is
strong, we'll try to match you with a mentor!</p>
<p>For additional ideas about upcoming development projects in
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<p>A number of FreeBSD committers are willing to mentor students. A
good place to start is the 'Technical contacts' listed with the
example projects on the <a
href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage">ideas page</a>.</p>
href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/SummerOfCode2014">ideas page</a>.</p>
<a name="infrastructure"></a>
<h2>Infrastructure Provided to Students</h2>
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<li><p><strong>21 March 19:00 UTC</strong> - Student application period closes.
</p></li>
<li><p><strong>21 April</strong> - Accepted students announced.</p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>21 April</strong> - Accepted students announced, students
start creating their work plans.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>19 May</strong> - Coding starts.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>11 August</strong> - Suggested end of coding.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Note that these dates may change, and the Google FAQ timeline is the