Several weeks ago Jorge Mare(aka Koki) wanted to see if the Haiku Community would scrape together some money to sponsor some of the students that were interested in coding for Haiku but didn’t make it into the Google Summer of Code.  The Haiku Community responded with an incredible showing.  Over $7500(USD) was collected and will now go to sponsor four more students to code for Haiku this summer.  The details about the students and their projects can be found here.  A big “Thank You” goes out to Koki for coming up with this great idea and making it a reality.  Another huge “Thank You” goes out to the Haiku Community in showing your continued support of this fantastic project!

There’s a new HUG in town, well on the planet, and they want you to know about them. If you live near Chicago, you now have a place to go hang out with like minded Haiku enthusiasts and talk shop. The Evanston Haiku Users Group (eHUG) has recently formed and they are hoping to attract new members and design a “BeBox v2.0″ Head over to their temporary website to find out more.