Dear Boost, It is with a heavy heart I write to say that Boost was rejected as an org for Google Summer of Code 2016 by Google. We had our application submitted in time, it was reviewed by three members of the Boost leadership, our ideas list had six solid ideas with an especially solid seventh on the way, we were in very good standing with Google and there was no reason to expect rejection. We have asked for clarification as to why we were rejected, and we shall try to improve our application next year to improve our chances. We recognise that many students and mentors will be extremely disappointed by this news. We share in that disappointment, and all we can say is please try again next year. For those students and mentors who are continuing a previous GSoC on an existing Boost library, there may be a possibility that Boost may be able to fund those continuations this year. Each case will be approached by the steering committee on a case by case basis, and be aware that the standard required for funding by Boost is considerably above that of Google's with an accompanying high and detailed standard of funding application to the steering committee. Contact us privately if you want to know more. On other news we had been expecting to announce today that Bryce Adelstein Lelbach has generously agreed to take over as secondary GSoC admin from Boris Schäling who has served Boost GSoC for something like four years now, so he has definitely earned himself a rest! Our thanks to Boris for his service, and welcome Bryce to the team! Finally, I'd like to thank Jon Kalb who moved heaven and earth as he always does to get the GSoC application submitted in time. Yours, Niall Douglas -- ned Productions Limited Consulting http://www.nedproductions.biz/ http://ie.linkedin.com/in/nialldouglas/