<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Now that ITK 3.18 has been released</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, <br>we are launching a new initiative for </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">recruiting new ITK developers.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">We are looking for new Brains and new Blood !!</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>(preferably together...) </span>:-)<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As any other software project, ITK has</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> a dynamic<br>
flow of developers that come</span> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and go following their<br>career paths, </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">course schedules and personal interests.<br>
<br>Therefore, we must continuously replenish the development<br>team by embracing new developers who may want to hold<br>the flag of Open Source against the forces of Darkness.<br><br><br>If you are an user of ITK and want to:<br>
<br>* Give back to the ITK community<br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">* Learn about Test Driven Development <br>* Gain experience
on a large scale Open Source project</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">* Learn more about the inner working of image analysis</span><br>* Fix that ITK bug that has been bothering you...<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <br><br>Then, here is your opportunity <br>for making a life-changing decision !<br><br><br>Join the ITK development team by <br>simply signing up for:<br><br><br>
ADOPT-A-BUG 2.0<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br><a href="http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Adopt_a_Bug_Program">http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Adopt_a_Bug_Program</a><br><br><a href="http://www.kitware.com/news/home/browse/ITK?2010_04_19&Adopt+A+Bug+2.0">http://www.kitware.com/news/home/browse/ITK?2010_04_19&Adopt+A+Bug+2.0</a><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br><br>You will receive full developer status, including<br>CVS write access, bug tracker developer level,<br>and the opportunity to drive the progress of the<br>toolkit.<br><br><br>You will also be brainwashed on the ultimate<br>
superiority of Test Driven Development as <br>stringent software development methodology<br>and about the advantages that Agile Development<br>has over waterfall models.<br><br><br> Your Life will Never be the Same !<br>
<br><br><br>We are looking for about 25 new developers,<br>so don't be shy, there is room for everybody.<br><br>Just sign up for the program at:<br><br><a href="http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Adopt_a_Bug_Program">http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Adopt_a_Bug_Program</a><br>
<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------<br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">For more arguments in favor of why you </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">should join the ITK development team,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">please look at the two following blog posts:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"Opening Open Source"</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/13">http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/13</a></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
"Learn To Love Maintenance"</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<a href="http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/24">http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/24</a></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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