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     1  The Gopher Gala is the first worldwide Go hackathon
     2  7 Jan 2015
     3  
     4  Francesc Campoy
     5  campoy@golang.org
     6  
     7  * Introduction
     8  
     9  The [[http://gophergala.com/][Gopher Gala]] is the first Go hackathon at a
    10  global scale and will take place from January 23rd through the 25th. The event
    11  is organized by the community, supported by the Go team, and sponsored by
    12  Google among others.
    13  
    14  .image gophergala/fancygopher.jpg _ 300
    15  .caption _Fancy_Gopher,_by_ [[http://www.reneefrench.com/][_Renée_French_]]
    16  
    17  You can read about the rules of the hackathon
    18  [[http://gophergala.com/rules/][here]], but if you know about
    19  [[http://railsrumble.com/][Rails Rumble]] or
    20  [[http://nodeknockout.com/][Node Knockout]] you already have a pretty good idea
    21  of what to expect.
    22  
    23  During this event gophers from all around the globe will form teams to build
    24  great applications using Go as the main tool. Afterwards, all the participants
    25  will vote for their favorite applications and the 20 highest voted applications
    26  will be ranked by a jury of renowned names from the community, including some
    27  members of the Go core team. More information on the judging phase can be found
    28  [[http://gophergala.com/judging/][here]].
    29  
    30  And in case you needed one more reason to
    31  [[https://gophers.typeform.com/to/wondM5][get involved]] there will be prizes!
    32  
    33  "What prizes?" you ask. Well, that’s a
    34  [[http://gophergala.com/prizes/][secret]] until January 10th but we’re pretty
    35  sure you won’t be disappointed.