I am very pleased to officially announce Hac Boston, a Haskell hackathon to be held January 20-22, 2012 at MIT in Cambridge, MA. The hackathon will officially kick off at 2:30 Friday afternoon, and go until 5pm on Sunday with the occasional break for sleep.

Everyone is welcome -- you do not have to be a Haskell guru to attend! Helping hack on someone else's project could be a great way to increase your Haskell skills.

If you plan on coming, [please officially register](http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac_Boston/Register), even if you already put your name on the wiki. Registration, travel, some information about lodging and many other details can now be found on the [Hac Boston wiki](http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac_Boston).

We have confirmed space for about 30 people, so please register early! Beyond that we'll have to either seek additional space or close registration.

We're also looking for a few people interested in giving short (15-20 min.) talks, probably on Saturday afternoon. Anything of interest to the Haskell community is fair game---a project you've been working on, a paper, a quick tutorial. If you'd like to give a talk, [add it on the wiki](http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac_Boston/Talks).

We look forward to seeing you at MIT!