If I can be helpfull

[M S]

To PSPP project manager,

I am looking for a volunteer position in computer science area for 
software development. My programming ability is academic only. I found 
your project interesting and I thought I might be helpful. My objectives 
for volunteer work are as follow: 1 - not to forget what I learned in 
university, 2 - to help gnu which its philosophy is part of my social 
philosophy. If I find that I am helpful to your project, and the project 
can help me, I can contribute up to 20 hours. But I like to begin with 
much less to evaluate my progress - to see if I can go with the flow.

My academic skills are as follow: 1 - two semesters of C (windows 
platform), 2 - three semesters of data structure in C++ (Unix platform 
but limited use of gcc and gdb, no CVS, no serious use of 'make' ), 4 - 
one semester of numerical analysis,  5 - some statistics and probability 
courses (limited to basic econometrics and linear regression analysis).  
Generally, I feel I am in the mode of forgetting them all as I never was 
in a situation to use them since graduation (Jan 2003). I only coded 
limited PHP and MySQL for personal use. I was never very good in 
statistics (or probability), but I like it because of its amazing 
results (providing some grounds for better judgment). My interest is to 
get involved in coding. However, I have no idea how a rookie programmer 
can be helpful with PSPP.

If you think I can be helpful, let me know what do you expect from me. 
Otherwise, thanks for your consideration.

Regards,
M S