Hi Jason,
First and foremost: welcome to the community! :) You found our mailing list, which is great, and I am happy to have you on board!
The hackathon concluded yesterday with a lot of progress being made. We are thinking about conducting another one, and your input would be much appreciated!
In the meantime, it is possible that you can get started with a task at your own pace. We have a lot of tasks in the pipeline, and luckily did not finish all of them at the hackathon.
Let me know if you want to proceed further with this, so that I can help you out to get started!
Welcome again and all the best,
Robert