Check out http://openhatch.org/. Its purpose is to make it easy for people to ge...

Check out http://openhatch.org/. Its purpose is to make it easy for people to get involved in open source projects by identifying "bite-sized bigs" that are good for a newcomer to work on, among other things.

I found out about the site when I was at the OSCON Open Source Convention, and saw a talk on the subject: http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/detail/14066