Rails 3 is coming. Rather than run a typical BugMash where everyone attacks the Rails Core Issue Tracker, we thought we’d try something a bit different. On January 16th and 17th, we’ll be asking the Rails community to do one thing for Rails 3.

* Fix a known issue
* Report a bug
* Make sure your favorite gem or plugin still works. If not, fork it and make it so.
* Write a blog post about a certain component
* Write some documentation
* Get an app up and running and document what you had to do to upgrade.
* Create a screencast

We hope that you won’t stop at doing just one of these ideas. Do something creative to help make Rails 3 better.

We’ll announce a way for you to submit your entries later this week.

We also have a list of great prizes for anyone that participates. Your one good deed will not only help the Rails community, but it will also enter you in a raffle for these great prizes:

* $300 credit from 37signals. for Basecamp or Campfire_.
* 1 annual subscription to Less Accounting from Less Everything
* 1 year’s small plan from GitHub
* New Relic is donating 1 year of New Relic RPM Gold for 1 Host.
* BDD Casts is donating 1 15 credit pack and 3 5 credit packs which shall be awarded to 4 different participants.
* Peepcode is donating 2 credits which will be awarded to 2 different participants.
* 1 copy of the Rails Freelancing Handbook from Mike Gunderloy
* 1 copy of the Rails Rescue Handbook from Mike Gunderloy
* An ebook (3 prizes will be awarded) from the Pragmatic Bookshelf (selection excludes the Pragmatic Programmer and the SitePoint collection)
* Vinsol is donating a $50 Amazon Giftcard.

More details can be found in the BugMash Guide and the RailsBridge Wiki. Additionally, the RailsBridge team, and hopefully some Core Team members, will be available on IRC in #railsbridge on Freenode.

Do One Thing for Rails 3 on January 16th and 17th.