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Jeff Ames jeff.ames at cs.rutgers.edu
Fri Jan 16 19:04:24 UTC 2015


Yay, our reservation for The Cove is confirmed, 1/31 from 11 am to 6 pm.

Jeff


On 01/14/2015 10:53 AM, Jeff Ames wrote:
> I got word back from BCC, and they want some more details:
>
>      Will the laptop you are using have a VGA output?
>
>      Will the laptop need to be connected to a sound system? (music or
>      video)
>
>      Do you have you a completed agenda?
>
>      Which of the approved internal caterers are you using?
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On 12/15/2014 08:13 PM, Jeff Ames wrote:
>  > I've asked to book the Cove from 11 am to 6 pm on 1/31, just waiting for
>  > confirmation. If you think we'll need the room longer than that, we can
>  > probably extend it.
>  >
>  > Jeff
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >> On Dec 15, 2014, at 20:05, Billy Lynch <wlynch92 at gmail.com
>  >> <mailto:wlynch92 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >> I'll start reaching out to recent Alumni and see if I can get some
>  >> Google swag for the event. What's the expected headcount we are
>  >> shooting for?
>  >>
>  >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Prachi Pendse <prachirp at gmail.com
>  >> <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>     Thank you for confirming! Looks like this is starting to come
>  >>     together. I believe Jeff was booking the room. On my end I'm
>  >>     reaching out to the Open Source Systems (OSS) group at Rutgers to
>  >>     look for more mentors.
>  >>
>  >>     Shauna, would you know if there is a video chat training session
>  >>     between now and Jan 31st? Let me know,
>  >>
>  >>     Prachi
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>     On Monday, December 15, 2014, Shauna Gordon-McKeon
>  >>     <shaunagm at gmail.com <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>         OpenHatch is fine with Jan 31st.  And we're enthusiastic about
>  >>         Banquet-style classrooms and group work.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>         On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Jeff Ames
>  >>         <jeff.ames at cs.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>             I talked to someone in BCC, and they said that the Cove
>  >>             should be available then, and we could have it set up a
>  >>             variety of ways. Banquet style (round tables for ~6
>  >>             people) might be good if people are working in groups, or
>  >>             we could do something more classroom-esque. Cove fits
>  >>             around 90 people, so it might be a bit big, but it's a
>  >>             nice room. There are also smaller conference rooms we
>  >>             could get. Any thoughts?
>  >>
>  >>             If we're set on Jan 31, I can go ahead and try to make a
>  >>             reservation.
>  >>
>  >>             Jeff
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>             On 11/25/14 17:23, Shauna Gordon-McKeon wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                 I think we had about 25 students last year and 3
>  >>                 mentors.  This is a
>  >>                 little smaller than the typical OSCTC event.  If we
>  >>                 could aim for 35
>  >>                 students and 8 mentors (4-5 students per mentor)
>  >>                 that'd be great.  To do
>  >>                 that, we'll want to start reaching out to potential
>  >>                 mentors soon.
>  >>
>  >>                 I typically find mentors by doing the following:
>  >>
>  >>                 - Sending emails to our network of mentors
>  >>                 - Doing a google search for the university name and
>  >>                 "open source"/"free
>  >>                 software" (this turns up a lot of people!)
>  >>                 - Looking at local groups like python and linux user
>  >>                 groups, wordpress
>  >>                 groups, etc.
>  >>                 - Looking on github for people who list their location
>  >>                 as near the event
>  >>
>  >>                 The above is a bit of work but very worth it.  It
>  >>                 would be great to
>  >>                 spend the next couple of weeks finding people and then
>  >>                 seeing when works
>  >>                 best for everyone, with a doodle poll perhaps.
>  >>
>  >>                 best
>  >>                 Shauna
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                 On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Jeff Ames
>  >>                 <jeff.ames at cs.rutgers.edu
>  >>                 <mailto:jeff.ames at cs.rutgers.__edu>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                     Jan. 31 sounds good, though I may not be able to
>  >>                 be there personally.
>  >>
>  >>                     CSGSS can help with reserving a room if we need an
>  >>                 official group
>  >>                     sponsor.
>  >>
>  >>                     Out of curiosity, how many people were there last
>  >>                 year and are you
>  >>                     expecting more this year? There is a somewhat
>  >>                 larger class of MS
>  >>                     students this year, some of whom will probably be
>  >>                 interested in this.
>  >>
>  >>                     Jeff
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                     On 11/20/14 20:38, Billy Lynch wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                         January 31st is fine with me. We'll need some
>  >>                 student org to
>  >>                         reserve a
>  >>                         room. We should aim for an open space instead
>  >>                 of a classroom
>  >>                         setup (like
>  >>                         how Core A was setup last year). It might be
>  >>                 nice to get the BCC
>  >>                         MPR or
>  >>                         Cove, otherwise I'd say the Cave might work
>  >>                 (though
>  >>                         presentations will
>  >>                         be harder). Thoughts?
>  >>
>  >>                         I can also help get mentors. Do we have an
>  >>                 idea of what we want
>  >>                         in terms
>  >>                         of headcount?
>  >>
>  >>                         Once we solidify the date I'll reach out to
>  >>                 Amy to order swag.
>  >>
>  >>                         On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Prachi Pendse
>  >>                         <prachirp at gmail.com <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>
>  >>                         <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                              Hmm, to answer your points:
>  >>
>  >>                              I'd like it to be a full day workshop
>  >>                 like last time, on
>  >>                         Saturday
>  >>                              Jan 31st.
>  >>                              Not sure if we'll focus on any particular
>  >>                 domain or
>  >>                         project, or just
>  >>                              provide links to what's out there. Since
>  >>                 rooms and funding
>  >>                         should
>  >>                              not be too much trouble, mentors are
>  >>                 probably the bottleneck.
>  >>
>  >>                              Billy, are you available to mentor on the
>  >>                 31st? I can ask V
>  >>                         if he's
>  >>                              free tomorrow. I know there are a lot of
>  >>                 Rutgers alumni in
>  >>                         NYC who
>  >>                              could potentially mentor, but I
>  >>                 personally know very few of
>  >>                         them.
>  >>
>  >>                              Shauna, would you give me more details on
>  >>                 when OpenHatch
>  >>                         runs the
>  >>                              videochat trainings. I will do my best to
>  >>                 attend.
>  >>
>  >>                              -Prachi
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                              On Thursday, November 20, 2014, Shauna
>  >>                 Gordon-McKeon
>  >>                              <shaunagm at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>
>  >>                         <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                                  We've been running remote events for
>  >>                 about a year now,
>  >>                         and we've
>  >>                                  found that getting a group of local
>  >>                 mentors together is
>  >>                         far more
>  >>                                  important than whether an OpenHatch
>  >>                 representative is
>  >>                         available
>  >>                                  on the day of. We've run 24 events,
>  >>                 only 8 of which
>  >>                         have had me
>  >>                                  or Asheesh (co-founder of OpenHatch)
>  >>                 at them.  When helping
>  >>                                  remotely, the average event does not
>  >>                 ask me for help
>  >>                         even once,
>  >>                                  and I've never had an event need my
>  >>                 help more than once
>  >>                         that I
>  >>                                  can remember.
>  >>
>  >>                                  For these reasons, I suggest the
>  >>                 following process:
>  >>
>  >>                                  - Come up with an overall sense of
>  >>                 what you want the
>  >>                         event to
>  >>                                  be.  A full day workshop?  A series
>  >>                 of project nights with
>  >>                                  tutorials?  Focused on a particular
>  >>                 domain (open
>  >>                         science, open
>  >>                                  hardware, etc) or a particular
> project?
>  >>
>  >>                                  - Once the broad outlines are figured
>  >>                 out, and you've
>  >>                         got a good
>  >>                                  sense of who you'll ask re: room and
>  >>                 funding, start
>  >>                         reaching out
>  >>                                  to mentors.  I can definitely help at
>  >>                 this stage, as we
>  >>                         have
>  >>                                  both a network of known mentors as
>  >>                 well as several
>  >>                         different
>  >>                                  effective strategies for finding
>  >>                 people.  Get a group
>  >>                         of people
>  >>                                  interested and then see which dates
>  >>                 work for them.
>  >>
>  >>                                  - Pick a date, hopefully one that
>  >>                 we'll be available
>  >>                         for, but if
>  >>                                  not, that's fine.
>  >>
>  >>                                  - We can work together, along with
>  >>                 whatever mentors are
>  >>                                  interested in doing organizational
>  >>                 work, to plan the event.
>  >>                                  OpenHatch will be running regular
>  >>                 remote videochat
>  >>                         trainings as
>  >>                                  well, which any interested mentors
>  >>                 can take.
>  >>
>  >>                                  I recommend giving this process two
>  >>                 full months,
>  >>                         although it can
>  >>                                  definitely be done on a shorter time
>  >>                 frame.  If you're
>  >>                         hoping
>  >>                                  for the last weekend in January, then
>  >>                 we should get
>  >>                         started soon.
>  >>
>  >>                                  On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:54 PM,
>  >>                 Prachi Pendse
>  >>                                  <prachirp at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                                      Time to rejuvenate this thread
> again.
>  >>
>  >>                                      Shauna, do you have a better idea
>  >>                 of what Open
>  >>                         Hatch events
>  >>                                      are scheduled for January or
>  >>                 February?
>  >>
>  >>                                      I have a better idea of how my
>  >>                 schedule looks like
>  >>                         for next
>  >>                                      semester. The weekend from Jan
>  >>                 30th-Feb 1st works
>  >>                         best for
>  >>                                      me, and it's also before midterms
>  >>                 start around
>  >>                         mid-Feb, so
>  >>                                      let me know how that weekend
>  >>                 would fit with your
>  >>                         other open
>  >>                                      source events,
>  >>
>  >>                                      Prachi
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                      On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:44 PM,
>  >>                 Prachi Pendse
>  >>                                      <prachirp at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                                          That's fine. Let me know!
>  >>
>  >>                                          -Prachi
>  >>
>  >>                                          On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:20
>  >>                 PM, Shauna
>  >>                         Gordon-McKeon
>  >>                                          <shaunagm at gmail.com
>  >>                         <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                                              We probably won't pick
>  >>                 dates for the
>  >>                         winter/spring
>  >>                                              until around November, at
>  >>                 which point we'll
>  >>                         contact
>  >>                                              you (and other schools
>  >>                 which asked to wait
>  >>                         until the
>  >>                                              winter/spring).  Will
>  >>                 that work for you?
>  >>
>  >>                                              On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at
>  >>                 11:18 PM, Prachi Pendse
>  >>                                              <prachirp at gmail.com
>  >>                         <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                                                  That's fine by me. Do
>  >>                 you have dates
>  >>                         that Open
>  >>                                                  Hatch is running
>  >>                 workshops on for next
>  >>                         year, or
>  >>                                                  when the schedule
>  >>                 will come out?
>  >>
>  >>                                                  -Prachi
>  >>
>  >>                                                  On Fri, Sep 19, 2014
>  >>                 at 5:10 PM, Shauna
>  >>                                                  Gordon-McKeon
>  >>                 <shaunagm at gmail.com
>  >>                         <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                                                      It sounds like
>  >>                 Billy has a
>  >>                         preference for
>  >>                                                      early spring and
>  >>                 everyone else is
>  >>                                                      indifferent, so
>  >>                 shall we switch to
>  >>                         early spring?
>  >>
>  >>                                                      On Thu, Sep 18,
>  >>                 2014 at 5:07 PM, Prachi
>  >>                                                      Pendse
>  >>                 <prachirp at gmail.com
>  >>                         <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                                                          I don't have
>  >>                 a preference
>  >>                         either. Early
>  >>                                                          February is
>  >>                 fine as well.
>  >>
>  >>                                                          -Prachi
>  >>
>  >>                                                          On Wed, Sep
>  >>                 17, 2014 at 8:28
>  >>                         PM, Sri
>  >>                                                          Raga
> Velagapudi
>  >>
>  >>                  <sriraga.velagapudi at gmail.com
>  >>                         <mailto:sriraga.velagapudi at __gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>                                                              I will
>  >>                 let Prachi and Billy
>  >>                         decide
>  >>                                                              on the
>  >>                 date. Early Jan sounds
>  >>
>  >>                  reasonable to me, unless
>  >>                         Prachi has
>  >>                                                              strong
>  >>                 sentiments against it.
>  >>
>  >>                                                              As for
>  >>                 Google sponsorship,
>  >>                         if we
>  >>                                                              have a
>  >>                 separate Google sign
>  >>                         up sheet
>  >>                                                              (like the
>  >>                 chromebooks we
>  >>                         have at the
>  >>                                                              RU
>  >>                 events, Billy) and do
>  >>                         little 5
>  >>                                                              min
>  >>                 "Google and Open
>  >>                         Source" prezo,
>  >>
>  >>                  sponsorship should not be a
>  >>                         problem.
>  >>
>  >>                                                              Billy:
>  >>                 Send Amy an email
>  >>                         soon (so
>  >>                                                              they can
>  >>                 adjust their 2015
>  >>                         budgets
>  >>                                                              if
>  >>                 needed) asking for money for
>  >>                                                              food,
>  >>                 shwag for travel
>  >>                         costs for
>  >>                                                              mentors.
>  >>                 Let Amy know it is
>  >>                         similar
>  >>                                                              to an
>  >>                 event I ran last
>  >>                         year. CC me
>  >>                                                              on the
>  >>                 email so I can jump
>  >>                         in if
>  >>                                                              need be.
>  >>
>  >>                                                              Good luck!
>  >>
>  >>                                                              Sri
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                                              On Wed,
>  >>                 Sep 17, 2014 at
>  >>                         4:03 PM,
>  >>                                                              Billy
> Lynch
>  >>                         <wlynch92 at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:wlynch92 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                  Spring semester starts
>  >>                         1/20 so
>  >>                                                                  if we
>  >>                 could hit one of
>  >>                         the first
>  >>                                                                  weeks
>  >>                 of February that
>  >>                         would be
>  >>
>  >>                  perfect =]
>  >>
>  >>                                                                  On
>  >>                 Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at
>  >>                         3:50 PM,
>  >>
>  >>                  Shauna Gordon-McKeon
>  >>
>  >>                  <shaunagm at gmail.com
>  >>                         <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                  I'm happy to move
>  >>                         this to
>  >>
>  >>                  the spring if
>  >>                         that's what
>  >>
>  >>                  you prefer.
>  >>                         Prachi, do you
>  >>
>  >>                  have a preference?
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                  We will likely not
>  >>                         start
>  >>
>  >>                  running events
>  >>                         again in 2015
>  >>
>  >>                  until February.
>  >>                         Will that
>  >>
>  >>                  be early enough in
>  >>                         the semester?
>  >>
>  >>  best
>  >>
>  >>                  Shauna
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                  On Wed, Sep 17,
>  >>                         2014 at 3:25
>  >>
>  >>                  PM, Billy Lynch
>  >>
>  >>                  <wlynch92 at gmail.com
>  >>                         <mailto:wlynch92 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                    For those who don't
>  >>
>  >>                    know, I am no
>  >>                         longer at
>  >>
>  >>                    Rutgers and am
>  >>                         now at
>  >>
>  >>                    Google NY, so I
>  >>                         should
>  >>
>  >>                    be able to take
>  >>                         over
>  >>
>  >>                    Sri's
>  >>                         responsibilities.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                    Prachi- I
>  >>                         handed those
>  >>
>  >>                    off to the new
>  >>                         USACS
>  >>
>  >>                    president Katie
>  >>
>  >>                    Poskaitis (cc-ed)
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                    As for room,
>  >>                         Core A or
>  >>
>  >>                    even the new
>  >>                         expanded
>  >>
>  >>                    Cave might work.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                    Something I was
>  >>
>  >>                    discussing with Sri
>  >>
>  >>                    offline last
>  >>                         week was
>  >>
>  >>                    potentially
>  >>                         moving the
>  >>
>  >>                    event to very early
>  >>
>  >>                    spring
>  >>                         semester. I am
>  >>
>  >>                    not sure how set in
>  >>
>  >>                    stone those
>  >>                         original
>  >>
>  >>                    dates are, but
>  >>                         I think
>  >>
>  >>                    there will be
>  >>                         benefits
>  >>
>  >>                    for both us and
>  >>                         students
>  >>
>  >>                    if we change
>  >>                         the date.
>  >>
>  >>                    The main motivation
>  >>
>  >>                    behind this was
>  >>                         1) to
>  >>
>  >>                    piggyback off
>  >>                         of the
>  >>
>  >>                    popularity of
>  >>                         student
>  >>
>  >>                    hackathons and
>  >>                         2) to
>  >>
>  >>                    take advantage of
>  >>
>  >>                    beginning of
>  >>                         semester
>  >>
>  >>                    motivation.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                    1)
>  >>                         HackPrinceton and
>  >>
>  >>                    HackRPI
>  >>
>  >>                         <http://mlh.io/seasons/f2014/____events
>  >>                 <http://mlh.io/seasons/f2014/__events>
>  >>
>  >>                         <http://mlh.io/seasons/f2014/__events
>  >>                 <http://mlh.io/seasons/f2014/events>>> fall
>  >>
>  >>                    on the same
>  >>                         weekend.
>  >>
>  >>                    Though we are
>  >>                         primarily
>  >>
>  >>                    trying to target
>  >>
>  >>                    beginners,
>  >>                         students are
>  >>
>  >>                    being
>  >>                         encouraged more
>  >>
>  >>                    and more to
>  >>                         attend these
>  >>
>  >>                    events to
>  >>                         learn. Since
>  >>
>  >>                    these 2 events are
>  >>
>  >>                    fairly close to
>  >>                         Rutgers
>  >>
>  >>                    (and it is
>  >>                         become fairly
>  >>
>  >>                    common for
>  >>                         hackathons to
>  >>
>  >>                    charter a bus
>  >>                         to bring
>  >>
>  >>                    students to the
>  >>                         event),
>  >>
>  >>                    I am slightly
>  >>                         concerned
>  >>
>  >>                    that this might
>  >>                         draw
>  >>
>  >>                    away some of
>  >>                         the people
>  >>
>  >>                    we want to
>  >>                         reach. By
>  >>
>  >>                    moving to the
>  >>                         start of
>  >>
>  >>                    the semester we
>  >>                         can get
>  >>
>  >>                    ahead of most
>  >>                         spring
>  >>
>  >>                    hackathons and
>  >>                         promote
>  >>
>  >>                    skills that
>  >>                         students can
>  >>
>  >>                    then use at
>  >>                         these events.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                    2) From running
>  >>                         these
>  >>
>  >>                    types of events
>  >>                         in the
>  >>
>  >>                    past, I have
>  >>                         found that
>  >>
>  >>                    events targeted
>  >>                         towards
>  >>
>  >>                    beginners are
>  >>                         much more
>  >>
>  >>                    effective when
>  >>                         they are
>  >>
>  >>                    in the start of the
>  >>
>  >>                    semester. This
>  >>                         is when
>  >>
>  >>                    students have
>  >>                         more free
>  >>
>  >>                    time (since
>  >>                         they don't
>  >>
>  >>                    have
>  >>                         assignments yet)
>  >>
>  >>                    and are
>  >>                         motivated to
>  >>
>  >>                    learn new
>  >>                         things that
>  >>
>  >>                    can help them
>  >>                         in the
>  >>
>  >>                    upcoming
>  >>                         semester. I
>  >>
>  >>                    think an event
>  >>                         like this
>  >>
>  >>                    would be much more
>  >>
>  >>                    successful and
>  >>                         useful to
>  >>
>  >>                    students if ran
>  >>                         at the
>  >>
>  >>                    start of the
>  >>                         semester
>  >>
>  >>                    rather than
>  >>                         towards the
>  >>
>  >>                    end (especially
>  >>                         since
>  >>
>  >>                    USACS tends to
>  >>                         run a
>  >>
>  >>                    very similar event
>  >>
>  >>                    covering VCS/Github
>  >>
>  >>                    workflows).
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                    These were just
>  >>                         a few
>  >>
>  >>                    thoughts I had.
>  >>                         If we
>  >>
>  >>                    still want to
>  >>                         run with
>  >>
>  >>                    the Nov 16th
>  >>                         date that
>  >>
>  >>                    is perfectly fine.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                    On Wed, Sep 17,
>  >>                         2014 at
>  >>
>  >>                    2:53 PM, Prachi
>  >>                         Pendse
>  >>
>  >>                         <prachirp at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                        Yes, we can
>  >>                         move the
>  >>
>  >>                        tables.
>  >>                         Billy, who
>  >>
>  >>                        has all the
>  >>                         USACS
>  >>
>  >>                        power strips n
>  >>
>  >>                        things now?
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                        -Prachi
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                        On Wed, Sep
>  >>                         17, 2014
>  >>
>  >>                        at 2:50 PM,
>  >>                         Shauna
>  >>
>  >>                        Gordon-McKeon
>  >>
>  >>                         <shaunagm at gmail.com
> <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                        wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                            The
>  >>                         tables were
>  >>
>  >>                            moveable,
>  >>
>  >>                            right?
>  >>                         It would
>  >>
>  >>                            be nice
>  >>                         to do
>  >>
>  >>                            more
>  >>                         group work
>  >>
>  >>                            since
>  >>                         we'll have
>  >>
>  >>                            more
>  >>                         mentors,
>  >>
>  >>                            and
>  >>
>  >>                         rearrangeable
>  >>
>  >>                            tables are
>  >>
>  >>                            pretty
>  >>                         key given
>  >>
>  >>                            that
>  >>                         that room
>  >>
>  >>                            is so
>  >>                         long and thin.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                            If so:
>  >>                         yes, that
>  >>
>  >>                            room is
>  >>                         good.  :)
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                            best
>  >>
>  >>                            Shauna
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                            On Wed,
>  >>                         Sep 17,
>  >>
>  >>                            2014 at
>  >>                         2:45 PM,
>  >>
>  >>                            Prachi
>  >>                         Pendse
>  >>
>  >>                         <prachirp at gmail.com
> <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>>
>  >>
>  >>                            wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                The
>  >>                         room we
>  >>
>  >>                                had
>  >>                         last
>  >>
>  >>                         time was
>  >>
>  >>                         fine right?
>  >>
>  >>                                I
>  >>                         will check
>  >>
>  >>                                and
>  >>                         book it
>  >>
>  >>                         tonight if
>  >>
>  >>                         it's available.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                -Prachi
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                On
>  >>                         Wed, Sep
>  >>
>  >>                                17,
>  >>                         2014 at
>  >>
>  >>                         2:42 PM,
>  >>
>  >>                                Shauna
>  >>
>  >>                         Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                         Sri -
>  >>
>  >>                         We've
>  >>
>  >>                         talked
>  >>
>  >>                                    off
>  >>
>  >>                         list,
>  >>
>  >>                         but let
>  >>
>  >>                         me say
>  >>
>  >>                         again:
>  >>
>  >>                         congratulations
>  >>
>  >>                         on your
>  >>
>  >>                         move.
>  >>
>  >>                            :)
>  >>
>  >>                            I'm
>  >>
>  >>                         sorry
>  >>
>  >>                                    you
>  >>
>  >>                         won't be
>  >>
>  >>                         able to
>  >>
>  >>                         participate
>  >>
>  >>                         in the
>  >>
>  >>                         event,
>  >>
>  >>                         but your
>  >>
>  >>                         decision
>  >>
>  >>                         totally
>  >>
>  >>                         makes
>  >>
>  >>                         sense.
>  >>
>  >>                         Will
>  >>
>  >>                         Google
>  >>
>  >>                         still be
>  >>
>  >>                         able to
>  >>
>  >>                         sponsor
>  >>
>  >>                                    the
>  >>
>  >>                         event
>  >>
>  >>                         given
>  >>
>  >>                         this change?
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                         Prachee,
>  >>
>  >>                         Billy -
>  >>
>  >>                         are you
>  >>
>  >>                         still
>  >>
>  >>                         good to
>  >>
>  >>                         lead the
>  >>
>  >>                         event?
>  >>
>  >>                         If so,
>  >>
>  >>                         let's
>  >>
>  >>                         take
>  >>
>  >>                         care of
>  >>
>  >>                                    the
>  >>
>  >>                         basics
>  >>
>  >>                         so I can
>  >>
>  >>                         start
>  >>
>  >>                         finding
>  >>
>  >>                                    you
>  >>
>  >>                         mentors
>  >>
>  >>                                    and
>  >>
>  >>                         helpers.
>  >>
>  >>                            (We
>  >>
>  >>                         didn't
>  >>
>  >>                         have any
>  >>
>  >>                         besides
>  >>
>  >>                         Sri and
>  >>
>  >>                         myself
>  >>
>  >>                         last
>  >>
>  >>                         time,
>  >>
>  >>                         due to
>  >>
>  >>                         the day
>  >>
>  >>                         of the
>  >>
>  >>                         week we
>  >>
>  >>                         ran it
>  >>
>  >>                         on, but
>  >>
>  >>                         on a
>  >>
>  >>                         weekend
>  >>
>  >>                                    we
>  >>
>  >>                         should
>  >>
>  >>                         have
>  >>
>  >>                         much
>  >>
>  >>                         better
>  >>
>  >>                         luck.)
>  >>
>  >>                            The
>  >>
>  >>                         next
>  >>
>  >>                         step is
>  >>
>  >>                         figuring
>  >>
>  >>                         out what
>  >>
>  >>                         room to
>  >>
>  >>                         book,
>  >>
>  >>                                    and
>  >>
>  >>                         booking it.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                         best
>  >>
>  >>                         Shauna
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                         On Wed,
>  >>
>  >>                         Sep 3,
>  >>
>  >>                         2014 at
>  >>
>  >>                         7:53 PM,
>  >>
>  >>                         Sri Raga
>  >>
>  >>                         Velagapudi
>  >>
>  >>                         <sriraga.velagapudi at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:sriraga.velagapudi at __gmail.com>>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                         wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                              Hello folks,
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                              Apologies
>  >>
>  >>                              for
>  >>
>  >>                              being off
>  >>
>  >>                              the
>  >>
>  >>                              radar.
>  >>
>  >>                              I
>  >>
>  >>                              have
>  >>
>  >>                              an
>  >>
>  >>                              upcoming
>  >>
>  >>                              launch
>  >>
>  >>                              followed
>  >>
>  >>                              by a
>  >>
>  >>                              performance
>  >>
>  >>                              eval
>  >>
>  >>                              cycle followed
>  >>
>  >>                              by a
>  >>
>  >>                              giant move
>  >>
>  >>                              to
>  >>
>  >>                              the
>  >>
>  >>                              west
>  >>
>  >>                              coast (yay!).
>  >>
>  >>                              So I
>  >>
>  >>                              won't be
>  >>
>  >>                              able
>  >>
>  >>                              to
>  >>
>  >>                              help. :(
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                              Good
>  >>
>  >>                              luck
>  >>
>  >>                              with
>  >>
>  >>                              everything
>  >>
>  >>                              and
>  >>
>  >>                              stay
>  >>
>  >>                              I'm
>  >>
>  >>                              touch.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                              Sri
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                              On
>  >>
>  >>                              Sep
>  >>
>  >>                              3,
>  >>
>  >>                              2014
>  >>
>  >>                              6:35
>  >>
>  >>                              PM,
>  >>
>  >>                              "Shauna
>  >>
>  >>                              Gordon-McKeon"
>  >>
>  >>                              <shaunagm at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                              wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                  Okay,
>  >>
>  >>                                  I've
>  >>
>  >>                                  written
>  >>
>  >>                                  down
>  >>
>  >>                                  the
>  >>
>  >>                                  16th
>  >>
>  >>                                  for
>  >>
>  >>                                  the
>  >>
>  >>                                  date.
>  >>
>  >>                                  Happy
>  >>
>  >>                                  to
>  >>
>  >>                                  change
>  >>
>  >>                                  it
>  >>
>  >>                                  again
>  >>
>  >>                                  if
>  >>
>  >>                                  needed,
>  >>
>  >>                                  on
>  >>
>  >>                                  my
>  >>
>  >>                                  end.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                  What
>  >>
>  >>                                  is
>  >>
>  >>                                  the
>  >>
>  >>                                  process
>  >>
>  >>                                  for
>  >>
>  >>                                  getting
>  >>
>  >>                                  a room
>  >>
>  >>                                  for
>  >>
>  >>                                  that
>  >>
>  >>                                  date?
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                  On
>  >>
>  >>                                  Wed,
>  >>
>  >>                                  Sep
>  >>
>  >>                                  3,
>  >>
>  >>                                  2014
>  >>
>  >>                                  at
>  >>
>  >>                                  3:17
>  >>
>  >>                                  PM,
>  >>
>  >>                                  Prachi
>  >>
>  >>                                  Pendse
>  >>
>  >>                                  <prachirp at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:prachirp at gmail.com>>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                  wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                      There's
>  >>
>  >>                                      a football
>  >>
>  >>                                      game
>  >>
>  >>                                      against
>  >>
>  >>                                      Indiana
>  >>
>  >>                                      on
>  >>
>  >>                                      Saturday
>  >>
>  >>                                      the
>  >>
>  >>                                      15th
>  >>
>  >>                                      so
>  >>
>  >>                                      our
>  >>
>  >>                                      event
>  >>
>  >>                                      should
>  >>
>  >>                                      be
>  >>
>  >>                                      on
>  >>
>  >>                                      the
>  >>
>  >>                                      16th.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                      -Prachi
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                      On
>  >>
>  >>                                      Mon,
>  >>
>  >>                                      Sep
>  >>
>  >>                                      1,
>  >>
>  >>                                      2014
>  >>
>  >>                                      at
>  >>
>  >>                                      5:21
>  >>
>  >>                                      PM,
>  >>
>  >>                                      Shauna
>  >>
>  >>                                      Gordon-McKeon
>  >>
>  >>                                      <shaunagm at gmail.com
>  >>                 <mailto:shaunagm at gmail.com>>
>  >>
>  >>                                      wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                          Hi
>  >>
>  >>                                          folks,
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>                                          Any
>  >>
>  >>                                          further
>  >>
>  >>                                          thoughts
>  >>
>  >>                                          on
>  >>
>  >>                                          the
>  >>
>  >>                                          15th
>  >>
>  >>                                          vs
>  >>
>  >>                                          the
>  >>
>  >>                                          16th?
>  >>
>  >>                                          We
>  >>
>  >>                                          can
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
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