[OH-announce] OpenHatch newsletter, June 2014

[Mike Linksvayer]

    OpenHatch newsletter, June 2014
    <http://openhatch.org/blog/2014/newsletter-june-2014/>

OpenHatch community at Open Source Bridge

Welcome to OpenHatch newsletter number 23.

OpenHatch had a strong presence at AdaCamp Portland
<http://portland.adacamp.org/> and Open Source Bridge
<http://opensourcebridge.org/> this month. OpenHatch community members
Shauna Gordon-McKeon <http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/1313>, Britta
Gustafson <http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/1290>, Sumana
Harihareswara <http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/1329> (twice
<http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/1350>!), and Jen Davidson
<http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/1294> all presented. We also had
an OpenHatch dinner at a nearby tea house — picture above, apologies to
those who left before we remembered to snap a picture!

Report on teaching open source at UC Davis
<http://openhatch.org/blog/2014/teaching-open-source-at-uc-davis/> and
Heidi Ellis <http://heidiellis.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/posse-lives/> on
Open Source Comes to Campus UMass Amherst and other open source outreach
events.

Interested in *running an Open Source Comes to Campus event
<http://campus.openhatch.org/>* at your school this fall? Contact us!
We’re currently planning our fall schedule.

Shauna and Britta talked about OpenHatch <http://5by5.tv/inbeta/107> on
In Beta, a podcast about tech culture and open source.


      OpenHatchy but not OpenHatch things around the web

Gail Carmichael writes how Python and Pi Helped Make Go Code Girl 2014 A
Great Success
<http://compscigail.blogspot.com/2014/05/python-and-pi-helped-make-go-code-girl.html%22>.

Introductory edit-a-thons
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Introductory_edit-a-thons> how-to.
Similar to an Open Source Comes to Campus event, but introducing
newcomers to contributing to Wikipedia rather than open source projects.
Upcoming following this model: WikiProject Open Barn Raising 2014
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Barn_Raising_2014>.

Karen Sandler on what we mean by “we” <https://lwn.net/Articles/602457/>.

Rachit Gupta uses curated newcomer-appropriate bugs to go from
>From Zero Knowledge About Open Source to GSoC
<http://blog.rachitgupta.in/2014/06/from-zero-knowledge-about-open-source-to-gsoc/>.

Google launches
<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/things-you-love-are-made-with-code.html>
“Made with Code, an initiative to inspire girls to code.”

/You’re Welcome: A Pattern Language for Inclusive Events
<https://leanpub.com/yourewelcome>/, free book in progress by Alex
Bayley, to provide “over a hundred practical steps you can take to make
your community events more inclusive, welcoming, and rewarding.”

Interactive semi-automated package review (by abusing Travis-CI)
<http://www.asheesh.org/note/debian/tool-assist.html> — to improve
mentorship, by Asheesh Laroia.

Also check out links submitted to /r/openhatch
<http://www.reddit.com/r/openhatch>, and add your finds!


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Thanks to Britta Gustafson and Shauna Gordon-McKeon for contributing to
this edition!

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