[Campus-columbia-staff] planning an event for next semester

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Hi Dina,

No worries - I hope your internship went well, and that your trip back to
the east coast (whenever you do it) is safe and stress-free.

re: turnout, we usually aim for 25-35 attendees.  If you'd like to
collaborate with other groups/schools, then great!  We love collaboration.
 One of our main goals, though, is to reach out to women - to that end,
we're most enthusiastic about collaborations with women-in-CS/STEM type
groups and with women's colleges.  For instance, we have contacts at
Barnard and would love to be able to invite them to this event.  This
doesn't mean we can't collaborate with other groups, just that we'd like to
prioritize making sure women who want to attend can attend.

When do you think we could get a definite time & space nailed down?  And
what did you think of Oct 12/13th as a potential weekend?

- Shauna



On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Dina Lamdany <dinalamdany at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Shauna,
>
> Sorry for the super slow response time--I've been finishing up an
> internship in San Francisco this week, and the past week has been crazy.
> Kathy has graduated, so he's no longer a good point-person, but I am.
>
> WICS would be interested in this event, but given the nature of the event
> (a pretty big time commitment for attendees) we think it would be best to
> collaborate on this event with some other CS groups on campus to get a
> bigger turnout. WICS would definitely advertise the event to our list-serv,
> however.
>
> I'm also a board member of the Application Development Initiative, which
> will have an easier time booking a space, and which would be happy to
> collaborate on this event. We'd also potentially be interested in reaching
> out to a tech group at NYU and collaborating with them. What do you think?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dina
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Kathy and Dina,
>>
>> Just wanted to follow up.  I'm CCing Melanie just in case our point
>> people have, in fact, changed.  Asheesh and I will both be out of the
>> country and fairly unavailable later in August, so it would be great to
>> figure this out beforehand.
>>
>> best
>> Shauna
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Kathy and Dina,
>>>
>>> We're looking forward to doing an Open Source Comes to Campus event at
>>> Columbia this semester.  Are you ready to start planning again - this time,
>>> hopefully, with better luck finding space?  If you're no longer the best
>>> point people for organizing this, just let us know.  :)
>>>
>>> As far as timing, we've pinpointed the weekend of October 12th/13th as a
>>> good one, though we're flexible.  How does that sound to you?
>>>
>>> best,
>>> Shauna
>>>
>>
>>
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