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[Campus-hartnell-staff] Mentor recruitment and backgrounds

Katie Cunningham kcunningham at csumb.edu
Sat Nov 15 00:17:24 UTC 2014 

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org> wrote:

> re: driving: Noah, if you don't want to take your car, we can take a
> ZipCar. I just chatted with China and there's some chance we can join
> them. I'll look into the ZipCar option.
>
> re: mentor responsibilities: I assigned "Introduction / Open Source
> Communication Tools" to myself, for what it's worth!
>
> re: timing: I hope/plan to arrive at 9:45am, since per
> http://hartnell.openhatch.org/ things start at 10:30am and it's nice
> to have some headroom.
>

Sounds great. Everyone, make sure to note that the event is at Hartnell
College Alisal Campus, 1752 E. Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905. This is
not the main campus of Hartnell College, it's a bit to the east.


> re: "Contributions Workshop": Right now, the only project we have on
> the list is OpenHatch itself, which if that's how it stays, well, OK.
> I'll spend a bunch of time tonight on making sure we have a number of
> great bugs filed for students to look into.
>
> If instructors would work through the Contributor Guide at
>
> http://openhatch.readthedocs.org/en/latest/getting_started/getting_started.html
> then you'll have a head-start when students start asking you
> questions.
>
> Note also that there are other great + easy projects to work on.
> http://mergestories.com/about.html +
> https://github.com/openhatch/oh-contribution-stories could also be
> very fun for students.
>
>
I will also look into resources for "easy" bugs. I got a link to a wiki
page with bugs like this from Oct. 18th via Shauna. If there are any other
resources like this, that's great.


> See you all soon! Let me know if people have more questions generally
> or for me specifically.
>

I'm so excited! See you guys soon!!

Best,
Katie


>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Katie Cunningham
> <kcunningham at csumb.edu> wrote:
> > Apologies for not responding to your earlier email Noah.
> >
> > I believe Chas would like a ride, but can also get his own if needed. I'm
> > unsure if he has started making other arrangements after your last email.
> > I'm not sure what Asheesh's ride situation is.
> >
> > China and Stephen will drive together.
> > Ryan and Emily are coming from Santa Cruz, and I'm assuming they have
> > transportation arranged.
> > Myself and Chris are local.
> >
> > I think the most important thing is to make sure that transportation is
> > confirmed with Chas, Asheesh, and yourself.
> >
> > FYI, Hartnell is willing to pay OpenHatch for gas/transportation
> expenses.
> >
> > Best,
> > Katie
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Noah Swartz <swartzcr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I would prefer to not drive my car. What is the current status on travel
> >> needs? i.e. who all is coming from SF? What transportation is arranged?
> >> Noah
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
> shaunagm at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, China.  So we have space for 1-2 more people if we can find
> >>> anyone else in SF who wants to come down.
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:31 AM, China Wang <chinana523 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Stephen and I will be driving from San Mateo, so we won't need a ride.
> >>>> As for a bit more background info on him, he's a developer at
> GuideWire. :)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon Nov 03 2014 at 9:19:27 AM Noah Swartz <swartzcr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It will comfortably fit 5 (including me, the driver)!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon
> >>>>> <shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks, Noah.  How many does it fit?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Noah Swartz <swartzcr at gmail.com>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I own a full size sedan if more driving capacity is needed
> (assuming
> >>>>>>> it's still where I left it)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon
> >>>>>>> <shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Hi Katie, and all the new mentors,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> No authorization is needed - everyone is on the list now,
> including
> >>>>>>>> Noah, who I just added.  Noah is a good friend of both Asheesh
> and myself,
> >>>>>>>> and has mentored at OpenHatch before, so he should be a great
> addition.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> We should make sure we have travel from SF to Hartnell figured
> out.
> >>>>>>>> Do China, Stephen and Chas all need rides from SF?Including Noah,
> that may
> >>>>>>>> be the max that Asheesh can take, although if he's up for it they
> can rent a
> >>>>>>>> bigger car.  On the other hand, it looks like we have plenty of
> amazing
> >>>>>>>> mentors without needing anyone more.  :)
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> best
> >>>>>>>> Shauna
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Katie Cunningham
> >>>>>>>> <kcunningham at csumb.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I have recruited several mentors with various backgrounds and I
> >>>>>>>>> wanted to send out an update on that info. I think we will be
> very
> >>>>>>>>> well-mentored!
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Mentors I’ve recruited:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Emily Lovell - PhD student in Computer Science Education at UC
> >>>>>>>>> Santa Cruz
> >>>>>>>>> Ryan Compton - PhD student in Human-Computer Interaction at UC
> >>>>>>>>> Santa Cruz, attended the OSCTC event last semester.
> >>>>>>>>> Chris Essert - Attendee at a talk I gave in Salinas on compiler
> >>>>>>>>> basics last month. I was impressed at how much he knew about
> compilers (more
> >>>>>>>>> than me!) and decided to invite him to this event.
> >>>>>>>>> China Wang - Developer at ThoughtWorks in SF. Indicated solid git
> >>>>>>>>> skills on survey.
> >>>>>>>>> Stephen Robinson - China’s boyfriend (That’s all I know :)
> >>>>>>>>> Chas Leicher - has confirmed to me personally, but hasn’t filled
> >>>>>>>>> out the form yet. Developer at Google, attended the OSCTC event
> last
> >>>>>>>>> semester. Very solid git skills and some familiarity with OSCTC
> material.
> >>>>>>>>> Needs ride from SF area.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I added these peoples’ email addresses to the list. I’m unsure if
> >>>>>>>>> there is an authorization step needed from Shauna.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Mentors signed up who I didn’t recruit:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Noah Swartz - looks like he has a lot of experience based on the
> >>>>>>>>> survey, and I’m very happy to have him!
> >>>>>>>>> Asheesh
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> What’s the protocol for Noah? Have you reached out to him already
> >>>>>>>>> Shauna, or should I confirm with him / add him to the list?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> More and more excited,
> >>>>>>>>> Katie
> >>>>>>>>>
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