[Campus-neiu-staff] hope everything went well!

[Iacobelli, Francisco]

I'm interested. Add me to the list.
Thanks!

Francisco Iacobelli
Assistant professor
Computer Science
Northeastern Illinois University
http://fid.cl
On May 21, 2014 5:04 PM, "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" <shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, and one last thing - I don't think I ever received a reimbursement
> request re: the small amount we were planning to cover.  Please re-send if
> I've somehow missed it!
>
> best
> Shauna
>
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello again,
>>
>> Thank you for all the feedback.  I went through it again and tried to
>> pull out things for us to work on this summer, during our "break" period
>> (where we only run 1-3 events, rather than a dozen!).  If you're interested
>> in helping us shape the curriculum, you can join our list:
>> http://lists.openhatch.org/mailman/listinfo/osctc-planning
>>
>> I also had a couple of other follow up questions:
>>
>> - We've created a mailing list to help volunteers keep informed about
>> upcoming OSCTC events.  It's very low traffic - averaging one email a
>> month, announce only.  Would you mind if I added you?  (As far as I can
>> tell, only Meg is on it.)  I've heard from a couple of other people in
>> Chicago that they want to run events so there will definitely be more in
>> your area, in addition to any we run together.  :)
>>
>> - By the end of the summer, we're hoping to start up a mentorship-type
>> program for OSCTC alumni who are interested in continuing in open source
>> but feel like they'd like some more structured guidance.  If there were
>> specific students you thought seemed especially engaged and interested,
>> please pass along their names to me.  We plan to invite all event attendees
>> to participate in our mentorship program, but we like to reach out
>> personally to those who seem most likely to want to be involved.
>>
>> Finally, if you want to run an event (a full workshop, a project night,
>> etc) over the summer please let me know and I can help you arrange that.
>>  I'll also be sending an email about planning events for the fall in June.
>>
>> best
>> Shauna
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:32 AM, Carl Karsten <carl at nextdayvideo.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:40 PM, meg ford <meg387 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "I also think it would have been better if the event had been broken
>>>> into two days. It was a lot of information for one day. "
>>>>
>>>> We've done two day events, and the primary issue is lack of consistency
>>>> - some people will only show up one day, and then you have to catch people
>>>> up, etc.  If you're strict about confirming, or if you have a few mentors
>>>> dedicated to reviewing/catching people up, this can totally work.  Again,
>>>> this is a change we're happy to help you make if you want to.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Idea:
>>> Friday night: laptop setup - get git and whatever installed.  maybe a
>>> text editor.   The boring stuff.
>>> Now Saturday morning they are ready to jump into doing stuff.
>>>
>>> Also, anything that allows people to work alone should be removed.  get
>>> people working together.
>>>
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