[Campus-princeton-staff] [EMAIL DRAFT -- please send suggestions/edits] Contribute to Open Source on Nov 22nd!

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

We're highly likely to be able to get a Mozilla mentor.  Wikipedia - or at
least MediaWiki should also be doable.  Wordpress is entirely possible but
I don't know any pre-existing OpenHatch friends/volunteers I'd ask, so I'd
say that's least likely of the three.

5 outside mentors plus a few student mentors should be enough to have a
great event, even if it might not involve quite as much networking and help
from professionals as we'd like.

Not really relevant for this event, but: Asheesh and I have been discussing
the workflow of these events, and we think it makes sense going forward to
first get a team of mentors together, and then pick a time that works for
them + the school.  We're hoping to spread out the number of people who can
represent OpenHatch at these events so "on a weekend that an OpenHatch
person can be around" covers a lot more weekends than when it's just me.



On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

> I think remotely would be okay. Catherine, I'm just not sure where you got
> those specific projects from?
>
> Besides the two who signed up, we also have Sunil from Two Sigma who's
> confirmed. We're talking to Bloomberg, who said they can provide mentors,
> and ThoughtWorks, who said maybe, but no one's signed up yet. I'm hoping
> we'll get at least 2 more mentors, so at least 5, which I think would be
> doable -- but of course it'd be great to have more.
>
> Lisha
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We can probably get those folks remotely, but it seems like a stretch to
>> get them at the event.  We may want to dial back our expectations for the #
>> of mentors -- so far I've only gotten two confirmed.  Not sure who you've
>> managed to find.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Catherine,
>>>
>>> This looks great! Just to make sure -- is it confirmed that Wikipedia,
>>> WordPress, and Firefox are among the projects we'll contribute to at the
>>> workshop? Do we have people from those projects who will be helping us?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Lisha
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Catherine Wu <cathwu at princeton.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey [insert mailing list name]!
>>>>
>>>> Do you want to contribute to an Open Source project but are unsure of
>>>> where to start? Do want to gain real-world coding experience and speak
>>>> to mentors from prominent tech firms?
>>>>
>>>> Come to* Open Source Comes to Campus @ Princeton University* on *November
>>>> 22nd from 10AM to 5PM* (lunch is provided)! The first half of the
>>>> workshop will focus on acclimating you to the Open Source environment; the
>>>> second half will consist of contributing to Open Source with the help of
>>>> experienced mentors. The projects we will be contributing to include *Wikipedia,
>>>> WordPress, and Firefox!*
>>>>
>>>> *For more information or to sign up, click HERE <http://goo.gl/pAGvrc>
>>>> !! *
>>>>
>>>> We can't wait to meet you!
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Open Source at Princeton team
>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions, please feel free to email Catherine Wu (
>>>> cathwu at princeton.edu) or Lisha Ruan (lruan at princeton.edu)
>>>>
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