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

[Catherine Wu]

Hi everyone! What projects do you think I should list in the email
announcement? I selected Wiki, WordPress, and Firefox since they were some
of the projects listed on the sign up sheet. I really want to send this out
asap so please reply soon :)

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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