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

[Lisha Ruan]

Hey Catherine, I think you can list Firefox, the Linux kernel (David
Gilhooley volunteered to lead students in contributing to it), and
Wikipedia's backend code (you should probably mention "backend code" so
they don't assume we're contributing to the content).

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Catherine Wu <cathwu at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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