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

[Catherine Wu]

Okay great! I will send that email out today and keep everyone updated.

Regarding the flyers, I like Wellesley's save the date (
https://github.com/openhatch/open-source-comes-to-campus/blob/master/publicity/flyers/publicity_flyer_templates/Wellesley_savethedate.jpg).
I am currently downloading GIMP so that I can edit it and see how that
turns out.

Regarding announcing the workshop to COS classes, I am open to going to the
classes to make the announcement and I'll add that the the email I was
planning on sending to professors.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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