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

[Lisha Ruan]

Great, thanks! How are you planning on covering the res college listservs?
I can email the Rocky listserv.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Catherine Wu <cathwu at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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