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

[Lisha Ruan]

Hey Catherine,

I just emailed RockyWire. Have the other res colleges been emailed? Also,
it just occurred to me -- could you add something like "Beginners are
welcome!" to the email?

Best,
Lisha

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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