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

[Lisha Ruan]

Actually, you probably don't need to add "Beginners are welcome", since you
already put "but are unsure of where to start". :)

Lisha

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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