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

[Lisha Ruan]

Also, I just noticed that the second sentence is missing a "you": It should
be "Do *you* want to gain real-world coding experience...." Not a big deal,
but in future emails we can correct it. :)

Lisha

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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