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

[Lisha Ruan]

Also, you can email the OSAP mailing list now, too. (The emails are in a
draft on opensourceprinceton at gmail.com.) Let me know when you've done that
and when all the res colleges are covered.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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