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

Sun Nov 9 01:17:10 UTC 2014

You can also add that breakfast is provided! Cat, do you have the OSAP
account password? I can also email whitmanwire (let me know when the
email's ready)

2014-11-08 20:13 GMT-05:00 Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu>:

> 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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