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

[Lisha Ruan]

I gave Catherine the OSAP account password (Catherine, let me know if you
want me to send it to you again). I think the email is ready. I already
emailed RockyWire. I'm pasting the email below with the missing "you" added
+ breakfast mentioned.

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Hey [insert mailing list name]!

Do you want to contribute to an Open Source project but are unsure of where
to start? Do you 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*! Breakfast and lunch will be 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)

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Katherine Ye <kye at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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