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

[Lisha Ruan]

Oops, forgot to update the projects listed. Here's the actual version of
the email:

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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 *Firefox, the Linux kernel, and OpenMRS *(a medical records
system used in developing countries)!

*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 8:22 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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.
>
> ---
>
> 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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