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

Lisha Ruan lruan at princeton.edu
Sun Nov 9 01:38:24 UTC 2014 

Haha, sorry for another update, but I think we should also mention the day
of the week of the workshop in the email.

---

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 *Saturday,
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 8:26 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

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