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

Catherine Wu cathwu at princeton.edu
Sun Nov 9 02:20:14 UTC 2014 

Made the changes! I'm working on the Mathey and Forbes listservs. The
people I asked all had removed themselves but I reached out to new people
over fb and am waiting for responses. Email has been sent to Whitman,
Butler, Wilson, and Rocky. Also sent to ACM and OSAP. Also posted to the CS
group and made a fb event (INVITE PPL :D). I plan on sending the professor
emails on Sunday night so that it doesn't get buried in their weekend
emails.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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