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Catherine Wu cathwu at princeton.edu
Sun Nov 9 02:23:20 UTC 2014 

got forbes!

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Catherine Wu <cathwu at princeton.edu> wrote:

> 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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