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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 02:59:48 UTC 2014 

Mathey sent!

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:

> Fantastic, thanks Catherine! I see you sent the email to the OSAP mailing
> list (which I'm on), but I don't know why I haven't received it yet. Maybe
> email delivery is just lagging and I'll get it soon.
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Catherine Wu <cathwu at princeton.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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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