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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
Mon Nov 10 16:06:51 UTC 2014 

Should I try again? Has that problem occurred before?


On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Katherine Ye <kye at princeton.edu> wrote:

> Just got an email from Proofpoint saying the opensourceprinceton at gmail.com
> email was marked as spam :-/
>
> 2014-11-10 3:02 GMT-05:00 Catherine Wu <cathwu at princeton.edu>:
>
> Emailed profs and will start posting flyers tomorrow!
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Catherine Wu <cathwu at princeton.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Will keep that in mind in the future!
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Nov 8, 2014, at 10:58 PM, Katherine Ye <kye at princeton.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Catherine! Friendly suggestion: for students, it's usually better
>>> to send emails in the afternoon / early evening, because it'll arrive at
>>> the top of the stack just as people start checking email.
>>>
>>> 2014-11-08 21:59 GMT-05:00 Catherine Wu <cathwu at princeton.edu>:
>>>
>>>> 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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