[Campus-princeton-staff] upcoming on campus Drupal meetups

Mon Nov 10 16:19:55 UTC 2014

If anyone from the Princeton group wants to get a head start, you
might mention these 2 upcoming meetup/mentoring opportunities prior to
the 22nd:

This Thurs, Nov 13 - more structured meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/Central-NJ-Drupal-Group/events/202580992/

Next Tues Nov 18 - an informal gathering with possible mentoring:
http://www.meetup.com/Central-NJ-Drupal-Group/events/211599392/

-Peter

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon
<hello at openhatch.org> wrote:
> Thanks, Katherine.  My apologies, Peter.  I thought I'd set that form to
> send me notifications when someone signs up - fixing that now.
>
> Princeton mentors will be getting an email from me later today.
>
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Katherine Ye <kye at princeton.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Thanks for signing up. It did show up on the form, and I think Shauna is
>> planning on emailing all the mentors, though I don't know when.
>>
>> We have ~4 mentors signed up now (including you). We're aiming for 8, so
>> we'd appreciate your help!
>>
>> Katherine
>>
>> 2014-11-09 21:25 GMT-05:00 Peter Wolanin <pwolanin at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> I signed up on the mentor form a couple days ago - should I expect any
>>> feedback or message?
>>>
>>> Still trying to recruit 1 or 2 more experienced Drupalists.  Where do
>>> you stand as far as the number of mentors you need?
>>>
>>> -Peter
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu> wrote:
>>> > Hi Peter,
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for pointing out that it's not listed on those calendars. It
>>> > looks
>>> > like it's listed on the OpenHatch site now. I'll look into why it's not
>>> > listed on the Princeton calendars.
>>> >
>>> > We're hoping to have at least 10 mentors for the event. We've reached
>>> > out to
>>> > a few companies who said they could provide mentors, but no one has
>>> > definitively signed up yet, so we'd appreciate anyone who can come. For
>>> > panelists, anyone who's had professional experience with open source
>>> > would
>>> > be awesome. But mainly we're just looking for any experienced engineers
>>> > to
>>> > be mentors (those with open source experience would be especially
>>> > great), so
>>> > that the students will have guidance during the workshop.
>>> >
>>> > Best,
>>> > Lisha
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Peter Wolanin <pwolanin at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi Lisha,
>>> >>
>>> >> Glad to hear that you have a definite place/time/plans already.
>>> >>
>>> >> I was a bit unsure, since it doesn't seem to be listed at
>>> >> http://cal.tigerapps.org/evlist/gen/ or
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.princeton.edu/events/?view=daily&category=all&from=2014-11-22
>>> >> or http://opensourceatprinceton.github.io/calendar/ or
>>> >> http://campus.openhatch.org/#upcoming
>>> >>
>>> >> A group of potential mentors from the Central NJ Drupal meetup already
>>> >> made plans to mentor a code sprint/contribution day on the 22nd
>>> >> outside Princeton, but possibly we can split off one or two people or
>>> >> pull in people who are not going to the other event.
>>> >>
>>> >> Can you tell me roughly how many more mentors or panelists you are
>>> >> looking to add or if there are panelist topics or industry areas you
>>> >> are looking to fill in?
>>> >>
>>> >> -Peter
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Lisha Ruan <lruan at princeton.edu>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi Peter,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thanks so much for volunteering!
>>> >> >
>>> >> > We're actually not within PWiCS anymore -- we're an independent club
>>> >> > called
>>> >> > Open Source at Princeton. Our website is here:
>>> >> > http://opensourceatprinceton.github.io/ It's still a work in
>>> >> > progress,
>>> >> > though, since we only became a club this year. A sign-up website for
>>> >> > the
>>> >> > open source workshop will be up very soon.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > We can't move the date of the event because we've already booked a
>>> >> > room
>>> >> > (the
>>> >> > Friend Center Convocation Room) and reached out to potential mentors
>>> >> > with
>>> >> > the current date. But it would be fantastic to have you there and
>>> >> > anyone
>>> >> > else involved with Drupal!
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Anyone who wants to be a mentor can sign up here:
>>> >> > http://goo.gl/MlhAxK
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Let me know if you have any other questions.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Best,
>>> >> > Lisha
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon
>>> >> > <hello at openhatch.org>
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Hi Peter,
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> The event is being organized locally by Lisha Ruan (lruan) and
>>> >> >> several
>>> >> >> other students from Princeton WiCS.  They have a group called Open
>>> >> >> Source at
>>> >> >> Princeton although as far as I can tell they don't have a website.
>>> >> >> They're
>>> >> >> all part of this conversation via campus-princeton-staff, although
>>> >> >> they're
>>> >> >> on fall break right now so they may take a bit to chime in.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> We (OpenHatch) are very open to moving the date, but pushing it
>>> >> >> back
>>> >> >> may
>>> >> >> cause problems in terms of the semester schedule, so again, I'll
>>> >> >> let
>>> >> >> Lisha,
>>> >> >> Katherine, Diana and the other organizers decide on that.  My guess
>>> >> >> is
>>> >> >> that
>>> >> >> running the event in December would be too late for them, but we'll
>>> >> >> see.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> It sounds like at the very least there is the potential for lots of
>>> >> >> collaboration with local Drupal users and contributors for future
>>> >> >> events.
>>> >> >> Let's see what we can do for this event as well.  :)
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> best
>>> >> >> Shauna
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Peter Wolanin
>>> >> >> <pwolanin at gmail.com>
>>> >> >> wrote:
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Also, my wife is the administrator at Rockefeller College at
>>> >> >>> Princeton
>>> >> >>> where lruan is associated, and so that's a possible source for
>>> >> >>> meeting
>>> >> >>> space
>>> >> >>> and other support.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> -Peter
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Peter Wolanin
>>> >> >>> <pwolanin at gmail.com>
>>> >> >>> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>> Hi Shauna,
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>> there are several people locally who could both mentor and speak
>>> >> >>>> in
>>> >> >>>> regards to Drupal and/or some other PHP apps.
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>> Also, in IRC I was pointed to  lruan and
>>> >> >>>> http://princetonwics.wordpress.com/ as the nexus of campus
>>> >> >>>> organizing.
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>> I wasn't getting the sense Nov 22 was firm given the lack of
>>> >> >>>> published
>>> >> >>>> events on any calendar.
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>> -Peter
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon
>>> >> >>>> <hello at openhatch.org> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>
>>> >> >>>>> Hi Peter,
>>> >> >>>>>
>>> >> >>>>> Thanks for volunteering!  It'd be wonderful to have you at the
>>> >> >>>>> event
>>> >> >>>>> on
>>> >> >>>>> the 22nd.  It's a pretty firm date, although I'll let our
>>> >> >>>>> student
>>> >> >>>>> organizers
>>> >> >>>>> (CC'd via the campus-princeton-staff list) give the final word
>>> >> >>>>> on
>>> >> >>>>> whether or
>>> >> >>>>> not it's moveable.  This is our second event at Princeton, and
>>> >> >>>>> we
>>> >> >>>>> hope to do
>>> >> >>>>> more - we can let you know about those earlier so there's less
>>> >> >>>>> likely to be
>>> >> >>>>> conflicts.
>>> >> >>>>>
>>> >> >>>>> A few questions about how you'd like to participate in the
>>> >> >>>>> event:
>>> >> >>>>> Are
>>> >> >>>>> you interested in helping students at the event contribute to
>>> >> >>>>> Drupal?  Also,
>>> >> >>>>> given your speaking experience, would you like to present one of
>>> >> >>>>> the
>>> >> >>>>> morning
>>> >> >>>>> tutorials?
>>> >> >>>>>
>>> >> >>>>> best,
>>> >> >>>>> Shauna
>>> >> >>>>>
>>> >> >>>>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Peter Wolanin
>>> >> >>>>> <pwolanin at gmail.com>
>>> >> >>>>> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>> Also, there may be a conflict for some potential mentors, so 2
>>> >> >>>>>> weeks
>>> >> >>>>>> later might be better, and certainly more realistic for
>>> >> >>>>>> planning.
>>> >> >>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>> On Oct 29, 2014 11:22 PM, "Peter Wolanin" <pwolanin at gmail.com>
>>> >> >>>>>> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>> We've been talking with paulproteus in IRC
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>> I'm interested in helping out at the Princeton, NJ event on
>>> >> >>>>>>> 11/22.
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>> I'm one of the organizers of the Central NJ Drupal meetup, and
>>> >> >>>>>>> in
>>> >> >>>>>>> addition to contributing to Drupal core and contributed
>>> >> >>>>>>> modules,
>>> >> >>>>>>> speaking at
>>> >> >>>>>>> events, and organizing events, I've made some small
>>> >> >>>>>>> contributions
>>> >> >>>>>>> to the
>>> >> >>>>>>> Apache Solr project and others.  I'm also a Princeton alumnus
>>> >> >>>>>>> and
>>> >> >>>>>>> took CS
>>> >> >>>>>>> courses as an undergrad (majored in Physics though).
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>> -Peter Wolanin
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>> https://www.drupal.org/user/49851
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
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