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[Campus-purdue-staff] bringing Open Source Comes to Campus back to Purdue

Shauna Gordon-McKeon shaunagm at gmail.com
Mon Oct 13 18:18:57 UTC 2014


Actually, having difficulty connecting.  I'm resetting the password but
apparently it's not an automatic process.  :/

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Whoops, so sorry!  Be right on.
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Lauren M Stuart <lstuart at purdue.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Are we (or at least some of us) still on for videochat right about now?
>> If no, we're still good to go via email, I think.
>>
>> I'll copy the templates folder for us an add everyone who wants to be
>> there if you'll send me your Google account name (mine's
>> laurenmstuart at gmail.com)
>>
>> Lauren
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Lauren M Stuart <lstuart at purdue.edu>
>> To: campus-purdue-staff at lists.openhatch.org
>> Sent: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:06:26 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: Re: [Campus-purdue-staff] bringing Open Source Comes to Campus
>> back to Purdue
>> Monday 2 PM works for me. My Skype ID is laurenmstuart, if Skype works
>> for everyone?
>> Lauren
>> > On Oct 9, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Actually Tuesdays out, so let's do Monday. How's 2pm?
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Lauren M Stuart <lstuart at purdue.edu>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Shauna,
>> >>
>> >> Eehita and I are both available both days (it'll be October break
>> here) and we'd prefer the afternoon to the morning if that's doable.
>> >>
>> >> Lauren
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" <shaunagm at gmail.com>
>> >> To: campus-purdue-staff at lists.openhatch.org
>> >> Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 11:31:03 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Campus-purdue-staff] bringing Open Source Comes to
>> Campus back to Purdue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'm busy this week with a conference, but could meet next Mon
>> (preferred) or Tuesday via videochat to touch base. When works for you,
>> Lauren and Eehita?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'll do an email intro for the OpenMRS folks. We've already asked them
>> to attend an event at IUB the day before, so they may not be up for
>> traveling again. But it's certainly worth asking!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> best
>> >> Shauna
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Lauren M Stuart < lstuart at purdue.edu
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Everyone:
>> >>
>> >> Eehita and I are going to meet in person tomorrow to work on our end;
>> we'll update the Trello after that. Do we want to organize a chat meeting
>> or Skype meeting or something between everyone working on this? I believe
>> the two of us can handle the non-content logistics ourselves, but I'd
>> appreciate hearing some lessons learned from the events that've happened
>> earlier this semester, if you think any will apply to us. Unless they're
>> already covered in bullets on the Trello :)
>> >>
>> >> Also, Shauna, you mentioned that some contributors to OpenMRS were in
>> Indianapolis and expressed interest in being mentors for events like this.
>> If they haven't already been used for other events, could you please put me
>> in touch with someone?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> Lauren
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: eparames at purdue.edu
>> >> To: "Lauren M Stuart" < lstuart at purdue.edu >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Cc: campus-purdue-staff at lists.openhatch.org , "Shauna Gordon-McKeon"
>> < shaunagm at gmail.com >
>> >> Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2014 1:26:11 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: bringing Open Source Comes to Campus back to Purdue
>> >>
>> >> Hi Shauna and Lauren!
>> >>
>> >> Sorry for the delayed reply. It's a pleasure to meet you too! So, this
>> is the first time I'm a part of CSWN and I'm a little unsure about what I'm
>> responsible for. I will starting working on sending out mails to create
>> publicity for the event. I
>> >>
>> >> Is it possible for me to meet you'll to get a more clear idea about
>> this event?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Eehita Parameswaran
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Lauren M Stuart" < lstuart at purdue.edu >
>> >> To: "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" < shaunagm at gmail.com >
>> >> Cc: eparames at purdue.edu , campus-purdue-staff at lists.openhatch.org
>> >> Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 5:42:07 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: bringing Open Source Comes to Campus back to Purdue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> That's correct -- I have a workshop in Mississippi, the travel plans
>> for which might interfere with Sunday the 16th and definitely Saturday the
>> 15th. I'll know more soon. But the previous weekend would work for me.
>> >>
>> >> Lauren
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" < shaunagm at gmail.com >
>> >> To: "Lauren M Stuart" < lstuart at purdue.edu >,
>> campus-purdue-staff at lists.openhatch.org
>> >> Cc: eparames at purdue.edu
>> >> Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 5:05:21 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: bringing Open Source Comes to Campus back to Purdue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Also, I've tentatively put you down for Sun Nov 16th. Lauren, did I
>> read correctly that you won't be able to attend that? Is there a different
>> day that would work for you? We might be running events the weekend before
>> as well - we may be able to hold the Purdue event then.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>> shaunagm at gmail.com > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Eehita - pleasure to virtually meet you. I've added you to the
>> mailing list (CC'd above).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think generally Sunday is better for us (in terms of student
>> participation, anyway). I've just made a room reservation application for a
>> central place on campus for Sunday -- it has tables, chairs, and a few more
>> electrical outlets than we did last time.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Oh gosh the electrical outlets. Flashbacks! Yes, let's try to get a
>> slightly more appropriate room this time - although it worked out fine in
>> the end. :)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So -- last year we organized via Google Docs and a mailing list, but
>> since you use Trello now (?) what do I need to do to get us started? Do you
>> anticipate being as involved in the organizing (mailing) this year as last?
>> All the old mailing list information should still be relevant, and I have
>> (currently Facebook-only) contacts at a couple of women-in-* groups to
>> (hopefully) make sure the message gets out in that direction. The PLUG
>> (Purdue Linux Users' Group) is going to help out with advertising and may
>> be able to provide mentors from their student members, too.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I've created a board for the event, and invited you both to join it:
>> https://trello.com/b/DJa8TmiM/purdue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I can definitely help with the mailing, but I'd like you folks to take
>> the lead role. So feel free to say, "Shauna, can you customize and send
>> publicity emails to these 10 departments", for instance, but you'll have to
>> actively ask me to do it. :) That goes for pretty much all aspects of
>> organizing the event: I am happy to help where needed, but I'll wait for
>> you to ask. (Mostly. Sometimes I also send emails like "Did you remember to
>> send out reminder emails?" or "Maybe we should talk about food").
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The Trello board should help us delegate responsibility between the
>> three of us and make sure everything gets done. :)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lauren
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" < shaunagm at gmail.com >
>> >> To: "Lauren Marie Stuart" < lstuart at purdue.edu >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2014 5:40:02 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: bringing Open Source Comes to Campus back to Purdue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Lauren,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Bumping this thread up, as it would be good to touch base. How did
>> your organizational meeting go?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> - Shauna
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>> shaunagm at gmail.com > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Lauren,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> How did the organizational meeting go? Were you able to settle on a
>> date?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ~ Shauna
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>> shaunagm at gmail.com > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Yeah, there are elements of OSCTC that would really fit in a
>> hackathon, and I'm all for having hackathons focus on teaching and
>> community building (which I think they're far better suited for than
>> building actually usable products).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> W/r/t November - it's looking great. Sunday the 16th is better than
>> Saturday the 15th, but both are doable.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Lauren Marie Stuart <
>> lstuart at purdue.edu > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Shauna!
>> >>
>> >> We're looking at the November weekend; there's an organizational
>> meeting tomorrow at which the planning might be addressed. The October
>> weekend is ideally situated, but one of our fellow student orgs is running
>> a major hackathon that weekend: http://www.boilermake.org -- I'm asking
>> around to see if there's a way to lever the OSCTC 'curriculum' in somehow.
>> But how's November looking?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lauren
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" < shaunagm at gmail.com >
>> >> To: "Lauren M Stuart" < lstuart at purdue.edu >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sent: Monday, September 1, 2014 3:32:10 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: bringing Open Source Comes to Campus back to Purdue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hello Lauren,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I am back from vacation, and wanted to check in with you about the
>> event, as you said you hoped to know about timing by the end of August.
>> Have you been able to get a better sense of when would work for you?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> best
>> >> Shauna
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>> shaunagm at gmail.com > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Lauren,
>> >>
>> >> I just wanted to give you a heads up that I'll be on vacation from
>> August 15th through 31st, and will be responding to email only
>> sporadically. It sounds like we won't be able to plan much until near the
>> end of August anyway. Please do feel free to email me, though, and if
>> there's anything you need an answer to ASAP, please put "URGENT" in the
>> subject line.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> best
>> >> Shauna
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>> shaunagm at gmail.com > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'll tentatively put you in for October, then. And I'll let you know
>> if any of the other weekends is getting full, so that we can talk about how
>> likely it is that you might need to switch.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Lauren M Stuart < lstuart at purdue.edu
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Great! Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> Hopefully the end of August (classes start on the 25th), but
>> definitely before the September weekend. It's much more likely that we'll
>> go for the October dates, in any case.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lauren
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" < shaunagm at gmail.com >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> To: "Lauren M Stuart" < lstuart at purdue.edu >
>> >> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 4:47:46 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: bringing Open Source Comes to Campus back to Purdue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Lauren,
>> >>
>> >> So glad to hear it! re: the text -- the second interpretation is
>> correct. We're hoping to run a bunch of events remotely and simultaneously.
>> We tried this out during the spring a few times, and it worked quite well.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Do you have a sense of when you'll know re: the timing? It's okay if
>> it's not for a while, but I'm trying to get a sense of when we'll know even
>> if I don't know what we'll know. :)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> best
>> >> Shauna
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Lauren M Stuart < lstuart at purdue.edu
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Shauna!
>> >>
>> >> This is just great. I'm coordinating from this end already (what I can
>> do, anyway, until people come back from summer break and start answering
>> their emails) to get another event going. I had a question about this text,
>> though:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "A practical note: this fall, we will be running events on three
>> weekends: September 13th & 14th , October 18th & 19th , and November 15th &
>> 16th ."
>> >> Does that mean that those are your travel dates for having mentors
>> from OpenHatch come out, or are those the dates you'd like to target for
>> synchronous several-locations events? Since here at Purdue we have access
>> to a couple of groups of more experienced contributors (the Greater
>> Lafayette Open Source Symposium, the Purdue Linux Users' Group, etc.) --
>> and, as a result of last year's event, slightly more open lines of
>> communication with them :) -- I wouldn't say that having an OHer here with
>> us is as critical to the event's success, so I think we'll be fine with a
>> more self-guided thing, but I just wanted to make sure I was reading you
>> right.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >> Lauren
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" < shaunagm at gmail.com >
>> >> To: "Lauren Marie Stuart" < lstuart at purdue.edu >
>> >> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 4:08:15 PM
>> >> Subject: bringing Open Source Comes to Campus back to Purdue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Lauren,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Last fall you helped us bring our introductory open source event, Open
>> Source Comes to Campus, to your school. Since then we’ve done a lot of work
>> improving our curriculum and our event-planning process. We’d love to have
>> another, even better Open Source Comes to Campus event at Purdue.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> (I am especially excited about this because several maintainers for
>> OpenMRS are in Indianapolis and have expressed interest in helping people
>> contribute to OpenMRS at an event.)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, some of the major changes we’ve made:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> •
>> >>
>> >> We are no longer running events personally, though OpenHatch people
>> still frequently attend events as mentors. This means we need one or more
>> local people to take on the role of lead organizer. Could it be you?
>> >> •
>> >>
>> >> To aid in the above, we’ve put all of our curriculum and logistics
>> information online. For instance, this trello board lists the specific
>> tasks that need to be done for a typical event (though your event may have
>> different needs).
>> >> •
>> >>
>> >> We provide help in a number of other ways, as listed on the program
>> website , you can find the details of what’s involved in running a full day
>> event, and how we can support you.
>> >>
>> >> •
>> >>
>> >> We’re creating self-guided versions of our entire curriculum. This
>> means, practically, that you’ll never have to worry about a mentor dropping
>> out and having to teach something you’re not comfortable with yourself --
>> you and the attendees of your event can always go through self-guided
>> versions together.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> There’s plenty of other changes that I think make our events even
>> better! I’m happy to answer any questions you have about this.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> A practical note: this fall, we will be running events on three
>> weekends: September 13th & 14th , October 18th & 19th , and November 15th &
>> 16th . We understand that the process for reserving space varies from
>> school to school. Please let us know if you’re generally interested in
>> running an event and we’ll figure out together which, if any, of those
>> weekends will work for you.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Looking forward to hearing back from you!
>> >>
>> >> - Shauna
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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