[Campus-rutgers-staff] OpenSource101 at Rutgers: Introduction

Wed Oct 16 19:30:00 UTC 2013

Would you mind giving me a rundown of how you'd do that?  I think figuring
out the specifics of what you'll do is vital to figuring out when to place
this and for how long to do it.

Thanks for talking through this with me.  :)

Also cc'ing campus-rutgers-staff into this in case anyone wants to chime in.

- Shauna

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at ubuntu.com>wrote:

> So that is how the reps program onboards but we also help onboard for all
> Mozilla products so I could tell folks how to get started contributing to
> Thunderbird or Firefox OS.
>
> On Oct 16, 2013 12:22 PM, "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > So is the idea that you would use the time to evangelize & get people to
> apply during our event, but not specifically work on them making
> contributions, since they won't have been matched with a mentor?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Shauna,
> >>
> >> We do onboarding by evangelizing our program in our region. Mine
> happens to be North America and we usually have events to find volunteers
> and then we encourage them to apply at reps.mozilla.org and if they are
> accepted in they are matched with a mentor.
> >>
> >> On Oct 16, 2013 9:05 AM, "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > So, we typically have a "career panel" where people talk about
> opportunities and experiences in open source, but we cut it for this event
> because we don't have as much time and also because we'll be relatively low
> on mentors who can be on the panel.  (Due to the timing of the event, we'll
> be low on outside mentors in general.)
> >> >
> >> > One option would be to do a remote panel - we've done this before, we
> could probably get people from Wikimedia and GNOME as well... although that
> runs into the time issue.  Alternatively we could do something short and
> sweet.
> >> >
> >> > Benjamin - what is your "onboarding" process for new contributors
> like?  We could make this less of a Q&A and more about you working with
> individuals to get them started contributing to Mozilla (maybe with a 5
> minute pitch over the projector ahead of time.)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Prachi Pendse <prachirp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I did not really have a specific format in mind. Shauna
> Gordon-McKeon of OpenHatch, copied here, is conducting the tutorials and
> running projects.
> >> >> Shauna, do you have any preference on when this video conference
> should be, and how it should be structured?
> >> >> -Prachi
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <
> bkerensa at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Hi Prachi,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> So I'm available anytime so whatever works best for you guys. Did
> you
> >> >>> have a specific format? Would I just talk about contributing in
> >> >>> Mozilla or what did you have in mind?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Prachi Pendse <prachirp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>> > Hello Robyn, Benjamin,
> >> >>> > Thank you so much! It would be great to get some mozilla or
> ubuntu swag!
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > My address is:
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Prachi Pendse
> >> >>> > Department of Computer Science
> >> >>> > Hill Center, Busch Campus, Rutgers University
> >> >>> > 110 Frelinghuysen Rd.
> >> >>> > Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > I know this is a long address. If it doesn't fit, only my name
> and the last
> >> >>> > two lines of the address are really important. My phone # is
> 302-345-4318
> >> >>> > and I am expecting ~40 attendees.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > The website for the event is at rutgers.openhatch.org. There are
> going to be
> >> >>> > tutorials until 3, so if Benjamin is available anytime from 3 to
> 5:30 to
> >> >>> > video conference, that would be great. Benjamin, let me know what
> time
> >> >>> > between 3 - 5:30 would suit you.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > -Prachi
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Robyn Chau <rchau at mozilla.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Prachi, if you could send me a mailing address complete with the
> >> >>> >> recipient's name and phone number, as well as the number of
> attendees you're
> >> >>> >> expecting, I can send over some swag.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Robyn Chau
> >> >>> >> Events Program Manager
> >> >>> >> Mozilla
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> ________________________________
> >> >>> >> From: "Benjamin Kerensa" <bkerensa at ubuntu.com>
> >> >>> >> To: "Robyn Chau" <rchau at mozilla.com>
> >> >>> >> Cc: "Prachi Pendse" <prachirp at gmail.com>
> >> >>> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 4:59:39 PM
> >> >>> >> Subject: Re: OpenSource101 at Rutgers: Introduction
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Hi Prachi,
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Let me know what the format is like... I'm very excited about
> this
> >> >>> >> opportunity and am familiar with the OpenHatch program. I
> actually
> >> >>> >> know Asheesh the President of the OpenHatch  Board.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> I will see if Robyn or someone can mail out some Firefox
> Stickers.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Robyn Chau <rchau at mozilla.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>> >> > Hi Prachi,
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > Let me introduce Benjamin Kerensa, one of our truly awesome
> Mozilla
> >> >>> >> > Reps. He
> >> >>> >> > has a great deal of experience with open source, and is
> actually an open
> >> >>> >> > source evangelist, so I have no doubt your event attendees
> will be very
> >> >>> >> > interested in what he has to say.
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > Please feel free to coordinate scheduling and preferred video
> >> >>> >> > conferencing
> >> >>> >> > methods directly with one another, and please let me know if I
> can be of
> >> >>> >> > further assistance!
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > Thanks,
> >> >>> >> > Robyn
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > Robyn Chau
> >> >>> >> > Events Program Manager
> >> >>> >> > Mozilla
> >> >>> >> > Phone: +1 415.498.0888 | IRC: rchau | Skype: rchau.mozilla
> >> >>> >> > rchau at mozilla.com
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> --
> >> >>> >> Benjamin Kerensa
> >> >>> >> http://benjaminkerensa.com
> >> >>> >> "I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Benjamin Kerensa
> >> >>> http://benjaminkerensa.com
> >> >>> "I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >
> >
>
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