[Campus-rutgers-staff] bringing Open Source Comes to Campus back to Rutgers

Wed Aug 6 09:55:12 UTC 2014

Things will be a bit crazy for me up until the grace hopper conf in Oct. Am
OK with either late Oct or early Nov. I will check with my mom and a few
others who might be able to help out.
On Jul 30, 2014 6:05 PM, "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" <shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Prachi and Sri,
>
> Just wanted to check in and see if you're still interested in running an
> event.  I understand that it's a bit different to have me there personally
> running things, vs having my help from afar.  If running a full day event
> seems like too much, you could also break down the curriculum into pieces
> and do a few "open source nights".
>
> Here is the template curriculum for the fall:
> http://example-osctc-site.github.io/curriculum/
>
> As you can see, we've got online, self-guided versions of the entire
> event, so you won't necessarily have to present any of the material
> yourselves (although we also have presenter-led versions).
>
> best
> Shauna
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> My apologies for not being entirely clear.  I'm actually running no
>> events personally this fall - in order to scale up and run events
>> everywhere we've been invited, we've put all of our materials online and
>> are helping our local organizers run the events using them.
>>
>> An event this fall would likely get many more mentors than last time,
>> since it would be on a weekend and not a weekday.  (We typically get 8 or
>> 10 mentors per event -- Rutgers had in fact the fewest mentors we've ever
>> run with.)  We're also creating self-guided versions of all of our
>> curriculum, so even if we can't find a mentor to teach a section, students
>> can still learn it.  So while a local organizer does have to "run" the
>> event in terms of getting it started on time, announcing lunch, etc, they
>> don't have to present any material unless they want to.
>>
>> Let me know if you're still interested in running an event.  Happy to
>> talk more about the details.
>>
>> best
>> Shauna
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Sri Raga Velagapudi <
>> sriraga.velagapudi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yup. I should be able to get us sponsorship. Let me send out a few
>>> emails.
>>>
>>> Shauna: I assume you will be running the sessions?
>>> On Jul 15, 2014 3:26 AM, "Prachi Pendse" <prachirp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Shauna,
>>>>
>>>> Nice to hear from you again. Yes, I would be available to organize an
>>>> event again, and can probably reserve space for two full days and hopefully
>>>> have enough people to help out. I will need to check on the dates though to
>>>> check that there won't be conflicts with other events.
>>>>
>>>> Sri, would Google sponsor it again?
>>>>
>>>> -Prachi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>>>> shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Prachi and Sri,
>>>>>
>>>>> Last fall you helped us bring our introductory open source event, Open
>>>>> Source Comes to Campus, to your Rutgers.  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 Rutgers!
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>    <https://trello.com/b/UazH4j3s/osctc-template> 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 <http://campus.openhatch.org/>, 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!
>>>>>
>>>>> best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Shauna
>>>>>
>>>>>
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