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

Thu Aug 7 21:48:19 UTC 2014

Sounds great.  Let me know what seems best.  Prachi, do you have a
preference?

best
Shauna

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 5:55 AM, Sri Raga Velagapudi <
sriraga.velagapudi at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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