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

Thu Aug 7 21:59:15 UTC 2014

The Fall 2014 Rutgers Hackathon is on Oct 11/12 last I heard so either late
Oct or early Nov will give me a chance to advertise there. I don't have any
preference as to date.

I can't really tell you much about how much help I can get for organizing
from the Rutgers side until I get back to campus, so more details on my end
will have to wait till September.

-Prachi

On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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