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

Shauna Gordon-McKeon shaunagm at gmail.com
Thu Aug 7 22:01:35 UTC 2014 

It sounds like November would be best, then.  Perhaps Sri and the people
she's reaching out to will have a preference between Sat the 15th and Sun
the 16th.  If we are going with a November date, that will leave plenty of
time to organize, so no worries about having to wait until September to
pick a room, etc.

~ Shauna


On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Prachi Pendse <prachirp at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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