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

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

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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