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

Shauna Gordon-McKeon shaunagm at gmail.com
Mon Sep 1 21:21:35 UTC 2014 

Hi folks,

Any further thoughts on the 15th vs the 16th?  We can save most of our
planning for later, when we have more time for it, but we should get the
date + location figured out as early as possible, so that we can tell
mentors, students, etc to save the date.

best
Shauna


On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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