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

Billy Lynch wlynch92 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 3 19:08:06 UTC 2014 

I would not do the 15th. Primary reason being there is a home Rutgers
football game on the 15th which would make logistics a nightmare.


On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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