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

Sri Raga Velagapudi sriraga.velagapudi at gmail.com
Wed Sep 3 23:53:42 UTC 2014 

Hello folks,

Apologies for being off the radar. I have an upcoming launch followed by a
performance eval cycle followed by a giant move to the west coast (yay!).
So I won't be able to help. :(

Good luck with everything and stay I'm touch.

Sri
On Sep 3, 2014 6:35 PM, "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" <shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay, I've written down the 16th for the date.  Happy to change it again
> if needed, on my end.
>
> What is the process for getting a room for that date?
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Prachi Pendse <prachirp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There's a football game against Indiana on Saturday the 15th so our event
>> should be on the 16th.
>>
>> -Prachi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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