[Campus-uofa-staff] getting mentors for the event

[Kate Maroney]

I second that. I know Shane has mentors from ACM lined up, he just needs to
respond to the email. The mentors he has have all worked with Git before
and I believe some of them maintain or have at least worked on open source
projects. He should respond to this tonight.


On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Zuoming Shi <zuomingshi at email.arizona.edu>wrote:

> Since we already did a ton of publicity with the current date, I would
> prefer option 1.
>
> Shane, tell me if you need me to volunteer as a mentor. I prefer to be a
> normal attendee, but id needed I can be a mentor.
>
> Z
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I've been asking since last Wednesday for Shane to get in touch with me,
>> and still have not had any contact.  Here's why I'm worried:
>>
>> I haven't had any discussions with anyone about the precise
>> curriculum/schedule you'll be running.  I haven't had any discussions about
>> who the mentors are or what skills/experiences they have.  I haven't had
>> any discussions about an ideal mentor:student ratio.
>>
>> Most importantly, I haven't had any discussions about how to train the
>> staff to present the curriculum.  While it's nice to think we've documented
>> everything well enough that no one has any questions about how to set up
>> the Open Source Tools lecture or the Practicing Git activity, I don't think
>> our documentation is that good.  At our last event, we did several hours of
>> google hangout training with staff members to get them up to speed so they
>> could lead activities.  And our new Contributions Workshop structure
>> actually *requires* that staff get in touch with us, so we can match
>> them to an open source project that fits their needs.
>>
>> Unfortunately I have an ongoing medical issue with my family where I
>> cannot predict my availability over the next week.  So I am unlikely to be
>> able to do last-minute trainings with mentors.  This means that we have two
>> options:
>>
>> 1) Scaled-back event on Saturday:
>>
>> I need Shane to get in touch with me ASAP with the list of mentors and
>> their skillsets so we can decide what parts of the curriculum are doable.
>>  There are substitutions we can make.  For instance, Practicing Git has
>> been really successful but requires a large number of mentors who are at
>> least somewhat familiar with Github.  We could substitute in our
>> self-guided Git training mission.  I think students would get a lot less
>> out of it, but it's an option.
>>
>> We can either skip the Contributions Workshop or limit it to contributing
>> to OpenHatch itself where the involvement of remote mentors (myself and
>> Asheesh, potentially others) would make up for the lack of familiarity
>> among local mentors.  (If the local mentors Shane has found happen to be
>> maintainers of open source projects, of course they could help students
>> contribute to their projects as well.)  Again, this is not ideal, but it's
>> a reasonable option.
>>
>> 2) Postpone until later in the semester
>>
>> We're open to postponing the event, so that we can be better prepared for
>> it.  This is really your call, as the negatives to doing this - having to
>> re-book the space, explain to sponsors, communicate with attendees, etc -
>> would fall on your shoulders.
>>
>> Let me know what you think, as to the above two options.  It's difficult
>> for me to say which is better without having any idea of the # of mentors
>> you've found, their skills and experiences, and their willingness to
>> present parts of the curriculum.  My apologies for the pessimism of this
>> email, but having run a dozen of these events myself, I know communicating
>> with mentors and finding presenters/guides for the curriculum is a central
>> task which can strongly and negatively impact events when not done with
>> enough lead time.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shauna
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> That's great to hear!  The complete lack of contact/information was
>>> getting me worried.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Kate Maroney <
>>> katemaroney at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Shane's been taking care of this, he has mentors lined up. I'll have
>>>> him email you specifically with details, but it has been taken care of.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>>>> shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> No one's been in touch with me about mentors or the curriculum for
>>>>> next weekend's event.  It's very important that someone take this role on!
>>>>>
>>>>> We need to:
>>>>> A) Identify 2-5 more mentors for the event.
>>>>> B) Figure out who knows what, so we can assign different people to
>>>>> lead different parts of the event.
>>>>> C) Make sure that mentors feel comfortable/trained to do what they've
>>>>> been assigned.
>>>>>
>>>>> We can help with A from afar, but using your social networks may be
>>>>> more effective in finding open source enthusiasts on campus.
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as B goes: all potential mentors (including you Kate, Shane,
>>>>> Zuoming!) should fill out this form:
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VD-eru91zNZLYrd-RCEyJmJR9s2HK4ORMvb-62XRspk/edit
>>>>>
>>>>> Once we know who'll be mentoring, I can help with C.  I'm happy to
>>>>> provide explanations/training/resources to as many people as need it, but
>>>>> we need to identify the need first.
>>>>>
>>>>> With only a week left, it's important we get to this quickly.
>>>>>
>>>>> best
>>>>> Shauna
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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> Zuoming Shi
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> President, UA Asian Music Club
> Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Arizona
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