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

[Shane Gianelli]

Sorry, yes to both, I really like the idea of giving students a chance to
chat directly with mentors.

Let me know what we will need to set up for that portion.

Thanks,

Shane


On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Kate Maroney
<katemaroney at email.arizona.edu>wrote:

> If you can get remote mentors, that would be great, I know last minute is
> difficult.
>
> Food will be ordered today, and I've looked at the list of attendees with
> dietary needs. We're all set up with equipment, and I'll take care of
> taking photos and notes.
>
>
> On Thursday, February 6, 2014, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Shane:  I'm going to assume the answer to those questions is no, unless I
>> hear otherwise from you.  (At which point I'll do what I can to make them
>> happen, but I can't promise anything.)
>>
>> Zuoming:  Usually about 2-3 days out from the event, we send out a
>> reminder email asking people to confirm that they're coming.  If you
>> haven't yet, you should consider doing so.  :)  From past experience, 90%
>> of sign ups that confirm they're coming will come, and about 30% of
>> attendees that never respond will show up.
>>
>> Kate:  Are you all set with food?  Make sure to check the attendee signup
>> list for allergies and vegetarians/vegan.  There's also the second half of
>> the space checklist <https://openhatch.org/wiki/OSCTC_space_checklist>to make sure you're set up equipment-wise.  Are you planning to have
>> someone take pictures and/or take notes?
>>
>> One more note - we have an exit survey that we'd love for students to
>> fill out.  We love to get as much feedback as we can so we can improve our
>> events.  If you can make sure the students see this link - I would
>> recommend putting it up on a chalkboard/blackboard at the start of the day,
>> and then mentioning it a few times to remind folks - that'd be great:
>> http://bit.ly/uofa-exit-survey
>>
>> best
>> Shauna
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> Looks like you've got everything covered!  That's great to hear - thanks
>> for going over it all with me.
>>
>> Just to clarify a few things:
>>
>> - Am I correct that you'd like to do a remote career panel, via google
>> hangouts?  If so, how many people would you like on the panel?  For remote
>> panels I recommend staying small, to minimize logistical issues. I can do
>> email introductions for you and some potential remote mentors tomorrow.
>>
>> - Would you like us arrange for any projects with remote mentors via IRC?
>>  We have plenty of contributions people can make to OpenHatch itself.  We
>> find that students enjoy this because it's easy to immediately connect to a
>> community (ours), but it's also great to work on projects with someone
>> physically at the event.  Whatever you prefer.  :)
>>
>> best
>> Shauna
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Shane Gianelli <shanejgianelli at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I will be running the event on Saturday.
>>
>> I think the schedule model you posed is what we had settled on, with a
>> minor modification.  After the Career Panel, we were planning on having a
>> 30 minute talk-back with all the mentors who, for the most part, all have
>> real-world work experience so that we can help answer any other questions
>> the students might have.
>>
>> The Mentor-Event breakdown will be as follows:
>>
>> Laptop Setup - *Matt,* Kate - We will help get all machine variations
>> setup, all mentors will be on hand to help  on a one-on-one basis.
>>  Open Source Tools - *Chris LaRose *- With other mentors offering
>> one-on-one help.
>> Practicing Git Activity - *Chris van Horne*
>> Career Panel - *Shane* - I will introduce this event and facilitate it.
>> Mentor Talk Back - *Roey* - Roey will lead the discussion but all
>> mentors will be involved.
>> Workshop - I am asking that all Mentors bring a project or an idea with
>> them that they will present and responsible for engaging with the students
>> involved in it during the workshop period.
>>
>> I will make sure to keep everything on track and introduce each event,
>> yes.  I will be emailing all of the mentors tonight.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Shane
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for getting back to me.  The next thing we have to do, by the end
>> of the day, is to discuss the curriculum and make sure we have people
>> willing to run the various parts.
>>
>> Shane, I presume you will be the one "running" the event - that is,
>> making sure each activity proceeds roughly on time, reminding people when
>> it's their turn to present, etc?
>>
>> My suggested schedule:
>>
>> 10am-10:30am Laptop Setup<https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Curriculum/Laptop_setup>,
>> Introductions (Need someone to lead introductions, low effort)
>> 10:30-11:30am Open Source Tools presentation<https://openhatch.org/wiki/OSCTC/Tools>(Need someone to lead this, high effort)
>> 11:30-12:30pm Practicing Git activity<https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Practicing_Git> (Need
>> someone to introduce the activity, low effort, and at least 3-4 people
>> willing to lead small groups)
>> 12:30-1:30 Lunch
>> 1:30-2:00 Career Panel - It seems like all your mentors are students.
>>  That means we should either do a remote career panel, using google
>> hangouts, or turn it into more of a "talk about your experiences" panel.
>>  Depending on what you choose, we'll have different needs for mentors.
>> 2:00-5:00 Contributions Workshop - Needs someone to introduce the
>> activity and run checkins at 3, 4 and a wrap-up at 5.  We need to pair
>>
>>
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