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

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Okay, I will tell them to put aside 12:50 to 1:40 (just to be safe).


On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Primary <shanejgianelli at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, we were adding our talk-back right after the career panel.
>
> Shane
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> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Kate Maroney <
> katemaroney at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
>> For timing, we were following the default one you provided, putting the
>> Career discussion at 1 or 1:30 I believe. Shane, correct me if I'm wrong
>>
>> On Thursday, February 6, 2014, Zuoming Shi <zuomingshi at email.arizona.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll send out the reminder emails when I get out of class today
>>>
>>> Z.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> For the remote career panel:
>>>
>>> - I shouldn't have a problem finding 3 mentors (I wouldn't recommend
>>> more, as each person additional increases the likelihood of technical
>>> issues).  The key is figuring out what time the career panel will be, so we
>>> can ask people to keep a specific time free. Once you get me that, I'll
>>> send out emails.
>>>
>>> - With only a few days notice, I think it makes sense to limit the
>>> remote mentors to OpenHatch.  From past experience, it would be useful to
>>> arrange about 5 minutes for Asheesh and/or myself to talk to the attendees
>>> before the contributions workshop starts, so we can explain a bit about
>>> what we have for them to work on.  (We recommend that mentors with open
>>> source projects also prepare a 3-5 minute explanation of what they have to
>>> work on.)
>>>
>>>  ~ Shauna
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Shane Gianelli <shanejgianelli at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>  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 wou
>>>
>>>        --
>>> Zuoming Shi
>>> President, UA Video Game Developers Club
>>> President, UA Asian Music Club
>>> Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Arizona
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kate Maroney
>> CSc 245 Section Leader
>> Co-President, WiCS
>> Microsoft Intern Ambassador
>>
>>
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