[Campus-uw-staff] inviting students to a free software event on 16 Nov (free event)

[Ben Marwick]

Hi everyone,

On Sun 16 Nov 2014, Mako Hill (UW Communications) and I, along with 
OpenHatch.org and a few others, are hosting an eScience-supported event 
to introduce students to the free and open source software community. 
Free software isn't just for computer scientists - scientists in all 
disciplines can benefit from using and contributing to open source 
projects in their fields. I'm hoping you can help me reach out to 
students in our department who might like to attend.

Could you please send our announcement (below) out to your students, on 
your mailing lists, student interest groups, or anywhere else you think 
might reach interested students?

If you also can CC me at campus-uw-staff at lists.openhatch.orgthat will 
help us know who we’ve reached.

Thanks, and let me know if you have any questions.

best,

Ben Marwick (Anthropology)
Mako Hill (Communications)
Ana Malagon (Physics)
Allan Ecker (Electrical Engineering)

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On Sun 16 Nov, OpenHatch and UW eScience are hosting a day-long open
source software immersion event.  We invite you to join us!  You can
sign up here.

You don’t need to be a programmer to contribute to open source, or to
attend and enjoy our event.  Most open source projects are also in need
of designers, translators, documenters, bug-finders and testers.

Open source software -- software that is shared freely and available to
build upon -- has become part of our daily lives.  Popular projects like 
WordPress, Firefox, Adium, and Ubuntu have millions of users. All over 
campus, people use and contribute to these kinds of open source
projects.  You can learn more about these projects, and start helping
out with them, at our event.

In the morning, open source contributors from various projects will
teach you about open source licensing, collaboration tools, and how free 
software projects are organized. In the afternoon, they'll help you make 
hands-on contributions to open source projects. And throughout the day, 
they'll feed you, get to know you, and talk with you about opportunities 
for students in open source.

Open source participation is one way to gain real-world skills and make
connections that will last you through your career. Volunteer staff will 
include professionals and academics who use open source daily.

The event is open to all students. Learn more, and sign up, here:
http://washington.openhatch.org/

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