[Ccsf-campus-staff] Mozilla at our CCSF event

Sat Aug 9 09:48:49 UTC 2014

Yes, definitely will be sharing the attendee survey responses (probably
less last names, emails & dietary restrictions) with all the mentors.

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Jennie Rose Halperin <jhalperin at mozilla.com>
wrote:

> Great.  Thanks!
>
> AFAIK there's nothing regular, but someone may be able to correct me on
> that.  Every Monday there is a bug triage day (
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugdays/Bug-Triage). In addition, our community
> spaces are open, and we would be happy to set up a time for you to hang
> out, tour the office, meet people in person, etc. We could even happily
> organize ongoing hack nights for your school at one of our spaces. We're
> really happy to invite community in, so let me know if you would like that.
>
> There are a lot of Javascript bugs, but one of the good things about being
> such a large and distributed organization is that we have things written at
> many, many skill levels and in many, many languages, so really whatever
> kind of contribution area people want to learn about we probably have bugs
> to fix about it. For example, here are the bugs tagged "good first bug" in
> Java: hhttps://
> bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=10951235&short_desc=java&resolution=---&resolution=FIXED&resolution=INVALID&resolution=WONTFIX&resolution=DUPLICATE&resolution=WORKSFORME&resolution=INCOMPLETE&resolution=SUPPORT&resolution=EXPIRED&resolution=MOVED&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=good%20first%20bug&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr
>
> Here is more information about good first bugs and mentored bugs:
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Good_first_bug
> Here's the Oneand Done portal: https://oneanddone.mozilla.org/en-US/
>
> It would probably make the most sense for us to wait until after the
> survey is filled out, then we can match the kinds of mentors we have coming
> to the kinds of students we have coming. Would you be comfortable sharing
> out the results with me and we can match people from there?
>
> Best,
>
> Jennie
>
> Jennie Rose Halperin
> Community Building Team | Mozilla | http://jennierosehalperin.me |
> @little_wow | Join us! http://mozilla.org/contribute
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Katherine Moloney" <kmoloney at mail.ccsf.edu>
> To: ccsf-campus-staff at lists.openhatch.org
> Cc: "Jennie Rose Halperin" <jhalperin at mozilla.com>, "Mike Hoye" <
> mhoye at mozilla.com>, "Larissa Shapiro" <lshapiro at mozilla.com>, "Craig A.
> Persiko" <craig.persiko at mail.ccsf.edu>, "Aaron Brick" <abrick at ccsf.edu>,
> "Claudia P. DaSilva" <claudia.dasilva at mail.ccsf.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, August 9, 2014 12:30:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ccsf-campus-staff] Mozilla at our CCSF event
>
> [CC-ing some web-related faculty at City College on this conversation]
>
> Hi Jennie,
>
> Is there a regular Mozilla-related hack night meetup in San Francisco?
>  Sometimes it's nice to meet folks in person, if possible, in addition to
> online.
>
> Just to throw them out there, here are the Mozilla suggested projects for
> the last rounds of Google Summer of Code & the GNOME Outreach Program for
> Women internships:
>
>     https://wiki.mozilla.org/Community:SummerOfCode14
>     https://wiki.mozilla.org/GNOME_Outreach_Summer2014
>
> Additionally, I would mention some details about the way City College of
> San Francisco  is structured.  The related departments at CCSF are Computer
> Science & Computer Networking:
>
> Computer Science <http://www.ccsf.edu/Schedule/Fall/computer_science.shtml
> >
> has a core curriculum of either Java or C++ in order for students to meet
> transfer requirements for the UCs and CSUs.  Additionally, the department
> has an excellent Unix/Linux curriculum, and a solid set of SQL classes in
> the MySQL, Oracle and SQL Server flavors.  There are one-off classes for
> perl, PHP, Ruby, iPhone.  The Java curriculum leads into a number of
> Android classes.
>
> Computer Networking
> <http://www.ccsf.edu/Schedule/Fall/computer_networking_info_tech.shtml> is
> an amalgamation of a few different tracks: the various Microsoft
> certificate tracks (A+, N+), Cisco certificate tracks.  More relevant to
> Mozilla, the "Internet & Web Technologies
> <
> http://www.ccsf.edu/Schedule/Fall/computer_networking_info_tech.shtml#Internet_amp_Web_Technologies
> >"
> core is HTML/CSS and eventually a few JavaScript classes.  An excellent
> security track, including hacking & malware analysis classes.
>
>
> I bring this up because
>
> (1)  JavaScript isn't a core skill at City College.  At the past workshops,
> 6 people indicated JavaScript experience at the last one, and 11 at the one
> before that.  I think we can help student prepare, and...
>
> (2)  if we do some more focused outreach to the Computer Networking
> students (as the student groups organizing this event are over in the CS
> department), then we'll get more JavaScript experience in the attendee
> pool.  In class recruiting will be our most effective tool, ideally by
> students standing up & promoting the workshop, but also by faculty taking
> the time to introduce the workshop & pass along the registration website
> (which isn't ready yet): ccsf.openhatch.org
>
> Plus we should get the CCSF Web Developers & Designers Club
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ccsf-wddc> to co-sponsor.  I'll
> be
> sending a message over there to see if some students can join our
> organizing efforts.
>
> Finally, classes just start on Aug 18, so many students are just in their
> first month of programming classes.  I like the idea of giving everyone a
> heads up that they should be heading towards open source, but certainly
> this potential wave of very green attendees is something to plan for.  The
> registration questionnaire:
>
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/a/mail.ccsf.edu/forms/d/1hE3G5b5xQEQjNkHqxNemJX1R9CLuv_lkZBZkbmKI3g8/viewform
>
> ...will ferret out the experience level we'll be dealing with, so we can
> make plans.
>
> Regards,
>
> Katherine
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Tyler B <tylerbrothers1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Good Afternoon Jennie,
> >
> > CCSF has students who are taking there first semester in programming
> > classes, as well as students who have been programming for years in and
> out
> > of school. This skill gap and how we will address it for this event is
> > something we are still discussing.
> >
> > -- We do want more advanced students to be able to jump right in, so
> > having a mentor to get them quickly setup and running would be great.
> > Javascript is quickly becoming the most known language, and the advanced
> > students should have no problem using Javascript.
> > -- Having other kinds of projects would be a great idea! There are a ton
> > of faucets to open source, so maybe even some more advanced students
> would
> > be interested in seeing other ways to contribute.
> > -- Is the One and Done Portal the public bug tracking software Mozilla
> > uses? Public bug tracking software would be great for novice and
> beginners
> > alike to know about, whether they are ready to contribute or not.
> >
> > At a certain time of the event, we are looking to ask advanced students
> to
> > help beginner students in some way. It could be as simple as letting a
> > novice programmer watch over their shoulder, or full on mentoring. We
> > certainly want everyone to leave this event with a strong knowledge of
> how
> > they can contribute, and how they can help others contribute.
> >
> > We are still discussing the specifics of the curricula and will get back
> > with you in the next two weeks. In the prior years, the topics presented
> > were very basic: How to use IRC, git and github, ect. We are open to
> > suggestion if any mentor feels strongly about a specific, beginner-level
> > topic.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Tyler Brothers
> >
> > Phone: 925-998-9956
> >
> >    - www.linkedin.com/in/tylerbrothers/
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Jennie Rose Halperin <
> > jhalperin at mozilla.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Shauna, Tyler, et al,
> >>
> >> Thanks so much for the introduction! Adding in Mike Hoye and Larissa
> from
> >> Mozilla.
> >>
> >> So we see it working in a few possible ways (here are a few):
> >>
> >> -- We can put more advanced students on mentored bugs and have mentors
> in
> >> the room for them. Any level of Javascript is something that we can, in
> >> particular, easily accommodate.
> >> -- We can also find other kinds of projects (documentation, etc.) for
> >> other students who may not feel as comfortable picking up bugs.
> >> -- We can use the One and Done Portal from QA as a way to introduce
> >> various tasks that people can do at Mozilla.
> >>
> >> We have a lot of Mozillians in SF, so have a good deal of flexibility in
> >> that respect. In our mind, the most important is to introduce people
> how to
> >> contribute to open source (and Mozilla in particular,) and provide them
> the
> >> help that they need as well as help them learn to mentor bugs
> themselves.
> >> (for lack of a better phrase "train the trainer" type of situation.)
> >>
> >> We want to teach people not only how to file bugs but also how to teach
> >> others in the future.
> >>
> >> What kinds of tasks are your students most interested in? I can get in
> >> touch with mentors who are interested in those kinds of specific tasks.
> >>
> >> If you want to have a short chat via IRC (jennierose) or skype
> >> (jennierosehalperin) let me know!
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Jennie
> >>
> >>
> >> Jennie Rose Halperin
> >> Community Building Team | Mozilla | http://jennierosehalperin.me |
> >> @little_wow | Join us! http://mozilla.org/contribute
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Shauna Gordon-McKeon" <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Jennie Rose Halperin" <jhalperin at mozilla.com>, "Tyler B" <
> >> tylerbrothers1 at gmail.com>, ccsf-campus-staff at lists.openhatch.org
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2014 11:32:37 PM
> >> Subject: Mozilla at our CCSF event
> >>
> >> Hi Jennie,
> >>
> >> I want to introduce you to Tyler, who is the main local organizer for
> our
> >> event at CCSF on Saturday September 13th.  There are a few additional
> >> organizers and mentors on the CCSF staff list, who I've CC'd.
> >>
> >> There are a few different ways for Mozillans (spelling?) to get
> involved.
> >>  Of course, anyone who is interested is welcome to attend the event as a
> >> mentor, to be on the career panel, as well as to present elements of the
> >> curriculum.  We'd also spoken about doing more focused contributions to
> >> Mozilla.  CCSF may be ideal for that, as it's the third time they've run
> >> an
> >> event and so have a number of more "advanced" attendees who will not be
> >> doing the morning tutorials and can thus contribute all day.
> >> (Perhaps the advanced attendees can even serve as quasi-mentors to the
> >> newer attendees who join in contributing several hours later.)
> >>
> >> How would you like to proceed from here?
> >>
> >> best
> >> Shauna
> >>
> >
> >
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