[Ccsf-campus-staff] collaborating with PeerLirbary

[Mitar]

Hi!

I can attend the meeting today, but on Saturday I will not be available.


Mitar

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Tyler B <tylerbrothers1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mitar,
>
> Shauna responded recently, but forgot to cc you. See below for Shauna's
> response to your comment.
>
> Peer Library / Rodrigo,
>
> I want to confirm the 6pm time for the meeting we will be having and will be
> focusing on mentors and the roles they will have on Sept. 13th. It would be
> a great time to discuss the possibilities for your project at our event.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tyler Brothers
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> One of OpenHatch's new efforts is to identify contributions that newcomers
>> are well-suited to make to projects, that don't require a ton of start-up
>> time.  These are ideal for doing in a short time period (1-5 hours) and can
>> allow newcomers to get a sense of the project and the community and decide
>> whether they want to continue on. A lot of times they decide they'd like to
>> try something else, regardless of how suitable the project is for newcomers.
>>
>> You can view these tasks here:
>> http://example-osctc-site.github.io/curriculum/#newcomertasks
>> (Note that this is not the curriculum for the event on Saturday -- it's
>> OpenHatch's example curriculum.)
>>
>> The three tasks we currently have up are:
>>
>> - Testing the setup and installation instructions for accuracy,
>> readability, and follow-ability.  This is a great task to do in person,
>> especially if someone who is skilled at setting up the project in different
>> environments is available.  Many students can do this at once, to give you a
>> diversity of feedback on the topic.
>>
>> - Improving accessibility.  A quick scan of the PeerLibrary website
>> suggests that your web presence is already quite accessible, so there may be
>> less for newcomers to do here.
>>
>> - Cleaning issue trackers:  It looks like you have a bunch of open issues
>> so this could potentially be useful. Generally reproducing reported bugs on
>> different systems is the easier and more useful part of this task, although
>> testing out fixes can be very fun and educational, and useful for the
>> project as well.
>>
>> It's not up yet, but we also recommend having students do user tests.
>> This allows you to get fresh eyes on potential UX problems while also
>> introducing students to the project as users.
>>
>> This is, of course, in addition to the particular tasks that your project
>> naturally has, which students might enjoy working on.  I see that you have a
>> great number of issues marked as "for new contributors".  For those, I
>> recommend identifying a few that students could conceivably make progress on
>> and make sure they have the following info in them:
>> http://opensource-events.com/#defining-tasks-for-attendees
>> If you'd like, I can help with this.
>>
>> Let me know if you still have concerns about the project's suitability.
>>
>> best
>> Shauna
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:09 AM, Mitar <mmitar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> We were talking a bit in the team and we worry about how suitable our
>>> project is for beginners. The issue is that we are observing that
>>> people need quite some time to get to used to it. We are using few
>>> non-mainstream technologies like Meteor, CoffeeScript, Stylus, so
>>> contributors often struggle initially. So I am not sure how suitable
>>> our project would be for the format you have for your workshop. On the
>>> other hand, this is something we have to somehow address in our
>>> project, so it might be a good opportunity to learn how. Personally, I
>>> sadly cannot go this Saturday because I have already one other
>>> commitment, but maybe Rodrigo you could just go and observe how it is
>>> done? Not sure here, just thinking it loud.
>>>
>>> So we made quite some documentation how to contribute, but there is
>>> still a lot to learn/know:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/peerlibrary/peerlibrary/blob/development/README.md
>>>
>>>
>>> Mitar
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Tyler B <tylerbrothers1 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hey Rodrigo,
>>> >
>>> > We are having a meeting on Google Hangouts on Monday at 6pm (that may
>>> > change
>>> > to be a bit later) to discuss the flow of the event and where we could
>>> > use
>>> > mentors. If your interested, I can send you an invite on Monday.
>>> >
>>> > For now, if you still interested in mentoring, please head over to
>>> > ccsf.openhatch.org and click "Volunteer as a Mentor" near the top of
>>> > the
>>> > page. Filling out the information lets us plan on how much food to
>>> > bring and
>>> > dietary restrictions.
>>> >
>>> > Sincerely,
>>> >
>>> > Tyler Brothers
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Rodrigo Ochigame <rodkazoch at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm happy to attend. Anyone else?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Tyler B <tylerbrothers1 at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hey everyone,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We would love someone from PeerLibrary to come!
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We could use mentors to provide ways of contributing to their
>>> >>> projects
>>> >>> through out the day. Most of the students here at CCSF are learning
>>> >>> Java,
>>> >>> C++ and/or Javascript, typically with no more than 3 semesters of
>>> >>> experience. Some students will be more advanced, having self studied.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> In the past, it was found that having two mentors is nice. One to
>>> >>> instruct the group, one to answer specific questions a lost student
>>> >>> might
>>> >>> have.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Let us know if you can attend.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sincerely,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Tyler Brothers
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon
>>> >>> <shaunagm at gmail.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Let me try actually CCing people.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon
>>> >>>> <shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Hello Tyler, Katherine, et al,
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Sending a quick email to introduce you all to Mitar, Camille,
>>> >>>>> Rodrigo
>>> >>>>> and Tony, some of the developers of PeerLibrary, an open source
>>> >>>>> tool for
>>> >>>>> sharing and discussing academic articles.  They're interested in
>>> >>>>> potentially
>>> >>>>> mentoring at the event, and more generally building connections
>>> >>>>> with CCSF
>>> >>>>> students.  They have all been CC'd.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Do you think there's space for PeerLibrary at the event?  If there
>>> >>>>> is,
>>> >>>>> and if one or more of you can attend, we can talk about how to
>>> >>>>> facilitate
>>> >>>>> onboarding students onto your project.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> best
>>> >>>>> Shauna
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> _______________________________________________
>>> >>>> ccsf-campus-staff mailing list
>>> >>>> ccsf-campus-staff at lists.openhatch.org
>>> >>>> http://lists.openhatch.org/mailman/listinfo/ccsf-campus-staff
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> http://mitar.tnode.com/
>>> https://twitter.com/mitar_m
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> ccsf-campus-staff mailing list
>>> ccsf-campus-staff at lists.openhatch.org
>>> http://lists.openhatch.org/mailman/listinfo/ccsf-campus-staff
>>
>>
>



-- 
http://mitar.tnode.com/
https://twitter.com/mitar_m