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[Ccsf-campus-staff] collaborating with PeerLirbary

Rodrigo Ochigame rodkazoch at gmail.com
Mon Sep 8 23:38:30 UTC 2014 

Hi,

I'm skeptical of my ability to run a comprehensive workshop alone, but I'm
happy to discuss the possibilities today.

Rodrigo

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Mitar <mmitar at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>> >>>> ccsf-campus-staff at lists.openhatch.org
> >>> >>>> http://lists.openhatch.org/mailman/listinfo/ccsf-campus-staff
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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