[Events] Open Source Comes to Campus: 2013 planning so far

[Ali Ukani]

Hi everyone,

Just confirming what Asheesh said about Northeastern University. I'd love to host some talks and teaching events about open source (earlier in the semester -- Jan/Feb) and a bug bash (towards the end -- March?).

Logistics-wise, we usually do ACM events on Wednesdays at 6pm and NU Hacks does hacknights (projects and socializing) on Thursdays at 8pm.

Let me know what you guys think. I'm open to any ideas or suggestions.


Best,
Ali

NU ACM PR & Events Chair

Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org> wrote:

>Howdy eventers,
>
>I was chatting with Shauna Gordon-McKeon today on #openhatch about putting 
>together a plan for the coming semester in 2013's Open Source Comes to 
>Campus events, and here's the quick summary.
>
>* We will aim for 3-4 events, most to all of which will be gender 
>diversity outreach oriented, in Jan/Feb/Mar 2013. Shauna will probably 
>lead-organize most-to-all of them. We'll definitely need volunteers!
>
>* Northeastern University folks are interested in some sort of "Bug Bash" 
>where people fix lots of issues in open source projects, and Shauna and I 
>hopeful that we can run some teaching events before it, so students can 
>then join in the Bug Bash even if they're not NEU.edu students.
>
>* Current priority schools in the Boston area, due to having past contacts 
>with them: Harvard and Wellesley.
>
>* I'd like the tour to also visit NYC and Portland soon (hopefully during 
>January) due to enthusiasm from 10gen and Puppet Labs. Columbia University 
>women in CS is probably a great partner in NYC.
>
>* The best dates for Boston-area events: Jan 11-13, Jan 25-27, Feb 1-3, 
>Feb 8-10, Feb 15-17.
>
>* We're thinking of a west coast mini tour around the time of PyCon, 
>hitting Portland and SF maybe and LA maybe.
>
>* Shauna will get in touch with people at those Boston area schools first, 
>and see what dates work.
>
>Yahoo,
>
>-- Asheesh.
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