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

[Tim McNamara]

Hey Asheesh and others,

There is a small chance I will make it over from New Zealand for PyCon.
Perhaps I could join the West Coast mini tour? It would be really great to
learn from others.

Tim McNamara
@timClicks <http://twitter.com/timClicks> | timmcnamara.co.nz



On 4 December 2012 12:39, 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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