[Events] how to approach disengaged attendees

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Thanks for the addition, Julien.

I've moved the document to a markdown file on github:
https://github.com/openhatch/open-source-comes-to-campus/blob/master/logistics/mentors/guide.md

The relevant section is this one:
https://github.com/openhatch/open-source-comes-to-campus/blob/master/logistics/mentors/guide.md#approaching_students

Please feel free to keep changing the content and/or giving feedback,
either by submitting a pull request on github, leaving an issue on github,
or by emailing your feedback.

We're planning to take the general advice from the guide and turn it into
something that other event organizers can use.  Do folks have suggestions
for what format would be best for that?  Blog post, wiki page,
markdown-doc-in-github-repo, or something else?

Also: I would love to acknowledge those of you who have contributed
ideas/content/feedback, but didn't want to post full names without
permission. Julien, Sheila, Coral, Akkana, Sumana, Sarah - can I
acknowledge you on the document and if so, how would you like to be
credited (full names as show up on this list, links to websites, etc.)




On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Julien Dorra
<juliendorra at juliendorra.com>wrote:

> Just added this to the pad as a sign of someone struggling:
>
>
>    - The person is contesting the activity itself: "it's not useful".
>    "It's not what I am here for". Refusal might be in fact a sign of
>    struggling with the purpose and path of the activity.
>
>
> This is something I saw both in (event-designed) sprint/hackathon/weekends
> and in the classroom. Ex: refusal to do research, refusal to participate to
> a team building session...
>
>  Revolt against the activity/protocol might well be that there is
> something about it that needs clarification.
>
> These are the participants/students that used to take me by surprise the
> most. Probably because they force you to re-evaluate your assumptions about
> how clear it was that the activity was great and useful for everybody.
>
> Julien
>
>
>
> 2014-01-28 Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, Sarah!  I've added it pretty much word for word
>> - is that okay with you?  I will of course give credit to all who've made
>> suggestions in the final document.
>>
>>  Bill - yes, you can share it. The guide will be CC-BY, so you can adapt
>> it as well.
>>
>> I'm hoping to get a working version live within a week or two.
>>
>> Feedback continues to be welcome.  :)
>>
>>
>>
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