[Foss-outreach-la] Welcome to the organizing group for open source outreach events in LA!

[Guru Devanla]

Hi All,

A) I'm Guru Devanla. I have worked has software engineer for over 12 years
now. I am back at school finishing my PhD in Computer Science. Currently,
in LA.

B)  I contribute to open source in my free time and I believe it has been
the force for the huge advancement we have had in all these years. I would
like to help others contribute to open source as well!

C)  Not sure, I can be a mentor, probably. And also assist in organizing.

Hope to work with all of you soon!

Guru


On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon
<shaunagm at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> This is Shauna Gordon-McKeon of OpenHatch.  We met at SCaLE in February
> and talked about Open Source Comes to Campus<http://campus.openhatch.org/>,
> and about running open source education/outreach events in the LA area.  As
> I mentioned to many of you, I want to put you all in touch with each other,
> so we can work together to make these events a reality.
>
> I'd love it if folks could introduce themselves by saying:
>
> A) who they are and, if they'd like, what they do/what their background is
> B) what their dreams are for an open source education event (where?  what
> size?  aimed at who?)
> C) in what capacity they'd like to be involved (organizer, volunteer
> mentor, attendee, etc)
>
> I'll start:
>
> A) I'm Shauna Gordon-McKeon.  I work at OpenHatch and run our Open Source
> Comes to Campus <http://campus.openhatch.org/> event series.  I've got a
> particular interest in FOSS for scientists and FOSS built to serve
> humanitarian/social justice purposes.
>
> B)  I'd love to see us run multiple events in the area, and to be part
> of/grow the ongoing FOSS community in the area.  We're very open to
> adapting our curriculum for high school students or other groups, and we've
> also been experimenting with running both shorter and longer events.
>  Basically, we want to do what works for you.  I am especially excited
> about reaching out into new communities and reaching more underrepresented
> groups.
>
> C)  I live in Boston, so I won't be able to attend most events but I can
> help with most aspects of planning.  I can be available remotely for most
> events, and may even be able to attend a couple (I may come back to the LA
> area either around Grace Hopper (August) or SCaLE next year).
>
> It was a pleasure to meet all of you last weekend, and I'm looking forward
> to working with you.  :)
>
> - Shauna
>
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