[OSCTC-planning] picking dates for Open Source Comes to Campus this fall

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

We're trying a different sort of schedule this fall: instead of running
events on a semi-random set of days, we're marking off three weekends to
run events during. I'm trying to pick dates so that I can start scheduling
with schools.

Factors that play a role:

- the weekends should be at least four weeks apart so that the planning
burden is manageable
- holidays (I am consulting this site:
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/)
- common midterms/finals time (difficult to avoid)
- my own availability

The weekends I've come up with are:

- September 20th & 21st
- October 18th & 19th
- Nov 15th & 16th

These are all four weeks apart, and on dates that work for me.  The holiday
site I consulted suggests they overlap no major holidays.  Some of them
might overlap with a given school's midterms, but none should overlap with
finals and hopefully one of the three weekends would work for a school.

What do folks think?  Am I missing anything obvious?  Do these overlap with
any major conferences that will draw away potential mentors?

~ Shauna
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