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

[Heidi Ellis]

Hi Shauna,

The dates appear fine by me. I see no conflicts and they seem reasonable.
Heidi

From: osctc-planning-bounces at lists.openhatch.org [mailto:osctc-planning-bounces at lists.openhatch.org] On Behalf Of Shauna Gordon-McKeon
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 4:25 PM
To: Planning for Open Source Comes to Campus
Subject: [OSCTC-planning] picking dates for Open Source Comes to Campus this fall

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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