[WMF-outreach-staff] Data-driven "inreach"

[Asheesh Laroia]

On Wed, 7 Aug 2013, Quim Gil wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> On 08/06/2013 08:01 AM, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
>> Hey all, but mostly Quim,
>> 
>> At OpenHatch, our GSoC project to (basically) clone the Ubuntu Developer
>> Advisory Team strategy of pinging new contributors is progressing well.
>> 
>> (I call it "inreach" because, in a way, it is mostly about reaching people
>> who are already part of the community.)
>> 
>> We're nearly at the point of being able to generalize the code, and I
>> thought WMF might make a good group to work with for a generalized
>> version. It'll be rocky at first, I'm sure, but we'll be able to smooth
>> things out.
>> 
>> Do you have some time this week to meet up and talk about that? I could
>> bring David Lu, the GSoC student in question!
>
> This project sounds interesting but we are starting Wikimania today in Hong 
> Kong, so it's not the best week to meet. We can do either remote meeting next 
> week or a SF meeting on the week of August 18.

Yeah, I forgot about Wikimania when I sent the mail, and as I as wondering 
why you didn't reply immediately, then I remembered it....

(-:

Suggestion: we chat online somehow/sometime Thu Aug 15? I'll be in touch 
with dates and times that work for me.

-- Asheesh.