Fwd: Introduce students to open source software!

[Andy Anderson]

On Mar 6, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Meetup wrote:

Hi, I'm Shauna, and I’m helping to run an event introducing students to free/open source software on Sunday, March 9th at UMass-Amherst. I'm looking for open source enthusiasts to help mentor students.

The event runs from 10am-5pm, with coffee, bagels and socializing for a half hour beforehand. We're hoping for people who can come for the full day, but if you can only help for part of the day, we're happy to have you. You can find out more about the event here: http://umass.openhatch.org/

We're looking for people to help mentor attendees as they learn how to contribute to open source projects. Instructors with a variety of backgrounds are welcome: while it's great if you have tons of experience using git and setting up development environments, we're also looking for people who've been involved with open source as non-programmers, who know a bit about picking bugs and submitting patches, or who just like to talk about their experiences with open source.

If any of this sounds appealing to you, and you're available on Sunday the 9th, email us back at campus-amh...@lists.openhatch.org to coordinate. If you're interested but not available, I can put you on a list of potential volunteers to contact when we next run an event in the area.

http://www.meetup.com/Pioneer-Valley-and-Five-College-R-Statistical-Meetup/events/169830842/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1

http://umass.openhatch.org/