Glad you forwarded this. I may be interested in mentoring, but not sure I would have time. I might try to find out a bit more about it.
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 4:59 PM kenneth mcfarland <kennethpmcfarl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is a forward from the Gora list if anyone is interested. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: lewis john mcgibbney <lewi...@apache.org> > Date: Thu, Nov 15, 2018, 8:48 AM > Subject: Fwd: HackIllinois 2019 + lewismc > To: > > > Hi Folks, > See below... is anyone interested in working/mentoring a project-related > project here? > Thanks > Lewis > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Misha Patel <misha.pa...@hackillinois.org> > Date: Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 9:09 AM > Subject: HackIllinois 2019 + lewismc > To: <lewis.mcgibb...@gmail.com> > Cc: <opensou...@hackillinois.org> > > > Hi Lewis, > > My name is Misha Patel and I am a member of the outreach team for > *HackIllinois*, a 36 hour open source hackathon held at the *University of > Illinois at Urbana-Champaign* from *February 22-24th, 2019*. Last year, > hundreds of students contributed to projects like GulpJS, Conda, and Apache > Mesos. This year, we aim to continue our focus on *open source software.* > > Our goal is to have students leave our hackathon with knowledge of how to > create, contribute to, and understand open source software. One of the most > important ways of achieving this goal is through mentor-student > relationships that can help them build the skills required to give back to > the open source community. Guidance from talented developers and > contributors like yourself are what makes this possible. > > As a contributor to Apache, we believe you have a very active role in this > community. *We would love for you to be a mentor at this year’s hackathon.* > As a mentor, you would work with a group of students throughout the weekend > to help them contribute to an existing project or create a new one. We > encourage you to *bring your own*, whether it's Apache or any other project > you've worked on, so you can simultaneously help students dive into open > source and get some extra hands working on it! > > Please visit blog.hackillinois.org and hackillinois.org/mentor to learn > more about the event and the role you would play. I would be glad to set up > a phone call with you sometime this week if you are interested in learning > more or have any questions about how you can get involved. We look forward > to working with you! > > Best, > Misha Patel > HackIllinois 2019 Outreach Team > misha.pa...@hackillinois.org | 6316091696 > > > -- > http://home.apache.org/~lewismc/ > http://people.apache.org/keys/committer/lewismc
