Hi all, My name is Dawn Walker, I am a Graduate Student at the Faculty of Information at UofT. I’m helping run a free event to introduce students to free/libre/open source software on February 28, 2015 at University of Torontocalled Open Source Comes to Campus in conjunction with OpenHatch <https://openhatch.org/>(https://openhatch.org/). We're looking for people to help mentor attendees in a variety of ways as they learn how to contribute to open source projects: * Instruction <https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Curriculum>on topics like open source community norms, issue trackers, IRC and git * Participation on a Career Panel <https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Curriculum/Career_Panel> * Lead a contributions workshop <https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Curriculum#Contributions_Workshop>around a specific project (in this case potentially Open Street Map!) * Or, volunteer to support attendees throughout the day! The event run from 10am - 5pm, with coffee, tea and socializing for a half hour beforehand (Mentors don't need to show up at 9:30am sharp, but should be there by 9:45, we will also provide a lunch!). 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. Here are links to find out more about the Event <https://events.openhatch.org/events/2>(https://events.openhatch.org/events/2) and Code of Conduct <https://openhatch.org/wiki/OpenHatch_event_code_of_conduct>(https://openhatch.org/wiki/OpenHatch_event_code_of_conduct). If this sounds interesting to you, and you're available on February 28 please email me back at dawn.walker@utoronto.ca <mailto:dawn.walker@utoronto.ca> and/or sign up on our Event Page <https://events.openhatch.org/events/2>(https://events.openhatch.org/events/2)<mailto:dawn.walker@utoronto.ca>, I'd love to answer any further questions you might have! Best, Dawn Walker MI Candidate, Faculty of Information University of Toronto