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** For registering classrooms managed centrally, go through the [https://depts.washington.edu/registra/RATS/guidelines.php UW Classroom Assignment Office]
** For registering classrooms managed centrally, go through the [https://depts.washington.edu/registra/RATS/guidelines.php UW Classroom Assignment Office]
** For registering the research commons, we should go through the Research Commons Librarian and/or through Jennifer (email above)
** For registering the research commons, we should go through the Research Commons Librarian and/or through Jennifer (email above)
== Food ==
* Coffee at etc at HUB: place an order the day before if possible. Need a couple people to carry 3 coffee (2 blonde; 2 medium), 40 cups, 1 large cup of half and half, other misc stuff. Need napkins as it always gets messy.
* Session 1: Pizza from Jet City (*PHONE NUMBER*) for X vegetarian pizza, Y vegan pizza, Z, gluten free pizza, A vegan/gluten free pizza. A little bit of salad. Always ask for plates and napkins (otherwise they may not bring them).
* Session 2: Indian food from (*NAME and PHONE NUMBER OF RESTAURANT*) for X, Y, Z.
* Session 3: Greek food from (*NAME and PHONE NUMBER OF RESTAURANT*) for X, Y, Z.


== Session 0 & 1 Preparation ==
== Session 0 & 1 Preparation ==

Revision as of 03:42, 18 April 2016

Planning/Announcement

Registration

  • (Done SP2016) Create new Google drive folder and invite people that work on it
  • (Done SP2016) Copy registration pages from both participants and mentors
    • Read through and tweak details and dates

Wiki

Announcements

  • (Done SP2016) Create/copy a new announcements document in the shared Google Drive folder
  • Send announcements
  • Write blog posts on CDSC blog
  • (Done SP2016) Tweet, send on social media, etc.

Funding and Rooms

  • (Done SP2016) Contact someone at eScience to help cover funding for food
    • (Done SP2016) Mako has contacted Bill Howe in the past
  • (Done SP2016) Contact somebody at the Department of Communication to cover drinks
    • (Done SP2016) Mako has contacted David Domke in the Department of Communication
  • (Done SP2016) Decide on for morning lectures (e.g., the Ooedgard ALC or SAV)
  • (Done SP2016) Contact someone at Odegaard/UW libraries about the Active Learning Classrooms (that link includes both a schedule online and a page to request the room). Our contacts in the libraries are Jennifer S. Muilenburg <jmuil@uw.edu> (data management librarian) and Susie Cummings <cummin2@uw.edu> (who helps manage the ALC)
  • (Done SP2016) Decide on and find rooms for afternoon sessions (e.g., UW Research Commons or the Communications (CMU) Building or something else

Food

  • Coffee at etc at HUB: place an order the day before if possible. Need a couple people to carry 3 coffee (2 blonde; 2 medium), 40 cups, 1 large cup of half and half, other misc stuff. Need napkins as it always gets messy.
  • Session 1: Pizza from Jet City (*PHONE NUMBER*) for X vegetarian pizza, Y vegan pizza, Z, gluten free pizza, A vegan/gluten free pizza. A little bit of salad. Always ask for plates and napkins (otherwise they may not bring them).
  • Session 2: Indian food from (*NAME and PHONE NUMBER OF RESTAURANT*) for X, Y, Z.
  • Session 3: Greek food from (*NAME and PHONE NUMBER OF RESTAURANT*) for X, Y, Z.

Session 0 & 1 Preparation

  • (Done SP2016) Create new mailing lists (requires UW ID) at UW like cdsw-sp2016-attendees@uw.edu and cdsw-sp2016-mentors@uw.edu
  • Add people who are accepted to the cdsw-sp2016-attendees@uw.edu mailing list
  • Add people who are accepted to the cdsw-sp2016-mentors@uw.edu mailing list
  • Email attendees individually to tell them they were accepted, and have them check the mailing list to make sure they are gettingupdates
  • Create new wikipages for the new data
  • Check the CodeAcademy lessons to make sure they are up
  • Check the documentation for installation to make sure things work
  • Try out Anaconda installation
  • Email all the mentors to see if there's anybody they would like to have brought in off the waitlist
  • Draft/update acceptance email
  • Draft/update waitlist email
  • Send accept email! :-)
  • Send waitlist email :-(