February 2019 - FOSS @ Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

FOSS Hours canceled: Feb. 27 2019

by Justin W. Flory

Hi all, due to the current conditions of the ever-benevolent Rochester weather, FOSS Hours is canceled today, February 27th. Stay warm. Try not to become a snowman/snowwoman walking between classes today. ☃️ ❄️ ☃️ -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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Upcoming FOSS@MAGIC Workshops: Scalable apps, no-code apps, bug-free coding

by Justin W. Flory

Hi folks! Check out some of these upcoming FOSS@MAGIC workshops offered by Kyle Suero and Major League Hacking: https://fossrit.community/t/upcoming-foss-magic-workshops-free-pizza-excl... If you have questions or want to volunteer, reply to the thread on fossrit.community. -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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Save the date: Women on Wikipedia @ Wallace Center - Mar. 22 2019

by Justin W. Flory

Hi all, The Wallace Center is hosting a Women on Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Friday, March 22nd from 2pm until 8pm. The goal of this event is to improve the representation of women on Wikipedia by editing or writing entries about notable women or topics related to women: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Rochester,_NY/RIT/Women_on... Stay for 30 minutes or stay for three hours; light refreshments will be provided. -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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[updated] Teleirc developers meeting location finalized

by Justin W. Flory

Hi all, the Teleirc developers' meeting will meet from 3-4pm on Saturdays in MSS-3190 (conference room in new MAGIC Spell Studios building, same as FOSS Hours). This will be the last update about Teleirc on the mailing list for a while. Keep up with more updates and news on fossrit.community: https://fossrit.community/t/teleirc-developers-meeting-for-spring-2019-sa... -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Women in Computing at RIT's WiCHacks returns March 2-3, 2019

by Justin W. Flory

FYI for WiCHacks at the beginning of March. https://wichacks.io/ Identify as male? You can still participate as a volunteer. Sign up for volunteers here: https://goo.gl/forms/FQ2cdBJw4T0eNIsL2 Form requires signing in with RIT account. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Women in Computing at RIT's WiCHacks returns March 2-3, 2019 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:14:13 -0500 From: RIT Message Center <msgctr(a)rit.edu> To: msgctr(a)rit.edu Do you know a female college or high-school student who is (or might be) interested in computer science, web design, robotics, video game development, engineering, etc.? If so, *encourage her to join RIT Women in Computing at WICHacks on Saturday and Sunday of March 2 & 3, 2019 at RIT*! *What: *WiCHacks *When: *Saturday & Sunday, March 2 & 3, 2019 *Where:* B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences @ Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) *Who: *Female college or high school students who are at least 16 years old *Why:* * Encourage women to pursue computing * Facilitate the formation of mentorship relationships between college and high school female students * Teach transferable computing skills in a low-stress and supportive environment * Have fun! *WIC Hacks is a 24 hour hackathon for women *on the RIT campus, run by the Golisano College Woman in Computing Organization. A hackathon is a collaborative programming event in which participants create an app, website, or other piece of software over the course of 24 hours. Hackathon participants can be female college (including non-RIT) or high school students who are at least 16 years of age. This event is open to women of all skill levels: those who haven’t programmed at all, women who have done some programming, and the best women programmers out there. It will be a great day to learn, invent, and create the future. Don’t have a team in mind? No worries -- RIT Women in Computing will help you get set up the day of the event. All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) will be provided, and participation is FREE. *For registration and more information (including FAQs), please check out the **WIC Hacks website* <http://wic-hacks.rit.edu/>*.* Finally, please send any questions that you may have to wic.hacks.rit.(a)gmail.com <mailto:wic.hacks.rit.@gmail.com>. Sincerely, Lana Verschage Director of Women in Computing Rochester Institute of Technology director(a)wic.rit.edu <mailto:ltvvse@rit.edu> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing And Information Sciences 20 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623 585-475-7155 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This RIT message was sent by the /my/RIT Message Center to the members subscribed to the category /General Announcements - RIT Events./ If you would like to opt-out of a category of communications then please visit your /my/RIT Message Center at http://messagecenter.rit.edu/messageBoard/#!/prefs to indicate your preferences. RIT Privacy Policy: http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/policiesmanual/c070 Please do not respond to this email. Replies to this email will not be read or responded to. Please use the contact information provided in the email. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Teleirc v1.3: Developers map out next release

by Justin W. Flory

Hi all, here is a quick update about what happened at the first Teleirc developer meeting yesterday: https://blog.justinwflory.com/2019/02/teleirc-v1-3-next-release/ To keep up with future development updates, check back at this tag: https://blog.justinwflory.com/tag/teleirc/ -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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Get involved with Teleirc: help select new meeting time

by Justin W. Flory

Hi all! RITlug is planning a weekly project meeting for the Teleirc project; if you want to get involved, fill the following poll by Sunday, January 20th to help us choose a meeting time: http://whenisgood.net/ritlug/teleirc-2185-meeting Teleirc is a NodeJS project that connects IRC channels to Telegram group chats. It is used by RITlug and other FOSS communities around the world. In addition to development, we also want help with design, documentation, and sysadmin tasks. This is also a good opportunity to learn something new and help build some skills you could use on your resume or for interviews too. By contributing, your help will impact communities around the world who are actively using Teleirc already. Learn more about Teleirc below: https://github.com/RITlug/teleirc https://teleirc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/who-uses-teleirc/ If you're interested in helping out, fill out the poll above by Sunday, January 20th so we can choose the meeting time and get traction going. Thanks! -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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