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advertise the event #20

Closed lsetiawan closed 6 years ago

lsetiawan commented 6 years ago

To maximize diversity of applicants we recommend advertising the event as widely as possible. Use listservers, Twitter, institutional websites, posters around campus, word of mouth.

aaarendt commented 6 years ago

Here's the lists we've hit in the past:

cryolist@lists.cryolist.org glaciology@u.washington.edu climlist gilbertclub@lists.berkeley.edu escience_bbl@u.washington.edu escience_allhands@uw.edu escience_affiliates@uw.edu Staffcfr@uw.edu sefsgrads@uw.edu sefsunder@uw.edu faccfr@uw.edu eScience website futureofice@uw.edu pi-list@apl.washington.edu polar science center website jobsnancycaitlin@googlegroups.com python_for_geoscience@u.washington.edu cugos@googlegroups.com undertow@ocean.washington.edu ocean_grads@ocean.washington.edu ess_grads@uw.edu https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ioos_tech siam-gs@siam.org

aaarendt commented 6 years ago

Here's the template letter we've used in the past:

Hello,

The University of Washington’s eScience Institute is hosting a GeoHackweek, Sept 11 - 15, 2017. Join us for five days of tutorials, data exploration, software development and community networking, focused on open source tools to analyze and visualize geospatial data. Our event will include instructors from academia and industry across many different geospatial disciplines.

Please visit our website https://geohackweek.github.io/ for details on how to apply.

Application deadline: June 15, 2017

We look forward to seeing you in Seattle!

Anthony Arendt