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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20110618/733abdd8/attachment.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20110618/733abdd8/attachment.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ca81cca9a --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20110618/733abdd8/attachment.html @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Samuel Verschelde <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stormi@laposte.net">stormi@laposte.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> +Le dimanche 12 juin 2011 15:27:59, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :<br> +<div><div></div><div class="h5">> Hello to everyone,<br> +><br> +> I'm sure there's someone among you who wants to help Mageia but hasn't<br> +> found yet the good way to do it. Today is your lucky day, because there's<br> +> a job that's available and can be really useful and interesting:<br> +> coordinating the packagers mentoring program.<br> +><br> +> You know that one key point of success for Mageia is in the ability to<br> +> welcome new packagers. The better we will be at it, the better the distro<br> +> will be. The packagers mentoring program has been created for that reason<br> +> and several packagers have been or are being mentored. But we have some<br> +> difficulty knowing who is being mentored by who and who hasn't found a<br> +> mentor. And we need also to find more mentors and more apprentices.<br> +><br> +> During a packagers weekly meeting, misc invited us to read the following<br> +> article about mentoring programs in open-source projects:<br> +> <a href="http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/05/31/effective-mentoring-programs/" target="_blank">http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/05/31/effective-mentoring-programs/</a><br> +><br> +> I invite those who haven't read it yet, to read it. I'll quote one of the<br> +> mentoring best practices that were given: "In bigger projects, keeping<br> +> track of who is a mentor, and who is mentoring who, and inviting new<br> +> mentors, and ensuring that no-one falls through the cracks when a mentor<br> +> gets too busy, is a job of itself."<br> +><br> +> I'm looking for someone who could fill that "job".<br> +><br> +> Description of the job:<br> +><br> +> - keep track of:<br> +> -- who's being mentored by who, how well it's going<br> +> -- who needs a mentor and hasn't found one yet (this is one of the most<br> +> important parts: no volunteer must be forgotten, volunteers are too<br> +> precious !)<br> +> -- who can mentor more apprentices (and sometimes convince packagers to<br> +> become mentors or accept one more apprentice)<br> +><br> +> - be available for questions from apprentices or mentors, by mail, and if<br> +> possible, to be present on the IRC channel #mageia-mentoring on freenode<br> +><br> +> - help mentors with gathering "junior tasks" (bugzilla is a never empty<br> +> reserve that can be used for that. Maybe ask the bug triage team to help<br> +> identify such tasks. Maybe a "junior task" keyword in bugzilla would do the<br> +> trick)<br> +> -- small bugs to fix<br> +> -- new small packages to import in the distribution<br> +> -- backports<br> +><br> +> - promote mentoring (empower users into contributers. Working with the<br> +> marketing team would be great I think):<br> +> -- make the mentoring program known (MLs, forums, web, etc.)<br> +> -- look for new apprentices<br> +> -- look for new mentors<br> +><br> +> Some useful skills:<br> +> - be autonomous (ie no need to check that you're doing the work)<br> +> - good written english (communication is very important in this job)<br> +> - knowledge about packaging is a plus but not mandatory (the key aspects<br> +> can be taught to you)<br> +> - being or having been a mentor, or having been mentored would be a plus,<br> +> but not mandatory<br> +><br> +> More information about the job:<br> +> - does not require a big amount of work, but real committment to the task<br> +> and regularity<br> +> - remember that you have a coordination role, not an authoritative role.<br> +> The difference in that is that you're not here to give orders but to<br> +> facilitate the mentoring program.<br> +> - you don't have to be alone to do this job if it's too much for one<br> +> person: you can find other helpful people wanting to help you if needed<br> +> and rely on the other teams (but finding them *is* part of your job ;) ).<br> +> - this "job offer" concerns everything that revolves around the mentoring<br> +> of new packagers, but if it's successful maybe other teams can follow the<br> +> same approach (i18n, QA, etc... ).<br> +> - depending on your level of confidence, experience and will, you could be<br> +> helped in your work. Maybe someone from the council can supervise and help<br> +> you at least at the beginning; or, if no one steps up, I can help you<br> +> bootstrap and organize your new "job".<br> +><br> +> So, who's in?<br> +><br> +> Samuel Verschelde<br> +<br> +</div></div>Hello to all,<br> +<br> +First, thanks to those to offered to help.<br> +<br> +We had 3 candidates, plus one who offered help whoever will be in charge. 2<br> +candidates were retained (Kharec has too many duties already to take the job),<br> +who I interviewed on IRC to try to see who would fit best.<br> +<br> +The 2 candidates were good, which complicated my task because I had to make a<br> +choice, but I finally came to a decision : I propose andre999 as a mentoring<br> +program coordinator (or facilitator, if you think it fits the job better).<br> +<br> +What made me choose him over Daniel Kreuter (whose candidacy was good, I<br> +repeat it) is the fact he already showed interest in this subject before the<br> +"job offer", has been mentored (even if the mentoring has not been completed<br> +for now), and I already had enough occasions to exchange with him in the past<br> +to think that he will have the required communication skills and diplomacy to<br> +do the job.<br> +<br> +Now, it doesn't mean he has to be alone, so I hope than magnus will help him,<br> +for example to bring an IRC presence at hours where André is not available due<br> +to his timezone, and if Daniel is still interested in helping for those tasks,<br> +I'm sure André will be glad to receive his help.<br> +<br> +If you have any questions or remarks, don't hesitate to comment.<br> +<br> +To ennael and misc : do you want to take part in the boostrapping of André's<br> +work ? I think it could be good to avoid any misunderstandings and be sure we<br> +set the good direction.<br> +<br> +Best regards<br> +<font color="#888888"><br> +Samuel Verschelde<br> +</font></blockquote></div><br>Congratulation andre999 for the job. If you need my help feel free to ask me.<br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mit freundlichen Grüßen<br><br>Greetings<br><br>Daniel Kreuter<br><br><br><br> + |