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I'll quote one of the +</I>>><i> mentoring best practices that were given: "In bigger projects, keeping +</I>>><i> track of who is a mentor, and who is mentoring who, and inviting new +</I>>><i> mentors, and ensuring that no-one falls through the cracks when a mentor +</I>>><i> gets too busy, is a job of itself." +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I'm looking for someone who could fill that "job". +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Description of the job: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> - keep track of: +</I>>><i> -- who's being mentored by who, how well it's going +</I>>><i> -- who needs a mentor and hasn't found one yet (this is one of the most +</I>>><i> important parts: no volunteer must be forgotten, volunteers are too +</I>>><i> precious !) +</I>>><i> -- who can mentor more apprentices (and sometimes convince packagers to +</I>>><i> become mentors or accept one more apprentice) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> - be available for questions from apprentices or mentors, by mail, and if +</I>>><i> possible, to be present on the IRC channel #mageia-mentoring on freenode +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> - help mentors with gathering "junior tasks" (bugzilla is a never empty +</I>>><i> reserve that can be used for that. Maybe ask the bug triage team to help +</I>>><i> identify such tasks. Maybe a "junior task" keyword in bugzilla would do the +</I>>><i> trick) +</I>>><i> -- small bugs to fix +</I>>><i> -- new small packages to import in the distribution +</I>>><i> -- backports +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> - promote mentoring (empower users into contributers. Working with the +</I>>><i> marketing team would be great I think): +</I>>><i> -- make the mentoring program known (MLs, forums, web, etc.) +</I>>><i> -- look for new apprentices +</I>>><i> -- look for new mentors +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Some useful skills: +</I>>><i> - be autonomous (ie no need to check that you're doing the work) +</I>>><i> - good written english (communication is very important in this job) +</I>>><i> - knowledge about packaging is a plus but not mandatory (the key aspects +</I>>><i> can be taught to you) +</I>>><i> - being or having been a mentor, or having been mentored would be a plus, +</I>>><i> but not mandatory +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> More information about the job: +</I>>><i> - does not require a big amount of work, but real committment to the task +</I>>><i> and regularity +</I>>><i> - remember that you have a coordination role, not an authoritative role. +</I>>><i> The difference in that is that you're not here to give orders but to +</I>>><i> facilitate the mentoring program. +</I>>><i> - you don't have to be alone to do this job if it's too much for one +</I>>><i> person: you can find other helpful people wanting to help you if needed +</I>>><i> and rely on the other teams (but finding them *is* part of your job ;) ). +</I>>><i> - this "job offer" concerns everything that revolves around the mentoring +</I>>><i> of new packagers, but if it's successful maybe other teams can follow the +</I>>><i> same approach (i18n, QA, etc... ). +</I>>><i> - depending on your level of confidence, experience and will, you could be +</I>>><i> helped in your work. Maybe someone from the council can supervise and help +</I>>><i> you at least at the beginning; or, if no one steps up, I can help you +</I>>><i> bootstrap and organize your new "job". +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> So, who's in? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Samuel Verschelde +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Hello to all, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> First, thanks to those to offered to help. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> We had 3 candidates, plus one who offered help whoever will be in charge. 2 +</I>><i> candidates were retained (Kharec has too many duties already to take the job), +</I>><i> who I interviewed on IRC to try to see who would fit best. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The 2 candidates were good, which complicated my task because I had to make a +</I>><i> choice, but I finally came to a decision : I propose andre999 as a mentoring +</I>><i> program coordinator (or facilitator, if you think it fits the job better). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> What made me choose him over Daniel Kreuter (whose candidacy was good, I +</I>><i> repeat it) is the fact he already showed interest in this subject before the +</I>><i> "job offer", has been mentored (even if the mentoring has not been completed +</I>><i> for now), and I already had enough occasions to exchange with him in the past +</I>><i> to think that he will have the required communication skills and diplomacy to +</I>><i> do the job. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Now, it doesn't mean he has to be alone, so I hope than magnus will help him, +</I>><i> for example to bring an IRC presence at hours where André is not available due +</I>><i> to his timezone, and if Daniel is still interested in helping for those tasks, +</I>><i> I'm sure André will be glad to receive his help. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If you have any questions or remarks, don't hesitate to comment. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> To ennael and misc : do you want to take part in the boostrapping of André's +</I>><i> work ? I think it could be good to avoid any misunderstandings and be sure we +</I>><i> set the good direction. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Best regards +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Samuel Verschelde +</I> +Thanks for the vote of confidence. :) I'll do everything to assure that it's not misplaced. + +I see the mentoring program coordinator as facilitating contributions to the key process of Mageia. + To continue our progress in making Mageia one of the best distros available. +(Packaging/development is the "nerf de la guerre", as we say in French. Roughly translates as the +"heart of the war".) + +I would appreciate any help, particularly on IRC. +(My availability on IRC is mostly when european contributors are asleep (or falling asleep, as +shikamaru can testify). + +And also any advice/guidance/insights from ennael & misc, of course. + +As an aside, I intend to complete my mentoring process so as to be able to eventually mentor those +in the North American time zones. + +-- +André +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="005838.html">[Mageia-dev] "Job offer" : mentoring program coordinator +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="005433.html">[Mageia-dev] weird bs behaviour +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#5828">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#5828">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#5828">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#5828">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |