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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20110612/59929418/attachment.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20110612/59929418/attachment.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bf59c284e --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20110612/59929418/attachment.html @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 3:27 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;"> +Hello to everyone,<br> +<br> +I'm sure there's someone among you who wants to help Mageia but hasn't found<br> +yet the good way to do it. Today is your lucky day, because there's a job<br> +that's available and can be really useful and interesting: coordinating the<br> +packagers mentoring program.<br> +<br> +You know that one key point of success for Mageia is in the ability to welcome<br> +new packagers. The better we will be at it, the better the distro will be. The<br> +packagers mentoring program has been created for that reason and several<br> +packagers have been or are being mentored. But we have some difficulty knowing<br> +who is being mentored by who and who hasn't found a mentor. And we need also<br> +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 track<br> +of who is a mentor, and who is mentoring who, and inviting new mentors, and<br> +ensuring that no-one falls through the cracks when a mentor gets too busy, is<br> +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 precious<br> +!)<br> +-- who can mentor more apprentices (and sometimes convince packagers to become<br> +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 can<br> +be taught to you)<br> +- being or having been a mentor, or having been mentored would be a plus, but<br> +not mandatory<br> +<br> +More information about the job:<br> +- does not require a big amount of work, but real committment to the task and<br> +regularity<br> +- remember that you have a coordination role, not an authoritative role. The<br> +difference in that is that you're not here to give orders but to facilitate the<br> +mentoring program.<br> +- you don't have to be alone to do this job if it's too much for one person:<br> +you can find other helpful people wanting to help you if needed and rely on the<br> +other teams (but finding them *is* part of your job ;) ).<br> +- this "job offer" concerns everything that revolves around the mentoring of<br> +new packagers, but if it's successful maybe other teams can follow the same<br> +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 you<br> +at least at the beginning; or, if no one steps up, I can help you bootstrap<br> +and organize your new "job".<br> +<br> +So, who's in?<br> +<font color="#888888"><br> +Samuel Verschelde<br> +<br> +</font></blockquote></div><br>Hello Samuel,<br><br>the offer sounds nice. Maybe I can give it a try?<br><br>What do I already have in my mind?<br><br>- Creating a table on Mageia wiki where someone who wants to be mentored can put his name on, + the date he enters his name (so we can see how long he's waiting for a mentor)<br> +- A table with all available mentors and the actual apprentices<br>- On a regular base asking the mentors if they can mentor someone new or if his apprentice is ready for a full membership<br>- Regular meeting where everyone can vote for a full mentorship of an apprentice<br clear="all"> +<br>So what do you think?<br><br><br><br>-- <br>Mit freundlichen Grüßen<br><br>Greetings<br><br>Daniel Kreuter<br><br><br><br> |