Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-04 Thread Gora Mohanty
Dhruv Gami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Raj Mathur wrote: Let's take the proposal and fine-tune it. Perhaps we can schedule an IRC meet in a couple of days where those in Delhi can congregate, meet up online with those who aren't, and everyone interested can give their comments. Sounds good !

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Gora Mohanty
Dhruv Gami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snipping out previous conversation due to its length] Here are my thoughts on the mentorship discussion. Im just throwing out ideas, to further this discussion: Thank you for your comments. I would like to see input and involvement from lots of

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Dhruv Gami
Gora Mohanty wrote: Dhruv Gami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snipping out previous conversation due to its length] Now lets take this scenario to a global level. A student in [...] Let us not overextend ourselves at this moment. From what I see, we barely have enough committed mentors

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Gora Mohanty
Dhruv Gami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gora Mohanty wrote: [...] That's one of the reasons i am looking at a global perspective. We may not have enough people in one place to sustain interest and get things rolling, but if other people also join in, this might gain more momentum, and

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gora == Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gora [snip] Gora Again, we will have to agree to disagree. You are quite Gora right about colleges preferring a brand-name, ideally a Gora corporate one. However, I see no reason to

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Dhruv Gami
Raj Mathur wrote: Let's take the proposal and fine-tune it. Perhaps we can schedule an IRC meet in a couple of days where those in Delhi can congregate, meet up online with those who aren't, and everyone interested can give their comments. Sounds good ! Would the weekend be convenient for

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2005-12-27 Thread Gaurav Mishra
On 12/27/05, Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That sounds like a plan. I would propose that while some people are clearly associated with specific areas, it also ought to be possible for a skilled mentor to have the student project be a module for something that is still in active

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2005-12-26 Thread Viksit Gaur
Hullo! Sounds like an interesting idea. I had a couple of questions about it though - and as the discussion progressed on IRC with Raj, we thought it would be better to put it up on the list. Here goes: -- Begin Transcript -- vIkSiT who're the mentors going to be, incidentally? OldMonk uh,

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2005-12-26 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Viksit == Viksit Gaur [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Viksit Hullo! Sounds like an interesting idea. I had a couple of Viksit questions about it though - and as the discussion Viksit progressed on IRC with Raj, we thought it would be better