Hi Daniel, I agree with the points presented to be part of the selection algorithm (maybe not in the order that you listed) but I would add something to measure the candidate's contributions to Debian Project, since the selected mentors will represent the project there.
Regards, Lucas Kanashiro. On 08/07/2018 04:09 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > On 02/08/18 22:52, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> In the past, Debian has given priority to mentors who never attended the >> summit before. If anybody (including students) would like to make >> suggestions about alternatives or enhancements to this algorithm, please >> do so, the existing algorithm is not set in stone. >> > I didn't see anybody else comment on the selection algorithm publicly so > I'd like to throw in a couple of suggestions, so if there are more than > 2 people who want to go, the following strategy could be used to > eliminate candidates until only two are left: > > - eliminate candidates who already attended the summit in the past > > - eliminate candidates who had a DebConf bursary this year > > - eliminate candidates who had a DebConf bursary within the last 3 years > > - eliminate candidates who had a bursary for any other major event in > the last year > > and furthermore, at some point in the algorithm, we could try to ensure > there is at least one candidate for diversity, which may be a woman or > anybody from a non white privileged male background. > > In response to Dashamir's comment, I don't think visa policies should be > a factor in the decision. A lot of visa policies appear to be racist > and they fail to treat all people as equal human beings. They appear to > be incompatible with Debian's Code of Conduct. The candidates can be > selected based on merit and if racism slows down the visa processing for > too long and the travel grant is not spent we all know it is not the > mentor's fault and we can check if the money can be used to pay for > travel to some other event in future. > > Google set a deadline of 5 September for the two chosen mentors to > register with Google but to allow mentors to commence their travel > planning, leave authorization and anything else I would propose that we > have a Debian deadline for people to express interest by 15 August at > 23:59 with a prompt decision by admins after that. > > As noted in the Google email to mentors on 1 August, every mentor can > put their name on the wait list for extra places at the summit, you can > do that now using the link provided by Google. > > Regards, > > Daniel > >
