On 22 August 2010 03:18, Erinn Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > * Margarita Manterola <[email protected]> [2010:08:21 22:15 -0300]: >> Mentoring: >> >> Even though the project is not so visible, it stills receives >> requests. The project is currently coordinated by Runa and Erinn. >> They would really appreciate some help, though. A woman working as a >> mentoring coordinator needs to have good social skills and a lot of >> patience, although not necessarily be a DD. **VOLUNTEERS SEEKED!** > > I should note that my involvement with this has primarily been > administrative, and I am happy to help set up any technical aspects > needed, but I don't want to be involved otherwise. (I never coordinated > actual mentors and mentees.) I am personally looking for someone, or > someones, to completely take over this project. However, to describe the > responsibilities in more detail: > > The crucial traits for someone coordinating this are kindness, patience, > understanding, and a strong ability to tolerate some amount of tedium. > The women emailing us are often shy and lacking in strong community > ties. > > You have to be able to match people with each other and monitor their > progress, so that if something happens -- like it's not a good fit or > the mentor/mentee get busy -- you can dissolve that relationship in a > discreet and respectful manner and make a different match. > > The way Helen and I were doing it before was that she maintained a > spreadsheet with information on it (names of mentors and mentees, who > was matched, what people were interested in and available for, and > various notes about things like preferences -- some people want only > female mentors, for example.) She kept me in the loop, in case she got > hit by a bus or something, and we had an email alias > ([email protected]) that emailed both of us, so I had copies of > everything, but she took care of it. I definitely think more than one > person should be involved for this reason, since almost none of this can > take place publicly (out of respect for the mentors' and mentees' > privacy) unless explicitly requested. But there probably doesn't need > to be more than one person doing the actual assignments, other than to > prevent burnout. > > I'm happy to provide more detail, even excruciating detail, if people > want it.
As I said in the meeting, I'm available to help but I don't have DM/DD status. -- Kind Regards Lesley Binks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
