2009/12/1 Jayaram Subramanian <rsjay1...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > I am an IT professional trying to build my career in Java and i want to be a > mentee under Katherine Marsden in Apache mentoring program. Please let me > know of any other things required.
Welcome Jayraram, I'm assuming that you are the person that Kathey had already mentioned to us and therefore Kathey has already agreed to be your mentor. The first thing you need to do is subscribe to this list, I moderated this message through and ensured your email remains in the to field, but it will be much easier for us if you subscribe by sending an email to dev-subscr...@community.apache.org As Kathey will have already explained we are at a very early stage of development for this project, although we have a great deal of experience mentoring through the Google Summer of Code programme. Our mentoring programme will be informed by that programme, but as our first mentee you have the honour of working with us whilst we define the process. In other words, your feedback on the process during and after completion will be very valuable to us. I've written an initial outline for the writing of a proposal on our webiste. It should sync to the site within the hour, but for now the text is pasted below. From this text you will see that you need to outline your project and submit it to this list (after having agreed it with your mentor on the appropriate project list). h1. Mentoring Programme Application Procedure Applying for the Apache Mentoring Programme is simple. This page will take you through the steps: # Join the dev@community.apache.org mailing list by sending a mail to dev-subscr...@community.apache.org # If you know what Apache Project you want to work on send a note indicating your interest in that project # If you don't know what project you want to work on send a note indicating your interests and skills and we'll try and match you to a suitable project # Submit your project proposal (see below) to that list # People on the list will help you find a mentor # Liaise with the mentor to refine your proposal (this will usually happen on the appropriate project mailing list) # Submit your final proposal and your mentors agreement to dev@community.apache.org # That's it, you are ready to go h2. Project proposal Your project proposal should include: * Your full name * Apache Project of interest * Name of mentor if you have one (we will help you find one if you have not yet identified a mentor) * Expected deliverables * Expected benefits to the Apache Community as a result of your work * Detailed description and high level design for your proposed solution * Approximate number of hours you intend to work on the project each week and the number of weeks you expect it to take * A description of why you want to undertake this project and what you hope to gain from it and the mentor programme * A brief CV of your skills Note, we do not expect people to come to our mentor programme with a full armoury of skills. This programme is designed to help people engage with Apache projects. However, we do expect people to have sufficient technical skills to understand the guidance that the mentor and project community will provide. We are not here to teach basic programming skills, rather we are here to teach the application of those skills to an Apache Project. h3. Identifying a project We hope to provide a list of suitable projects here in the future. For now it is up to you to find suitable projects. Here are a few tips on how to do this: * Use the issue tracker for the project to find bugs or feature requests that look like they are appropriate to your skills (with some guidance from the mentor) * Ask on the relevant project list for guidance, mentioning that you hope to participate in the mentoring programme * Make a proposal based on your own needs and objectives (note that the mentor must agree that there is a need for this within the Apache Project) * Monitor the project developer and mailing lists for common feature requests Ross > > With Regards > Jayaram > -- Ross Gardler OSS Watch - supporting open source in education and research http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk
