Let's do it office hours style? Weekly on x day at y time for 1 hour minimum and longer if mentors/mentees like.
Maybe mentors could host their own or start one ad hoc and send a note to the email listserv? Idk. Just some suggestions. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2013, at 12:19 PM, "G. Wade Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > For those people who are interested in the Introductory hangout/office > hours/mentoring/help session thing, I'm trying to come up with a good > time to try the first one. > > The ideas I'm considering: > > Length: > 1. 1 hour > 2. 1.5 hours > 3. 2 hours > > Times: > > 1. Lunch hour-ish (maybe 11:30-1:30) > - Advantages > a. Help for work projects easier > b. Doesn't impact people's evenings > - Disadvantages > a. Help for home projects is weirder > b. Some companies might object to using work time. > c. May not want personal Google account on work computer > > 2. Late afternoon/Early evening (maybe 5:00-7:00) > - Advantages > a. Partial overlap of work time, for work projects > b. Partial overlap of home time, for home projects > c. Small impact on people's evenings > d. Small impact on work time > - Disadvantages > a. Overlaps many peoples' commutes > b. Some companies might object to using work time. > c. May not want personal Google account on work computer > > 3. Evening (maybe 7:00-9:00) > - Advantages > a. Help for home projects is easier > b. Minimal impact on work time > - Disadvantages > a. Significant impact on peoples' evening time > b. Potential issues getting help on work projects > > Days: > > I'm thinking of picking a day next week or the one after to try this. > Some input before I choose gives you a chance to help decide this. > > At the moment, I'm mostly considering weekdays. If anyone would > prefer to do a weekend, speak up. > > Thanks, > G. Wade > -- > Be a good ancestor. -- Jonas Salk > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
