On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Samuel Verschelde <[email protected]>wrote:
> Le dimanche 12 juin 2011 15:27:59, Samuel Verschelde a écrit : > > Hello to everyone, > > > > I'm sure there's someone among you who wants to help Mageia but hasn't > > found yet the good way to do it. Today is your lucky day, because there's > > a job that's available and can be really useful and interesting: > > coordinating the packagers mentoring program. > > > > You know that one key point of success for Mageia is in the ability to > > welcome new packagers. The better we will be at it, the better the distro > > will be. The packagers mentoring program has been created for that reason > > and several packagers have been or are being mentored. But we have some > > difficulty knowing who is being mentored by who and who hasn't found a > > mentor. And we need also to find more mentors and more apprentices. > > > > During a packagers weekly meeting, misc invited us to read the following > > article about mentoring programs in open-source projects: > > http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/05/31/effective-mentoring-programs/ > > > > I invite those who haven't read it yet, to read it. I'll quote one of the > > mentoring best practices that were given: "In bigger projects, keeping > > track of who is a mentor, and who is mentoring who, and inviting new > > mentors, and ensuring that no-one falls through the cracks when a mentor > > gets too busy, is a job of itself." > > > > I'm looking for someone who could fill that "job". > > > > Description of the job: > > > > - keep track of: > > -- who's being mentored by who, how well it's going > > -- who needs a mentor and hasn't found one yet (this is one of the most > > important parts: no volunteer must be forgotten, volunteers are too > > precious !) > > -- who can mentor more apprentices (and sometimes convince packagers to > > become mentors or accept one more apprentice) > > > > - be available for questions from apprentices or mentors, by mail, and if > > possible, to be present on the IRC channel #mageia-mentoring on freenode > > > > - help mentors with gathering "junior tasks" (bugzilla is a never empty > > reserve that can be used for that. Maybe ask the bug triage team to help > > identify such tasks. Maybe a "junior task" keyword in bugzilla would do > the > > trick) > > -- small bugs to fix > > -- new small packages to import in the distribution > > -- backports > > > > - promote mentoring (empower users into contributers. Working with the > > marketing team would be great I think): > > -- make the mentoring program known (MLs, forums, web, etc.) > > -- look for new apprentices > > -- look for new mentors > > > > Some useful skills: > > - be autonomous (ie no need to check that you're doing the work) > > - good written english (communication is very important in this job) > > - knowledge about packaging is a plus but not mandatory (the key aspects > > can be taught to you) > > - being or having been a mentor, or having been mentored would be a plus, > > but not mandatory > > > > More information about the job: > > - does not require a big amount of work, but real committment to the task > > and regularity > > - remember that you have a coordination role, not an authoritative role. > > The difference in that is that you're not here to give orders but to > > facilitate the mentoring program. > > - you don't have to be alone to do this job if it's too much for one > > person: you can find other helpful people wanting to help you if needed > > and rely on the other teams (but finding them *is* part of your job ;) ). > > - this "job offer" concerns everything that revolves around the > mentoring > > of new packagers, but if it's successful maybe other teams can follow the > > same approach (i18n, QA, etc... ). > > - depending on your level of confidence, experience and will, you could > be > > helped in your work. Maybe someone from the council can supervise and > help > > you at least at the beginning; or, if no one steps up, I can help you > > bootstrap and organize your new "job". > > > > So, who's in? > > > > Samuel Verschelde > > Hello to all, > > First, thanks to those to offered to help. > > We had 3 candidates, plus one who offered help whoever will be in charge. 2 > candidates were retained (Kharec has too many duties already to take the > job), > who I interviewed on IRC to try to see who would fit best. > > The 2 candidates were good, which complicated my task because I had to make > a > choice, but I finally came to a decision : I propose andre999 as a > mentoring > program coordinator (or facilitator, if you think it fits the job better). > > What made me choose him over Daniel Kreuter (whose candidacy was good, I > repeat it) is the fact he already showed interest in this subject before > the > "job offer", has been mentored (even if the mentoring has not been > completed > for now), and I already had enough occasions to exchange with him in the > past > to think that he will have the required communication skills and diplomacy > to > do the job. > > Now, it doesn't mean he has to be alone, so I hope than magnus will help > him, > for example to bring an IRC presence at hours where André is not available > due > to his timezone, and if Daniel is still interested in helping for those > tasks, > I'm sure André will be glad to receive his help. > > If you have any questions or remarks, don't hesitate to comment. > > To ennael and misc : do you want to take part in the boostrapping of > André's > work ? I think it could be good to avoid any misunderstandings and be sure > we > set the good direction. > > Best regards > > Samuel Verschelde > Congratulation andre999 for the job. If you need my help feel free to ask me. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Greetings Daniel Kreuter
