On 19:12 May 24, Augustina Ragwitz wrote: > > >> On 12:54 May 24, Augustina Ragwitz wrote: > >> Hi Emily, > >> > >> I'm the Nova Mentoring Czar and we have a Wiki page with a list of > >> projects that would be good for new contributors: > >> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Nova/Mentoring > >> > >> For Nova, I'd encourage potential contributors to get involved with a > >> specific project so that mentoring can happen organically. Interested > >> folks are more than welcome to reach out to me, preferably by email. > > > > There's an assumption here that all projects have things in place > > to begin > > mentoring people. With the people we've spoken to, sometimes just > > reaching on > > IRC gave no answers. This is actually matching people to > > someone who has > > knowledge and is interested/has time to mentor. Even if a match > > can't be made > > right away, communication is made. First impressions with on > > boarding is key. > > > > -- > > Mike Perez > > I'm a little confused by your response. I wasn't making any assumptions > or intending to criticize this mentorship program. I understood that > Emily had highlighted gaps in certain technical areas, of which Nova is > one. In recognition of the challenges faced by new contributors, the > Nova team had a session at the Newton Design Summit where we discussed > ideas on how to address these challenges within our own team. One > outcome of this session is that I volunteered for the role of Mentoring > Czar. When I saw Emily's original post, I thought this information might > be relevant. My intention is to share our resources for new contributors > and present myself as a contact point so this information could be > provided to participants in the mentorship program that don't have > mentors assigned. In fact, if other projects do have things in place for > new contributors, it would probably be helpful if they also provided > this information to the mentorship program. > > Again, my intention was not to criticize and I think any effort to > encourage new contributors is a good thing. I apologize if my original > response suggested otherwise.
You're right Augustina. I took your response of "potential contributors to get involved with a specific project so that mentoring can happen organically" out of context from just the scope of Nova. Apologies for the confusion. -- Mike Perez __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
