Marnie,
This is good -- for the student I am mentoring - if you want to IRC or
IM me,
on #qpid-open (small set of us there due to many of our contributor IRC
issues), or
cctrieloff on any major IM service.
on point 5 -- we should maybe all try to speak on one of the code review
calls
Carl.
Marnie McCormack wrote:
All,
I've been reviewing the various resrouces offering guidance on how best to
structure mentoring for GSoC projects.
Here, as a result, as my thoughts - for dicussion on today's code review
call. I can't make the call today, but would be most grateful if the group
could discuss and agree a structure. Please post to the list after the call
if possible ? Thanks !
1. Progress reporting - status reports from students once a fortnight. This
should be brief & take the form of a simple update on tasks completed & any
issues encountered.
2. Regular contact with students - I think we are already doing this via
qpid-dev and should continue. Ideally, the bulk of the support given to the
students will be from their mentors (for consistency/continuity). I'd like
to speak with my student (Lahiru) once a week at an agreed time on the phone
(due to local IRC constraints), and I'll try to make myself available one
evening a week via IRC. Other mentors should consider when/how they are
available ?
3. Resources - we can (only ?) give wiki access to a wiki not used to
generate our website afaik. We can check, but from my asking around this,
this seems the guideline. We don't have one of these that I know of so we
can a) get one or b) do something else ?
4. Subversion - svn acces is out at the moment, so attachements to JIRA is
prob the best way (or onto wiki if we get one). There's some debate about
this just now, but no answer so doubt it'll fly for this time through.
5. Mentor co-ordination - so my understanding is that each student will have
2 or 3 mentors. We need these groups to discuss the proposal in detail (get
a common understanding) and also to agree how best to share the load without
confusing Lahiru & Rahul (and ourselves !).
Thoughts ?
Regards,
Marnie
