Sounds like Travis is asking if a previous admin would be willing to be the mentor for new admins.
Perhaps if we have a mentoring program for new admins, we will be able to recruit more admins. On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 12:22:36 AM UTC-8 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: > I think I could probably manage being part of the admin, but I definitely > could not do it alone without someone who knows more about how it works. > > Best, > Travis > > > On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 11:46:55 PM UTC+10 David Coudert wrote: > >> This year is difficult for all of us and we lack motivation for this >> edition of GSoC. >> On the other end, it is more important than ever to push/motivate/help >> students. >> >> Other Sagemath contributors than the usual could be involved in mentoring >> activity. >> I think many contributors are not really aware of this program and what >> it means. >> Furthermore, this year the GSoC period has been shortened (by half) and >> so it is no longer necessary to be around till end of August. >> This could be an extra motivation to attract new mentors. >> >> Concerning the admin part, I don't know how heavy it is, what it means >> exactly, etc. >> >> Of course, if we are too few ready to help/mentor for GSoC this year we >> can pass. >> >> Le lundi 8 février 2021 à 15:17:43 UTC+1, mmarco a écrit : >> >>> I have participated as mentor other years... but this year I just don't >>> think I have the needed energy. >>> >>> I think Harald's proposal to pass this year and reconsider the next one >>> makes sense (sadly). >>> El domingo, 7 de febrero de 2021 a las 17:54:07 UTC+1, >>> harald....@gmail.com escribió: >>> >>>> Hi, a word from my side: I would really like to stop being admin as >>>> well and hope someone else can take over. I'm the one writing the >>>> application each year and I could this time around, but in general I want >>>> to focus on other things after all those years. >>>> >>>> Despite that, looks like there are only two mentors. Feels like this is >>>> below the threshold where it makes sense to pursue this? Maybe we should >>>> pass this year and re-evaluate for the next one? >>>> >>>> -- Harald >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/4352020f-1998-4b12-ac5a-55bad09f3affn%40googlegroups.com.
