Hi, In addition to what sense mentioned. Is there a "checklist" of things we should make sure the students know before we can "let them go"?
Small checklist I can think of: -Get them to read and understand Bugs/HowToTriage. -Get them to understand Bugs/Importance and Bugs/Status. -Work on x number of bugs WITH them. -Once they can do x number of bugs on their own in one day, then they have "passed" and are no longer your student and you can then get another student.? ?'s: -Should there be a max number of students one mentor can have? -Once mentors are filled up, do the applicants then go in a waiting pool? --Is there a wiki page for all mentor requests (kind of like Ubuntu Membership wiki's with people who have applied) --Maybe mentor requests can go on the Mentor page Since basic triage knowledge isn't package specific, there's less of a need to pair students up with mentors who have the same interests. ~Brian Curtis On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Sense Hofstede <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Recently the mentorship programme has gained some traction and now the > number of applicants requesting mentorship are rising slowly. However, > it is still unclear how to handle those requests and what the > responsibilities are of those who offered to be a mentor, like I did. > > At the moment it looks like the policy is that it's up to the mentors > to write a reply to the applicant confirming the mentorship and > starting the programme. Judging from the archive of this mailist that > would mean that most applicants have received no response. Is this > true? Are we offering a service, but not providing it? There seem to > be enough mentors available at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/Mentors, but only three mentors seem > to have students assigned. > > Maybe we should make it more clear to the mentors what's expected from > them. I also think that it would be good to send a reply to all > applicants confirming their application. We could then add them to a > (private?) list so the mentors have a pool to pick students from. > > Regards, > -- > Sense Hofstede > /ˈsen.sɜː ˈhɒf.steɪdɜː/ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. --Wernher Von Braun "The second law of thermodynamics: If you think things are in a mess now, JUST WAIT!!" ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Statement Below is True The Statement Above is False ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
