On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:41:20 +0100 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, I have been replying to them -- granted, got a bit delayed until yesterday. As I gather the necessary data, I have been contacting each potential mentor for acceptance. But, certainly, this is not an ideal process. There is a blueprint to be discussed on this at UDS next week, though. Right now, for example, I would like to have mentors around the UTC+5 TZ... Cheers
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