On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 22:39 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > I will confess that I don't pay as much attention to the Mentors program as I > probably should. I had no idea we were allowing people who weren't MOTU to > act formally as mentors.
It is my understanding that UUC's are only allowed to mentor in the junior program. The senior program is strictly for MOTU as these are MOTU hopefuls > > This is a stunningly bad idea and should stop. I just finished trying to > help > a novice mentee who was trying to upgrade his system to Jaunty because his > mentor told him too. IMHO (this is only my opinion and may not be the opinion of the MOTU Mentoring Reception Team) I disagree! One question though, was the offending UUC included in the discussions and shown the error in his/her ways? People do make mistakes, and on occasion show bad judgment. > > Unless you really know what you are doing, running Jaunty right now is > insanity. It's also completely unnecessary to learn and do packaging work > for Jaunty. Agreed!! > > The individual is an UCD, and I suspect that is the basis on which it was > considered appropriate. This is a complete misuse of UCD. UCD is a measure > of community participation and involvement. There is no particular technical > expertise needed to be a UCD. Would you please provide the MOTU Mentoring Reception Team with this UUC's name on the Mentoring Reception Teams ML so we may reevaluate this UUC's participation in the program? This is a private list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] What would you propose as a possible skill set needed for UUC's to participate in the junior program? > > I know there aren't enough mentors, but I seriously think no mentor is better > than one who doesn't know what he's doing. Old and New MOTU's are always *welcome* to participate in the mentoring program!! Charlie MOTU Mentoring Reception Team -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
