I totaly agree with this, I didn't even notice original mail. Give us moar
mails pls next time :)
On Jul 9, 2014 5:42 PM, "Isarra Yos" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 09/07/14 10:38, Quim Gil wrote:
>
>> Siebrand and Kartik have been selected to participate in the GSoC Reunion
>> o
>> behalf of Wikimedia.
>>
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Mentorship_programs/
>> Possible_mentors#Delegates_for_Google_Summer_of_Code_Reunion
>>
>> Reasoning pasted here for your convenience:
>>
>> Hi, after looking at
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Mentorship_programs/Possible_mentors
>> the list of possible mentors attending the GSoC Reunion, we have decided:
>>
>> * Mentor 1 will be siebrand <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Siebrand
>> >.
>> He has been helping in outreach programs for a long time and in different
>> ways. He was also the only one submitting his request on time.
>> * Mentor 2 will be KartikMistry
>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:KartikMistry>, since he is mentor of
>> two different orgs this year, and (afaik) he has been a mentor in previous
>> editions.
>>
>> Also, Google will pay their flights from far far away. Legoktm
>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Legoktm>, I hope you understand and
>> share the reasoning. Your request for this year has been recorded and it
>> will help you being select next year, if you apply as well.
>>
>
> Interesting that these are two translation folks, and nothing from the
> wider development community. I'm sure they're lovely people, but I must say
> this doesn't represent our diversity very well.
>
> I know it's too late now, but considering most of us probably never even
> saw or considered the initial request as it was tucked away into another
> email about something else, in the future it might help to send out a
> separate email for these things, and if it comes to it, include a new
> deadline in the reminder (otherwise the decision comes as a complete
> surprise), too.
>
> Personally I never even considered it because as a new mentor it didn't
> seem very appropriate for me to want to go ('delegate' is a very strong
> word), but more on what it would have actually entailed in the email itself
> would probably have helped others, too.
>
> -I
>
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