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[Brian Curtis <bcurtiswx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <sense@xxxxxxxx> 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/
>
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