Doug Hellmann wrote:
Kendall Nelson <kennelson11@gmail.com> writes:
[...] So I think that the First Contact SIG project liaison list kind of fits this. Its already maintained in a wiki and its already a list of people willing to be contacted for helping people get started. It probably just needs more attention and refreshing. When it was first set up we (the FC SIG) kind of went around begging for volunteers and then once we maxxed out on them, we said those projects without volunteers will have the role defaulted to the PTL unless they delegate (similar to how other liaison roles work).
Long story short, I think we have the sort of mentoring things covered. And to back up an earlier email, project specific onboarding would be a good help too.
OK, that does sound pretty similar. I guess the piece that's missing is a description of the sort of help the team is interested in receiving.
I guess the key difference is that the first contact list is more a function of the team (who to contact for first contributions in this team, defaults to PTL), rather than a distinct offer to do 1:1 mentoring to cover specific needs in a team. It's probably pretty close (and the same people would likely be involved), but I think an approach where specific people offer a significant amount of their time to one mentee interested in joining a team is a bit different. I don't think every team would have volunteers to do that. I would not expect a mentor volunteer to care for several mentees. In the end I think we would end up with a much shorter list than the FC list. Maybe the two efforts can converge into one, or they can be kept as two different things but coordinated by the same team ? -- Thierry Carrez (ttx)