[Ambassadors] Mentors (was Re: Urgent : Asking for Vote)

[Christoph Wickert]

Am Dienstag, den 06.03.2012, 00:16 +0530 schrieb Buddhika Kurera:
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> 2) Get the involvement of new mentors.
> We have a set guideline[1] for welcoming new mentors already. So will follow it.
> AFAIK, Tatica was/is working drafting a new guideline for Mentors.
> (Pls correct me if I am wrong)
> You can join with her and include your ideas as well.

Tatica drafted something at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Tatica/Ambassadors-Mentors and
FAmSCo discussed it.  In the meeting Tatica said she had been
misunderstood because her proposal was dealing with too many points at a
time.  She wanted to focus on ambassadors rather than on mentors.
Ambassadors should not only be people who organize and attend events and
sit at the Fedora stand all day, but involved in other parts of Fedora,
too.  I very much agree with that and said so on several occasions
already: In a perfect world, every ambassadors is member of at least one
other group.

On the other hand I an very skeptic about the other suggestions on
mentors.  I do not like the idea of electing new mentors every 6 months.
We need to appoint new mentors whenever we need them.  And frankly
speaking I do not like the idea of voting either.  Becoming a mentor is
not a popularity contest.  I think appointing is the right way because
we only appoint people who have proven to be active for a while and who
have proven to have deep understanding of Fedora and the ambasasdors.

Of course we are always looking for ways to improve, so I am happy about
any input.  If you have an idea, please read what we discussed with
Tatica so far [1] and then come up with a propsal in trac [2].

Kind regards,
Christoph

[1]
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2012-02-15/famsco_2012-02-15.2012-02-15-22.00.log.html#l-283
[2] https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/259