<div dir="ltr">Hello Everyone,<div><br></div><div>Kindly read the below message from Duana Hinnen [1] (I'm CC'ing her in this email).</div><div><br>I'm sure I will find some guys who are interesting to step in and help ;)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Also, it is good idea to have a read at: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!<br><br>[1] - <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/duanedesign">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/duanedesign</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Duane Hinnen</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:duanedesign@ubuntu.com">duanedesign@ubuntu.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:07 AM<br>Subject: Beginners Team Mentoring<br>To: UBT List <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-beginners@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-beginners@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br><br><br>HI team,<br>I ahve been working on the wiki today. Me and pablo are trying to adjust our schedules so we can work on getting some things done in regards to the team. One thing I would like to put forward is getting away with the style of mentor program where an Ubuntu user comes to us for guidance and we assign him an individual to mentor him. This style of mentor program has rarely, if ever been succesful, been successful in the Ubuntu community. It is very difficult to maintain the mentor list, assign the mentee to a mentor that currently has the time. The mentor list frequently gets out of date as members schedules change. Mentees often sit on the list for a long time and get discouraged. The Mentee is under the impression that they can not move forward in learning until they get a mentor. The bug squad tried a different process a few cycles back. I would like to implement something similar, our own spin on the idea<br>
<br>Instead of having one mentor for every mentee we have the entire team helping each mentee. Once an Ubuntu user signs up for the team we instruct them that questions they might have can be answered using the mailing list and the IRC channel. This way the Mentors (the team) can answer questions on their own schedules. Hopefully we have enough members with varying schedules that someone will be available to answer the users question in a timely manner.This Bug Squad seemed to have much better results with the similar system they implemented.<br>
<br>We can use our focus group pages as a place to put great resources from all over the web and community. This should help mentees be able to find answers more readily on their own. Then if they still have questions they have the entire team available via the mailing list and IRC to answer questions. I think answers will be more forthcoming this way then if they were waiting for an individual to get back to them.<br>
<br>I think this will also be good for the team. As a team we need to pull together and strart accomplishing some tasks together. This will boost morale and help us all feel like we are again working together to accomplish a greater good. Additionally it eill bring the team toether as we interact to accomplish common goals. Our team has an amazing pool of talent. The potential of this team is amazing. I am hoping the team will look favorably on this proposal. I am amazed by the feedback I get from community members discussing the possobilities and potential this team has to truly improve the community by leaps and bounds.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Duane Hinnen<br><a href="mailto:duanedesign@gmail.com" target="_blank">duanedesign@ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="mailto:sip%3Aduanedesign@ekiga.net" target="_blank">s</a>kype: duanehinnen
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