Non-MOTU as MOTU Mentors and bad advice

[Charliej]

On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 22:39 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> I will confess that I don't pay as much attention to the Mentors program as I 
> probably should.  I had no idea we were allowing people who weren't MOTU to 
> act formally as mentors.

It is my understanding that UUC's are only allowed to mentor in the
junior program.  The senior program is strictly for MOTU as these are
MOTU hopefuls
> 
> This is a stunningly bad idea and should stop.  I just finished trying to help 
> a novice mentee who was trying to upgrade his system to Jaunty because his 
> mentor told him too.  

IMHO (this is only my opinion and may not be the opinion of the MOTU
Mentoring Reception Team) I disagree!

One question though, was the offending UUC included in the discussions
and shown the error in his/her ways?  People do make mistakes, and on
occasion show bad judgment.
> 
> Unless you really know what you are doing, running Jaunty right now is 
> insanity.  It's also completely unnecessary to learn and do packaging work 
> for Jaunty.

Agreed!!
> 
> The individual is an UCD, and I suspect that is the basis on which it was 
> considered appropriate.  This is a complete misuse of UCD.  UCD is a measure 
> of community participation and involvement.  There is no particular technical 
> expertise needed to be a UCD.

Would you please provide the MOTU Mentoring Reception Team with this
UUC's name on the Mentoring Reception Teams ML so we may reevaluate this
UUC's participation in the program?  This is a private list.
motu-mentoring-reception at reponses.net

What would you propose as a possible skill set needed for UUC's to
participate in the junior program?

> 
> I know there aren't enough mentors, but I seriously think no mentor is better 
> than one who doesn't know what he's doing.

Old and New MOTU's are always *welcome* to participate in the mentoring
program!! 

Charlie
MOTU Mentoring Reception Team