+1 to all below. -Rahul
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org> wrote: > I'd like to make a few comments about issues that have arisen during the > evaluation process for GSoC. I'm going to give my opinion on each, please > treat this as lazy consensus - do speak up if you wish to disagree or add > more items: > > Not enough visibility of the process > ==================================== > > There will always be someone who doesn't read the stuff we send out. Where > this is the case I don't think we should worry ourselves. > > Sending to PMCs (including the incubator PMC) is sufficient to reach people. > We don't want to send out to committers@ as the project as a whole needs to > be behind taking on a GSoC student. > > Reaching PPMCs is more problematic, I think we should continue to rely on > incubator mentors taking the message to their projects if they feel it is > appropriate. > > PROPOSAL > -------- > Make it explicit that incubator mentors should pass the message on to PPMCs > if appropriate. > > Marking experience mentors up > ============================= > > I really don't like the idea up to 2 points for having been a successful > mentor before, firstly it is error prone (e.g. both Bertrand and Luciano > have been mentors *and* admins, yet the admin this year was unaware of > that). Secondly, just because someone has mentored a student in the past > doesn't mean they will be better than another mentor. Finally, mentoring a > failing student is, in many ways, more educational than mentoring a > successful one. > > We already have "Does the mentor show an understanding of how to mentor a > student? (0-4 points)" - I'm more interested in whether the mentor knows > what is expected. However, applying this score is difficult. > > PROPOSAL > -------- > Remove "Has the mentor had a successful student in the past (0-2 points)" > from the admin rankings > > Add some docs to the ranking process about what admins are looking for with > respect to "oes the mentor show an understanding of how to mentor a student? > (0-4 points)" (Noirins mail with the subject Admin coordination to > alexei.fedotov on code-awards wouild be a good starting point) > > Original Ideas are good > ======================= > > Past experience has shown that if a student proposes their own idea and it > is accepted the student is going to be strong. > > PROPOSAL > -------- > > Add the following to the mentor ranking: > > Is the project definition and idea originally the mentee's, the > mentor's or a collaborative effort? (0-2 points, 2 if mentee's idea, 1 > if collaborative, 0 if mentor's) >
