+1
> On Apr 9, 2018, at 12:45 PM, Julian Hyde <jh...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Has anyone here taught someone how to fish? (Or how to make cookies, or ski?)
>
> Mostly you just stand off, watching what they do. If you see them about to
> screw up in a big way, step in. Occasionally, offer them hints for how they
> might do what they’re doing a little bit better. (Not too often, because
> they’ll start to resent the advice.)
>
> It’s a time-intensive process, and most of the time the person being taught
> thinks you’re doing nothing.
>
> Sometimes they ask for help, and very occasionally they ask for guidance (but
> only if you have not given them more unsolicited advice than they think they
> need, see above).
>
> Julian
>
>
>> On Apr 9, 2018, at 5:52 AM, Liang Chen <chenliang6...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:chenliang6...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> +1, agree with JB points.
>> Mentor mostly just focus on ASF policy and rules, then is ok.
>> "Teach him how to fish", it is more important, so it would be better if
>> mentors could provide some good example cases(role model) for them to learn,
>> tell them how to find the solution from ASF website.
>>
>> Regards
>> Liang
>>
>> Jean-Baptiste Onofré wrote
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> IMHO, a mentor is not necessary involved in the project technics/codebase
>>> (it's
>>> actually a bonus).
>>>
>>> As a mentor, I'm focusing:
>>> 1. Insure of the legal aspect of the project (ICLA/CCLA, SGA, ...)
>>> 2. Help around infra and release preparation according to Apache rules
>>> 3. Help to promote the project and build communities around
>>> 4. See if there's potential interaction with other podlings and existing
>>> TLPs
>>> 5. Help to go to graduation (following the graduation checklist)
>>> 6. (optional) Help on the contribution (codebase, website, ...)
>>>
>>> My $0.01
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> JB
>>>
>>> On 04/03/2018 12:54 AM, John D. Ament wrote:
>>>> I've been following along the absent mentors discussion. But I'm
>>>> curious,
>>>> from both an IPMC member's perspective as well as a member of a podling,
>>>> what roles do you see for a mentor? What are their responsibilities to
>>>> the
>>>> podling?
>>>>
>>>> We have a few things written down, and I'm not too interested in
>>>> rehashing
>>>> the written version. But what do podlings need from their mentors?
>>>> Point
>>>> you in a direction to run with? Do the apache work for the podling? Do
>>>> we
>>>> (the ASF) need mentors to ensure that podlings are operating within
>>>> certain
>>>> bounds? Do we rely on mentors to be a read of the pulse of a podling?
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>
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