On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Ewan Mellor <ewan.mel...@eu.citrix.com> wrote: > > The most important thing is that you recognize that this is a real time > investment. It's not just a case of exchanging a few emails with the student > -- you're going to need to dedicate time to helping them through their ideas, > plans, and coding.
Well said! It's a very significant commitment. It's the real meaning of Google's 20% time ;-) I organized and coordinated WordPress's participation for the 1st two years (2007,2008). The projects that are success *always* have dedicated, persistent mentors -- I'd also recommend each project having a backup mentor. To get started we, as a community, would identify detailed ideas for projects. Then raise our hands if we were interesting in mentoring any of the possible projects -- sometimes a mentor will materialize for the right project. Students will also propose their own projects, but in my experience those projects are not often of the right scope and duration, and so seldom get mentors. May the source be with you... and you... and you, -- @lloyddewolf http://www.pistoncloud.com/ _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
