How about someone volunteer to do a lightning talk "pitch" of the
mentorship idea, recommending folks "register" on the aforementioned wiki
page (for both mentors and mentees), and then they can meet up at a
follow-on breakout?

-Mike



On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Nov 27, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Cynthia Ng <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Getting traction for mentoring online is always difficult, but what
> > about starting that mentorship at code4libcon?
> >
> +1 - being face-to-face might help ease the tension.
>
> Having a sort of "speed dating" setup might help make better fits between
> mentors and mentees, as well.
>
> That is, a roomful of nerds deferring passively to one another might not
> get us very far :)  Something more structured about what people want to
> learn and what mentors know and how they get along together would probably
> make for a more productive outcome.
>
> -Ross.
>
> > Maybe almost like a buddy system, so that the first meeting between a
> > mentor and mentee is at a code4libcon (national, regional, or
> > otherwise) if possible.
> >
> > This might simply be a good idea for first timers who are not going
> > with colleagues too.
> >
> > Just throwing out some ideas here...
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Nick Ruest <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> Matt McCollow proposed something like this a while back. We have a page
> up
> >> and everything! But, it never got much traction.
> >>
> >> [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]
> >> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Mentorship
> >>
> >> -nruest
> >>
> >> On 12-11-27 07:30 PM, Bess Sadler wrote:
> >>>
> >>> +1 to this idea. I have benefited tremendously over the years from kind
> >>> people taking me under their wings. Many of us try to do this
> one-on-one,
> >>> but some kind of introduction service would be a huge benefit for the
> >>> community, I would think.
> >>>
> >>> Mentorship is a great example of a robust solution - a solution that
> >>> addresses more than one problem at once. I suspect that this would not
> only
> >>> improve our diversity as a community, it might also solve some tech
> >>> leadership / succession planning problems and maybe expose some
> training
> >>> needs.
> >>>
> >>> Bess
> >>>
> >>> On Nov 27, 2012, at 4:20 PM, Nathan Tallman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> This is a slightly different topic, but relates to Kelley's post: Does
> >>>> code4lib have a mentor program where more inexperienced geeks can
> pair up
> >>>> with someone to guide their development? I don't have anyone like
> that in
> >>>> my network, but would really like to. I don't mean to discount the
> >>>> existing
> >>>> resources on code4lib or this list, which both have been very useful.
> I'm
> >>>> sure I could just start by attending some of the conferences, but for
> >>>> more
> >>>> inexperienced people they can be a bit intimidating, albeit inspiring.
> >>>>
> >>>> It would also be a way to directly engage minorities.
> >>>>
> >>>> Just a thought.
> >>>>
> >>>> Nathan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Kelley McGrath <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'll second the idea of approaching people individually and
> explicitly
> >>>>> asking them to participate. It worked on me. I never would have
> written
> >>>>> my
> >>>>> first article for the Code4Lib Journal or become a member of the
> >>>>> editorial
> >>>>> committee if someone hadn't encouraged me individually (Thanks
> >>>>> Jonathan!).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It would also be good to find a way to somehow target the pool of
> >>>>> lurkers
> >>>>> who maybe aren't already connected to someone and get them more
> >>>>> involved.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As far as anonymous proposals go, we recently had a very good
> workshop
> >>>>> on
> >>>>> implicit bias here. Someone brought up that found significant
> changes in
> >>>>> the gender proportions in symphony orchestras after candidates
> started
> >>>>> auditioning behind screens. There are also lots of studies about the
> >>>>> different responses to the same resume/application depending on
> whether
> >>>>> a
> >>>>> stereotypically male/female or white/black name was used. Probably
> it's
> >>>>> impossible to make proposals completely anonymous, but it would be an
> >>>>> interesting experiment to leave off the names.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Kelley
> >>>>>
> >>>>> PS Interestingly, I wouldn't instinctively self-identify as a member
> of
> >>>>> the Code4Lib community, although my first thought is that that has
> more
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> do with not being a coder than with being a woman.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> **************************
> >>>>> Kelley McGrath
> >>>>> Metadata Management Librarian
> >>>>> University of Oregon Libraries
> >>>>> 1299 University of Oregon
> >>>>> Eugene, OR 97403
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 541-346-8232
> >>>>> [log in to unmask]
> >>>>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> -nruest
>