Welp, here's the mostly empty wiki page for this project: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Mentorship_Program Feel free to deconstruct the page as needed. I supopse those who want to be mentored could help by adding what are their goals/projected outcomes from this mentorship and what kind of mentor they are looking for. Or we might not need to be so formal, if people wish so. ;-) ranti. On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Jessica Wood <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm also very interested in being mentored in a program along these lines. > > I very much like the idea of combining training, mentoring and volunteering > - having a specific, practical project to work on, plus someone to talk to > about it, would be tremendously beneficial to me. And, you know, not to be > completely selfish - doing something useful to others would be great too. > > Side note (also selfish): I hope that at least parts of this idea will be > available to people not attending the conference. I'd love to go to a > future conference, but I'm not making it to this one. > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Andromeda Yelton < > [log in to unmask] > > wrote: > > > In terms of structure, drupalladder.org and Dreamwidth ( > > http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Dev_Getting_Started ) are good models > > for how to scaffold the process for new developers, and to help new > > community members regardless of skill level find places they can > contribute > > and understand the socially accepted workflow. --ay > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Rosalyn Metz <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hey Shaun, > > > > > > I was actually thinking about some of this this morning, so I'm happy > to > > > see there is someone else out there thinking about the same things. > > > > > > I like the idea of some type of structure to a program, I wonder if > maybe > > > we could combine Karen's idea of training with a mentorship program. > > > > > > I also like your idea of projects being a way to recruit future > > volunteers, > > > both because it helps us know where to go to find people, but also > > because > > > it would help newbies figure out what's out there in the Code4Lib world > > (it > > > took me forever to realize that the website was something i needed a > > > password to in order to vote). > > > > > > If you already started a wiki page point me to it, I'm happy to start > > > fleshing out ideas! > > > > > > Rosalyn > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Shaun Ellis <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Rosalyn, > > > > I agree that we should encourage women to step up and mentor other > > women > > > > at Code4Lib. I also see the pairing of women mentors with women > > mentees > > > as > > > > fitting into an overall mentorship program, and I would be interested > > in > > > > collaborating with you and others to help frame it out. > > > > > > > > I don't think it needs to be very formal, but it would be important > to > > > > give some structure to it so folks know what they are getting into, > how > > > to > > > > make sure everyone meets their goals, and measure the effectiveness > of > > > the > > > > program in terms of meeting code4lib goals (such as increasing > > diversity, > > > > getting more volunteer help, etc.). We can start a wikipage to start > > to > > > > flesh this out, unless folks would like to use a different forum. > > > > > > > > In addition to the RailsBridge workshop, I was thinking that Code4Lib > > > > community projects would be a great way to both learn and recruit > > future > > > > volunteers. I was also trying to find the list of maintenance > projects > > > > wiki page that someone (Jonathan?) was referring to as being top > > > priorities > > > > for Code4Lib. Is this it? > > > > http://wiki.code4lib.org/**index.php/AdminToDo< > > > http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/AdminToDo> > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > -Shaun > > > > > > > > On 12/5/12 3:57 PM, Rosalyn Metz wrote: > > > > > > > >> So rather than focusing on statistics and math, I'd like to steer > the > > > >> conversation in a different direction. Let's say Ross is right and > > more > > > >> women chose to take the survey based on the topic -- maybe that's a > > way > > > to > > > >> get women involved in Code4Lib. > > > >> > > > >> Karen had the idea of creating a women Code4Lib IRC channel, maybe > > that > > > >> can > > > >> be a place to start. Or maybe we have a few women that are willing > to > > > >> step > > > >> up and be a Code4Lib mentor to other women -- similar to what we do > > for > > > >> the > > > >> new member event at the conference. I'd even be willing to step up > > and > > > >> organize that if people like the idea. > > > >> > > > >> Thoughts? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:00 PM, stuart yeates < > > [log in to unmask] > > > >** > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> On 06/12/12 09:05, Sara Amato wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> I'd been staying out of this discussion, but the thought occurs to > > me > > > >>>> that someone with access to the list of subscribers might run that > > > >>>> against > > > >>>> a list of traditional boy/girl names, and be able to make some > > > guesses…. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> That idea runs into problems both with non-western names (there is > > more > > > >>> than one kind of diversity) and those people whose experience of > > gender > > > >>> in > > > >>> the workplace have led them to use non-gender-specific identifiers. > > > >>> > > > >>> cheers > > > >>> stuart > > > >>> -- > > > >>> Stuart Yeates > > > >>> Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/****library/ > < > > > http://www.victoria.ac.nz/**library/> > > > >>> <http://www.victoria.**ac.nz/library/< > > > http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/> > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > > -- > > > > Shaun D. 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