From: SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@...>
Date: 2007-02-15T09:38:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Adopt-a-newbie? Based on actual experience.

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Oh, by the way, in the future, could volunteers list their topics of
interest in short? Not a long exact enumeration, just something like:

"I work with numeric calculations and Rails and would be more helpful with
those." or "I do graphics with OpenGL and could help with that".

Especially Rails experience matters, since newbies tend to be separated to
pure rubyists and railsists.

On 2/15/07, SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, I think such things should come AFTER they get to know each other,
> if
> it is needed, on a personal basis.
>
> In general, both give away free time interacting by email.
>
> I think grown up people on this list don't really need such a phase before
> every email they send.
>
> If a certain case arises - handle as you will.
>
>
> Just my thoughts, what do other people think?
>
> Aur Saraf
>
> On 2/15/07, Jim Clark <diegoslice@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Pat Maddox wrote:
> > > p.s. I didn't read the contract, so I have no clue what it looks like.
> > > But I can just about guarantee you that anything called a contract
> > > and delivered in .doc is of no interest to me :)
> > >
> > Agreements/contracts don't have to be long, ugly or scary (disclosure:
> > IANAL). I'll do some editing of the one I found but basically it boils
> > down to this:
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > This agreement supports the mentoring partnership between:
> > Mentor:
> > Mentee:
> > Date:
> >
> > Agreed objectives:
> > *
> > Mentee:* (What I hope to get from this mentoring partnership....)
> > *
> > Mentor**:*  (I will provide support in the following ways - email, phone
> > hours, etc. ............):
> >
> > *The groundrules for our mentoring partnership are:* This should include
> > your agreed responses to issues of confidentiality, time commitment,
> > availability (when and where you can both be contacted), ...
> >
> > *Reviewing partnership objectives:* (It is a good idea to review this
> > agreement and your objectives at an appropriate time).
> >
> > We will review this agreement on: _____________
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > If people agree that this is too time consuming or unnecessary,
> > completely understood and I'll drop it. I just think that having
> > potential matches get to know each other a little better and discuss
> > some groundrules is not a bad thing.
> >
> > -Jim
> >
> >
>

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