Mentoring. (was Re: how many users is enough? (was Re: Debian Installer 7.0 Beta4 release))
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On 28 November 2012 09:39, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:31:52 Beco wrote:
> > I would like a mentor during my next vacation, to help me with .deb files.
>
> Here is a web-page that explains the scheme. Don't be put off by the mention
> of women. They mentor irrespective of gender.
> <quote>
> However, this group wouldn't exist within Debian without the support of the
> men within the Debian community and the mentoring program does administer to
> both male and female mentees. And there are both male and female mentors.
> </quote>
>
> http://women.debian.org/mentoring
>
> And/or you can send an email to:
> mentoring@women.debian.org
> requesting a mentor.
>
> There are more mentors than are mentioned on the link I gave you above. Some
> have chosen not to make themselves visible in this way.
>
> The name, of course, is sexist. It was originally started to try to get more
> women into developing; to improve the conversion rate for women in Debian, if
> you will. But that was some while ago, and it now caters for both genders.
>
> Do keep me posted on how you get on!
>
> [snip]
>
> Cheers,
> Lisi
Hi Lisi,
Do you have any news about the mentoring program?
Catherine Gramze, as Lisi explained, they mentor both male and female.
My best,
Beco.
--
Dr Beco
A.I. researcher
"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Brown Jr.)
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