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=== What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students? === | === What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students? === | ||
Disappearing students haven't been a problem for us in previous years. To prevent disappearances, we aim to make all reasonable efforts to accommodate | Disappearing students haven't been a problem for us in previous years. To prevent disappearances, we aim to make all reasonable efforts to accommodate students and make them feel | ||
welcome. We will engage students frequently by email and IRC, provide prompt response to student queries, | welcome. We will engage students frequently by email and IRC, provide prompt response to student queries, | ||
and expect periodic reports from mentors about the project status. We will also | and expect periodic reports from mentors about the project status. We will also | ||
encourage the | encourage the students to participate on the public mailing list and IRC channel, | ||
with or without the mentor. Their progress should be regularly applied to our source | with or without the mentor. Their progress should be regularly applied to our source | ||
tree, if necessary in a side branch. All of these have shown to be effective | tree, if necessary in a side branch. All of these have shown to be effective |
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