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=== What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? === | === What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? === | ||
Distribute the workload among the remaining mentors. The mailing list is | Distribute the workload among the remaining mentors. The mailing list is active enough and questions almost never go unanswered. Reassign the student to a backup mentor. In the worst case, the project admin can become a mentor for the student until another mentor is found. | ||
active enough and questions almost never go unanswered. Reassign the student to | |||
a backup mentor. In the worst case, the project admin can become a mentor for | |||
the student until another | |||
This situation has been infrequent, and we hope to | This situation has been infrequent, and we hope to make it even less likely by selecting mentors with proven involvement in Octave and free software and by aligning project topics with the priorities of the core developer team. The vast majority of our mentors have been involved in Octave development for several years, and new mentors will be paired with more experienced ones. | ||
mentors with proven involvement in Octave and free software. The vast | |||
majority of our mentors have been involved in Octave development | |||
for several years, and new mentors will be paired with more experienced ones. | |||
=== What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before and during the program? === | === What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before and during the program? === | ||