Re: New mentoring activities

2010-12-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 15/12/2010 17:27, hareendra seneviratne wrote: Thank you very much for your detailed and accurate reply. I'm really encouraged. Certainly, I’d like to explore the OpenSE. Please do introduce me to a teaching assistant there. Apologies for the slow response - it's been a busy time. I will i

Re: New mentoring activities

2010-12-15 Thread hareendra seneviratne
Thank you very much for your detailed and accurate reply. I'm really encouraged. Certainly, I’d like to explore the OpenSE. Please do introduce me to a teaching assistant there. The first question is what are your skills? I do developments in my work place, but mostly ad-hoc coding. I need to

Re: New mentoring activities

2010-12-15 Thread Ross Gardler
On 15/12/2010 04:05, hareendra seneviratne wrote: Hi, I recently graduated in MIS and willing to learn and contribute to the community as a Software Engineer. From where can I start? Three options, ranging in formality, least formal first: You can do this informally, just find a project you a

Re: New mentoring activities

2010-12-14 Thread hareendra seneviratne
Hi, I recently graduated in MIS and willing to learn and contribute to the community as a Software Engineer. From where can I start? What are the projects or opportunuies available for me? More friendly faces and some guidance needed. :) On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > On

Re: New mentoring activities

2010-12-14 Thread Ross Gardler
On 14/12/2010 12:11, florent andré wrote: Hi Ross, I'm interested in for the Lenya project. But I'm just a commiter and I ask myself if I can be a mentor for such a program ? For sure, I could be a "friendly face" ! :) "just a committer"? That means you know how the project works and have c

Re: New mentoring activities

2010-12-14 Thread florent andré
Hi Ross, I'm interested in for the Lenya project. But I'm just a commiter and I ask myself if I can be a mentor for such a program ? For sure, I could be a "friendly face" ! :) cced d...@lenya ++ On 12/14/2010 10:25 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > Below is the text of a mail I sent to the PMCs last

Re: New mentoring activities

2010-12-14 Thread Tommaso Teofili
Hi Ross, what a nice effort! Regards, Tommaso 2010/12/14 Ross Gardler > Below is the text of a mail I sent to the PMCs last night. Copied here for > information: > > Over the next few weeks your project may be approached by students > participating in a European Commission funded project called

New mentoring activities

2010-12-14 Thread Ross Gardler
Below is the text of a mail I sent to the PMCs last night. Copied here for information: Over the next few weeks your project may be approached by students participating in a European Commission funded project called OpenSE [1]. These students will be looking for GSoC style mentors in open sour