[News.eclipse.foundation] Re: [EDP] Mentors Council or Coaching Squad?

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson <bjorn.freeman-benson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > Jeff McAffer wrote:
> > > - In fact I was particularly keen on NOT creating a separate group 
> > > but rather broadening/enhancing the scope of the AC to include 
> > > propagation of the architectural vision of Eclipse through active 
> > > mentoring and participation in reviews.
>> Ed Merks wrote:
> > I think this was a key point and perhaps a reason for 
> > misunderstandings. The AC should already be performing this important 
> > role, and if it's not doing that well, the problems should be 
> > addressed directly.  If it's an issue of resource, then adding more 
> > people to the group, rather than creating a new group, would make 
> > sense.  If it's an issue of skills (there are lots of rules and they 
> > change a lot), then "we" need to help mentor the mentors...

Ed,
Now I'm confused - I recall (and I copied into the minutes) that at the 
last AC meeting you were against having the AC do this mentoring role 
because mentoring was too process-oriented and not enough about 
architecture. Perhaps you meant that the AC should do architecture 
mentoring and that some other body should do process mentoring? If so, I 
disagree - I think it works much better to have universal mentors rather 
than "a mentor for these issues and another mentor for those issues and 
a third mentor for these other issues and ... etc".

- Bjorn