[LRUG] Mentoring Meetups

[Peter Jones]

Hi Steve,

I had an idea for an LRUG mentoring/tutoring type
application.

Basically someone could make a request to be
mentored/tutored on a Ruby/Rails subject using the
application and a more experienced LRUG person would
hopefully do so. The only condition is that the person
who has been mentored/tutored (and now knows about
that subject) would have to agree to mentor/tutor two
other LRUG members on that topic should they request
it.

The application would build up a database of LRUG
member skills/expertise that was available to other
LRUG members.

I'm not sure if this would be suitable for your
meetups. Hopefully we can chat about it after the next
LRUG meeting.

Peter.


--- Stephen Bartholomew <steve at curve21.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
> 
> Sorry for the lack of progress on the previous
> mentioned ideas about  
> mentoring meetups.  I've had a number emails from
> some of you who are  
> interested in group developing a basic web
> application from concept  
> to deployment.  I realise that lax group development
> quite often  
> leads to the non-completion of said project. 
> However, as I've  
> mentioned before, the application itself is merely a
> way to focus  
> meetups on a particular subject.
> 
> To this end, the structure I would like to propose
> is:
> 
> o An application for LRUG - attendee profiles, a
> place for code to be  
> stored etc etc
> o Each meetup covers a small iteration and focuses
> on a particular  
> subject
> o At the end we can also discuss any issues people
> are having with an  
> applicataion they're developing (ala-pub after lrug)
> 
> We're also defining 'mentor' as 'one who guides' as
> opposed to 'uber- 
> coder'.  Everyone will hopefully have something to
> contribute, rather  
> than a tutor style approach.
> 
> As for the dates of the sessions, there can be no
> expectation as to  
> the frequency.  Everyone has other commitments I'm
> sure so the only  
> expectation at this stage is that there will be at
> least one meet.   
> After that we will have a review and decide the next
> steps.  It may  
> prove to be a waste of time.  Or useful.  Who knows?
> 
> Next steps:
> 
> 1. Decide on a date - weekend or evening?
> 2. Decide on the application
> 3. Decide the first iteration to cover
> 
> So - do post your comments and thoughts.  If nothing
> else it will be  
> a good excuse to sit in a cafe and look cool.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Steve
> 
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