PhantomSoul wrote:Sounds great. Count me in.

bigbear3764 wrote:I've been kicking this around too, count me in. Pretty much been doing it with editors in my area already. Might as well make it formal.

vectorspace wrote:

jeigh17 wrote:Teach me oh great ones. Count me in. A more formal approach to mentorship is very much appreciated. And like others have already said, I'm willing to in turn mentor others when I too reach "enlightenment".

Ha ha! I think that once we reach enlightenment, we should change our signature graphic to show a yellow glow around the back of the Wazer icon! I haven't talked to OrbitC about diplomas yet, but maybe we can work on that...

txemt wrote:Here's a question: What happens when editor123(2) does something Jemay had mentored to him which doesn't apply for a certain state editor123(2) is editing in but gets corrected by a 5 or 6 who resides and/or manages said state, but editor123 refuses to listen to the 5 or 6 or tells the 5 or 6 "this is how I was taught and I'm doing it how I was taught" and continues to do it wrong?

Example:
Alleys are authorized in California, but not authorized in Texas. I'd be pretty unhappy if editor123(2) told me they're editing alleys because the mentor told them to add alleys into the editor. If I told editor123(2) to stop adding alleys in Texas and he doesn't want to listen to reason, what good does it do for editor123(2) who's now being told two different things to do in the editor?

CBenson wrote:To be honest, if I took a trip to Texas and encountered an alley that would improve a route that I wanted to add to the map and you simply told me they are not "authorized" I'd be pretty unhappy. As long as you provide the reason, we shouldn't have problems.

redviper26 wrote:Hey guys,

The second presentation is ready. This one is about community roles, and as with the previous one it's a basis for your changes and adjustments.

You'll need to ask for viewing permissions - I'll grant them of course

Let me know what you think,

Noam

• Forum moderators: Experts will act as moderators on the relevant forums. Supporting the local community. Experts should be the ‘guiding hand’ for their community in their area of expertise.
• Wiki management: Experts will have the responsibility to create, maintain and update the relevant information sources such as wiki pages, professional guides and knowledge-base
• Beta testing and release of new versions: The experts will be informed of upcoming versions and should be part of the Beta groups for each area.

• Localization experts: In addition to the roles described above, they will also join the “Transifex” system and work directly with the Head of Localization
• Social Media Experts: In addition to the roles described above, they will maintain the Waze SM pages of their country and will work directly with the Social Media Manager
• Editing Experts / WME beta experts: In addition to the roles described above, will be active in the beta editor and its forum.They will share their feedback and inform the community manager @ Waze or the editor product manager about all burning issues related to the editor and to editing.
• Client experts / iOS experts / Android experts: In addition to the roles described above, will be active in the beta testing group and its forum. They will share their feedback and inform the community manager @ Waze or the QA about all burning issues related to the client, requested features and serious bugs. As soon as we’ll implement an issue tracking platform, they will take an active part in it.

Other

• Do you want to list "Mentor" as a new community role since that is being developed for Formal Mentoring?
• Without going into a lot of detail, I think you could extend one of your comments with another slide -- one about what is not exactly a community role. Listing that editing rank, AM, and CM are not specifically community roles might help clear confusion. Mentioning that AM and CM have implications in community roles would also be important. It is harder to be a AM, and even more, a CM, without getting involved in the community somehow.
• This looks like a quick presentation unless elaborated by the presenter. A presenter might want to have more notes or activity about their presentation. For instance, if I were giving this I would likely:
  • Break away from the slides to show the US board and all the regions, then point out the RCs.
  • Go to "Board index ‹ Community ‹ Experts" on the forum to show that area after the Experts page.
  • So... perhaps you want a hyperlink on relevant pages to where more resources can be found in the Forum when it makes sense.
• Since this is about people, having some people's faces and people working together (better if Waze-related, but even stock photos would be better than nothing) might liven up the slides a bit and hold more interest.

daknife wrote:Okay, I'll bite. Count me in. Oh and I think Tx was wanting in too (as a mentee)... just kidding TxEmt.

Read through everything (or at least every link that actually opened anything other than a request for access.) No objections or problems with what I read.