We have matched 25 of the 32 SEED participants so far from Dublin,
Grenoble, Hamburg, and Prague. There are quite a few mentors who are
working with SEED for the first time. Two are SEED participant alumnae
returning as mentors. California is still the largest work location
with 14 mentors representing the Golden State. The Centennial State
(Colorado, so called because it became a state in the year 1876, 100
years after the signing of the American Declaration of Independence)
comes in second with 3 mentors. Other US states with 1 each are:
Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, and Virginia. Countries other than
the USA with mentors this term include France (both Grenoble and
Velizy), and Canada (Burnaby). So far, there are just the two mentors
in France working with mentees in their own time zone.
The Dublin, Grenoble, Hamburg, and Prague term officially runs
January-June 2006 but many mentoring partners are already meeting and
having their 2 hour partnership discussions with the facilitator.
Besides mentor matching, Tanya Jankot and I are working on:
- The next SEED term (the 2nd group in EMEA – from St. Petersburg,
Russia and Herzliya, Israel), which will run March-September 2006 - The in-person 2-day SEED event in March 2006
- The 5 year report on SEED’s progress and success (2001-2006)
- The current quarterly reports
Starting today, I will be working from home during Sun’s winter
break. I will be available through email, as always. Back in
the office on Monday, 2 January 2006.
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