We have had a great many enthusiastic mentor responses already this week for
the SEED Engineering mentoring program’s 4-Site term. Just yesterday
and today (where it is still Tuesday morning!) I have matched 13 mentoring
pairs, for a total of 23 so far. This term is 45% matched at the end of
the first week of the cycle. 14 out of the 23 mentors are Directors,
Senior Directors, Distinguished Engineers, Fellows, Vice Presidents, or Senior
VPs. I was pleased to see two Directors based outside of the US have signed
up as mentors this term. Participants from all 4 sites (Bangalore, Beijing, Prague, St. Petersburg) are being asked for.
We are also getting ready for SEED’s Mid-Term Event this Friday. SEED holds
in-person events twice a year (plus 10 phone-in meetings). The 20 April
event will feature 3 executive speakers, the SEED Showcase (3 SEED
participants presenting their current work), a tour of Sun’s
Executive Briefing Center, plus an invitation to the Sun Labs Bash.
My husband John Plocher, Tanya Jankot, and I are hosting this week’s Bash (a weekly after-work party that Labs folk take turns hosting). We are working
with
Jeanie Treichel on the menu now. We suggested vegetables and dip, fruit
trays, sliced meats and cheeses, a ham, California roll sushi, and cakes.
Jeanie thought we might want to add little quiches, strawberries to dip
in chocolate, and ice cream. Decisions, decisions…
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