We are six days into the SEED mentor matching cycle for the
January-June 2009 terms. So far, 18 program participants are matched.
The remaining 91 are under consideration by potential mentors from their
Mentor Wish Lists. I have already heard some response (“Yes”, “No”, or “I am
Thinking About It”) from 63 potential mentors. I just sent out 46
“Last Call” emails to the potential mentors who did not reply
– telling them that they just have a day or two until their week
of consideration is over and I go on to the next potentially available
mentor. As usual, the “Last Call” emails generated a large number
of responses of one kind or another. My December email file for SEED
already has 681 emails in it.
This early in the cycle, almost all of the matches are for mentors who
were #1 or #2 in priority on the 10-name Mentor Wish Lists. However, I
have already had to reach down to #6 or lower for some as-yet-unmatched
participants. Despite all of the information available, some participants
were confused. There were many lists which included names of mentors who are
too junior or too senior to serve, or who are known to be unavailable.
I skip those names when looking for the next highest priority potentially
available mentor on a list.
As usual, Sun’s senior executives are being very
generous with their time, often accepting a second mentee or
queuing up their next mentee to start right after they finish working
with their mentee whose term ends in March 2009. It is an honor and
a pleasure to work with such a big hearted group of talented people.
More?
More information on the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program
is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/
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