So 40 paragraphs of text and Heine pointed out that I forgot to mention what being a mentor involves. ;) Being a mentor means: - You have an active interest and skillset in a given project / area. - You're available for students to ask questions to, to do code reviews, to help with scoping, etc. (on average, 5-10 hours per week) - You're checking up on students to make sure they're progressing, and offering to help when they're not. - You're keeping in contact with the rest of the mentors and project administrators if there are any problems. - You're filling in all the various reports required by Google on time. - You're nice, and patient, and want to help students succeed. :) Thanks a lot to the folks who've already signed up for mentoring and hope to see even more! -Angie