Incubation Mentor Guidelines

= Document Status =

IncCom Document Number: X

Version: 1.0

Status: development

= Purpose =

The Incubation Mentor provides advice to a project and brings an independent assessment of the status of the project back to the IncCom. This document provides specific guidance for Mentors.

= Terms and Definitions =


 * IncCom : definition

= Guidelines =

Role
An Incubation Mentor is assigned by the IncCom to each project that is accepted into the OSGeo Incubator.

An Incubation Mentor is a member of Incubation Committee that is not associated directly with the project to be mentored.

An Incubation Mentor reports to the Incubation Committee.

Responsibilities
The Incubation Mentor is responsible:


 * to the Incubation Committee for:
 * assessing the status of the project on a regular basis
 * reporting to the Incubation Committee on project status on a regular basis
 * making a recommendation to the Incubation Committee about the project (graduation or dismissal(?))


 * to the project under incubation for:
 * advising the project on the incubation process
 * identifying all documents the project must complete, and assisting where practical
 * reviewing submitted documents
 * establishing the necessary infrastructure for the project under incubation (wiki, web site, svn/cvs, mailing list) as required
 * (optional) assisting in some of the actual work to be done


 * after the project to
 * make sure that graduation is reflected on all Web and Wiki pages maintained by OSGeo
 * transfer the responsibility to maintain all OSGeo Web and Wiki pages of the project to the corresponding responsible people

Formal documents

 * Incubator Application Questionnaire
 * Incubation Process
 * Incubation FAQ
 * Project Status Template
 * Code Provenance Review
 * Project Graduation Checklist