Security/Mentorship/Propose

The Security Mentorship program is officially closed. This page is for historical reference only.

Proposing a Mentorship Project

Before proposing a mentorship project, you are strongly encouraged to discuss your idea in #security on irc.mozilla.org. If you are not familiar with IRC, please see visit https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC

New projects should be proposed by individuals who have applied to, or been accepted into the mentorship program:

• If you are proposing a project and you would like a mentor, you should submit an Application to the program before proposing a project.

• If you are proposing to mentor someone who would work on a project, you should submit a Mentor Application before proposing a new project.

There are several details that need to be considered when proposing a project:

• Description: A one-line description of the nature of the project (should be the same as the summary)
• Mentor: The proposed mentor (can also be a list); if you are proposing a project in need of a mentor, enter Mentor Required instead.
• Duration: An estimate of how much time and effort is required. This should be the number of hours expected; you can discuss the project on IRC and our team will help you estimate this.
• Requirements: A list of skills that are required for the project
• Goals: A longer free form description of the project and its objectives and challenges the mentor and mentee may face.

Filing a Mentorship Tracking Bug

Mentorship projects, like many other projects within Mozilla are tracked within Bugzilla. You can file a new mentorship project tracker by following the steps outlined below. Please note that if you file an incomplete request, it will be rejected (most likely with a followup explaining why, and asking for clarification). If you need to learn how to use Bugzilla, you can experiment on http://landfill.bugzilla.org

• Start filing a new bug by clicking here
• Enter the description of the project in the Summary field
• Add the information below in the comment box
  • Description
  • Mentor
  • Duration
  • Requirements
  • Goals
• Complete the [mentor=email@address.com] in the whiteboard; if no mentor is assigned, add use nobody@mozilla.org as the mentor.
• Add a [lang=language] field for each programming language skill required

Click Submit Bug!