Mentors, together with the Council members, are the backbone of the Mozilla Reps program. They make sure things run smoothly, they ensure that Reps are supported and have what they need to be impactful in their region. Last but not least, they help plan and pave the way forward to ensure that the program keeps getting better while staying true to the Mozilla mission.
=== Responsibilities ===
Being a mentor involves becoming familiar with different tools and processes that the Council has put in place to better streamline the way Mozilla Reps can document their activities, request budgets for projects, order swag and interact with other Reps.
* Participating in regional meetings online and offline
Mentors === How to become a mentor === New mentors are nominated by during bi-annual council work weeks. During these work weeks, the council first identifies 15 particularly active Mozilla Reps council . Then 10 of the 15 Reps are nominated through a process of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting range-voting]. The top 10 are then contacted and invited to join the program as a mentor. If they refuse, the next highest nominated mentor is contacted. === Next steps when becoming a mentor ===
Once a Mozilla Rep has been nominated to be a mentor, (s)he must follow these next steps to be ready to start mentoring.
1) subscribe to reps-mentors@lists.mozilla.org <br>
2) carefully read through the relevant mentor SOPs
"Mentoring" SOP : https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReMo/SOPs/Mentoring
"Budget Review" SOP: https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReMo/SOPs/Budget
3) get a "walk through" from Pierros of the Mozilla Reps website and of the new mentoring tools that they will have at their disposal.
=== Current list of mentors ===