Glossary

Agenda Note

The Slack “Note” used to keep track of the Initiative agenda, action items, and useful links/info.

Applicant

A person who has filled out an application for a Position as a Mentee, and may or may not have been selected.

Application Period

A period of time that a Initiative Application remains posted to give people time to fill it out. This period runs from the Posting Date to the Expiration Date.

Candidate

An Applicant that has met all of the criteria for a certain Position.

Expiration Date

The final day that a Initiative Application may be filled out, before the selection process starts.

Member

A voting or otherwise official member of a Initiative.

Mentee

A person selected to fill a Position and be mentored by one or more Mentors.

Mentor

A person responsible for onboarding, training, and assisting a Mentee. This is not necessarily a 1:1 relationship. Multiple people on a Initiative may mentor one Mentee or a single Mentor may mentor several Mentees.

Mentorship Channel

The “nodejs-mentorship” Slack channel in the OpenJS Foundation workspace.

MI Channel

The “node-mentorship-Initiative” Slack channel in the OpenJS Foundation workspace.

MI

An abbreviation for “Mentorship Initiative”.

Position

An opening on a Initiative looking for a new Mentee.

Posting Date

The date on which a Initiative Application is announced and available to be filled out.

Process

The repeatable, customizable process described in this guide and used by MI to find, match, and onboard Mentees onto Initiatives.

Program

The Mentorship Program, including the MI, Applicants, Mentors, and Mentees.

Promote

When a Initiative determines that a Mentee has been successfully onboarded and has met the goals defined for the Position, they Promote that Mentee to an official Member of the Initiative.

Qualify

When an Applicant Qualifies for a Position, the Applicant becomes a Candidate.

Select

A Candidate is Selected to be the Mentee that fills a Position.

Subscriber

A person that has signed up to receive email alerts about new Positions as they become available.

Initiative

Any Initiative or Working Group that is utilizing the Program to find contributors. This could even be a single champion that is starting up a new Initiative or Working Group.

Initiative Application

A form created by the MI and filled out by Applicants interested in filling a Position.

Working Channel (Deprecated)

Any Slack channel named “nodejs-mentorship-” in the OpenJS Foundation workspace where is the name of a Initiative currently working through the Process with the MI.

Working Document

A Google Doc created when a Mentor agrees to participate in the Program. It is used to plan, gather feedback, check progress, and provide deliverables.