<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">> We had two mentors and one co-mentor on KDE Games last year.</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">> I was one of the mentors, but I will not be doing it again this year, firstly</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15.555556297302246px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">> because my time zone (Australia) limits communication with students</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15.555556297302246px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">> and secondly because it is "Winter of Code" in Australia and I got sick</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">> right in the middle of GSoC.</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">> We have not heard from our other mentor in quite a while. He mentored</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">> Viranch Mehta, who successfully concluded a QML project on KBreakout,</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">> and is now our resident QML expert.</span></span></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I've always been here Ian :) </div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I may also not have the time to mentor this time due to other commitments. If I do get the time, I would be considering participating as a student (since I'm with a University this year) in KDE or some other organization.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span
style="background-color: transparent;">I think it's a good idea for Viranch to step up and mentor a similar project if he can spare the time. What do you think Viranch?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Cheers,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Pankaj.</div> </div></body></html>