Re: [TOOLS-DEVELOPMENT] Helping the mentoring project with making matches

On 12/12/18 6:01 PM, Alissa Cooper wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
>> On Dec 12, 2018, at 2:31 PM, Robert Sparks <rjsparks@nostrum.com> wrote:
>>
>> I had a conversation today with Wes Hardaker to go over what the mentoring team is looking for to help with matching guides to participants.
>>
>> The minimal set of information is simpler than what's in ticket 2622.
> Could you elaborate on what that minimal set is?
>
> Also, given the subject line, is functionality to actually make the matches part of the minimal set?

Answering the second question first: No, this initial effort wouldn't 
programmatically make matches. From the conversation, that's still 
something a human needs to do. But it could suggest likely matches for 
the person making matches, and it could _definitely_ present the 
candidates for matches in a form that's easier for that person to 
process than the spreadsheets that have been used to date.

For the first question - this is my understanding of what's needed to 
make the matches (I expect this would be tweaked during construction):

A) Guide Resources:

     * Meeting (i.e. which ietf meeting is the record for)

     * Name

     * Email address

     * Affiliation

     * Country of residence

     * Preferred languages

     * What genders of participants is the guide comfortable working with

     * What IETF technical topics / areas is the guide strong in

     * How many IETF meetings the guide has attended in person

B) Participants

     * Meeting

     * Name

     * Email address

     * Affiliation

     * Country of residence

     * Preferred languages

     * What genders of guides is the participant comfortable working with

     * What IETF technical topics / areas is the participant interested in

     * How many IETF meetings has the participant attended in person

>
> Alissa
>
>> My gut reaction is that a simple standalone django application would work (and could be constructed keeping gdpr compliance in mind), and could be built with volunteer effort. If we were to create such a thing, do you think there would be any issues with finding a place to host it under ietf.org?
>>
>> fwiw - I continue to think that this particular bit of survey-like behavior shouldn't be bound to the registration system. I can see where adding the ability to add meeting-specific survey questions could be useful though.
>>
>> RjS
>>
>>
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