Proposal: Dedicated communication place for WordCamp mentors
WordCamp mentors are community team members who have experience organizing WordCamps and want to help other organizers have a great time planning a WordCamp. At the point 5 of the mentor handbook, Turn to the Community Team when you need help, we ask mentors to reach out to the community team in the #community-events channel of Slack, or email support@wordcamp.org. I understand the importance of keeping a transparent and open communication, and asking questions in the #community-events of Slack allows other people to learn from the questions answered. I don’t want this to disappear. However, in the past year working as a mentor and deputy I found out that there are at least 3 common occasions where mentors need to discuss, and a public channel or an email to support@wordcamp.org are not the ideal solution. It often happens that a mentor needs to help WordCamp organizers who are facing delicate situations. The mentor might need the support of the other mentors, and a public conversation may be uncomfortable for them and indelicate for the organizers themselves. When this happens, some mentors might decide to not ask for help, others might reach out to one trusted peer or email support@wordcamp.org, but…
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