The Mentor Program may actually live on!

Today I found out that the Mentor Program has worked its way up to 6 pairs, so for at least 12 of you Enclavers, you've found a new person to interact with consistently. I'm really excited to hear that! For those of you that are interested in finding a mentor or mentee, just visit the page and sign up! It takes about 2 minutes.

This program is so awesome; it's one of the ideas that I liked most when it was first suggested and have really wanted to continue, but it's also been the most ill-fated. Constantly we've had volunteer leaders wander in only to wander out a few weeks later. This is our fourth time restarting this project, and I'm holding my breath, just ready for it to fail yet again.
But this time we've found a great leader in Akoji, who is relatively time-free, and definitely dedicated to keeping the group alive. I was pretty tepid about restarting this project, it's just always seemed to be doomed to fail, so I thought that restarting it was a pretty temerous idea. But so far, Akoji has done an excellent job!

I'm looking forward to this program's success, this really embodies what the Enclave is about. The reality of it is, since this whole thing started, the only people making money off of it have been our teachers. The rest is done by volunteers who really just want to see Go succeed, and love to support their fellow players. There is no better way to really support others than to dedicate your time to them, free of charge.
I've been so amazed by the way that the Go community freely gives away its time to help others grow, when a selfish investment would be much more personally beneficial for most of them. I love that attitude, I love that sense of community.
And I love how perfectly the Mentor Program embodies that. It seems to me that the Mentor Program, more than anything else we do, really is the heart and soul of us Enclavers, that we give away freely to help someone else.

It's so great to see you guys giving up your time freely! Now, you mentees remember this when you grow stronger and there are weaker players to teach! Passing on this favor will make us all stronger as time goes on.