What constitutes Mentoring another team?

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Originally Posted by JVN

Okay,
Now define "helps another team."
What if someone repeatedly answers questions about gearbox math on Chief Delphi, does that count?

What if someone repeatedly answers the same questions via email, does that count?

-John

Or what if somebody makes a presentation at Championship about the Engineering Design Process.... just how many teams have you mentored John?

I would count a team as mentored if my repeated help was directed at that team, and it doesn't matter if it is the same question answered repeatedly.

I'm getting the idea there is not a black/white definition of mentoring but it is more of a continuum. At one end are teams that you definitely mentored, at the other end are teams you definitely have not mentored and somewhere in between is a fuzzy area where it is really hard to categorize if your help constitutes mentoring.