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Post by Sherry on Dec 26, 2014 17:04:22 GMT -5
I have noticed a few times people bringing switching issues up on the facebook group rather than discussing them with your mentor in your individual thread. We do one on one mentoring to deal with all these issues, so that will be your best venue to deal with most things diet related. Of course if you have any issues with your mentor, please pm one of the admins here. Those are as follows: SherryHeatherkattbitbyter |
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Post by bitbyter on Dec 26, 2014 17:49:08 GMT -5
One of mine has done this in the past few days. Third time and I will remind her. They weren't specifically mentoring questions but then again, that's WHY you have a mentor. To ask questions.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 18:21:22 GMT -5
r you saying not to ask others how they do something?
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Post by bitbyter on Dec 26, 2014 19:09:59 GMT -5
Kind of, for the following reasons:
1) It can undermine the mentor's efforts if you get conflicting info.
2) It can confuse the mentee and mentor because the mentee might start doing something that they were told on FB and then didn't record on the forum. The mentor then may not be aware of it. Keep in mind that more often than not, mentors are working with a few mentee's and review their switching threads to keep everything straight in their minds.
3) It can be viewed as somewhat disrespectful to request a mentor, work with a mentor and then ask for alternative info on FB. If you are having issues, discuss them with your mentor and they will work with you to find alternatives.
4) If you have posted in the forum and want a quicker response, just PM your mentor on FB that you have posted. Sometimes the mentors watch the New Threads page but miss that one of their mentee's has posted (I know I'm guilty of that).
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Post by Sherry on Dec 26, 2014 20:45:49 GMT -5
If you have a mentor, you need to be asking THAT person diet related questions. That is, after all, why you have a one on one mentor. If your mentor is NOT responding to your questions in 2-4 days THEN contact admin
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2014 21:30:11 GMT -5
Oh gosh. I think this is all about me. I'm so, so sorry.
Jason, I absolutely meant no disrespect. Your opinion is the only opinion I defer to. I never thought about the questions I posted to FB as being disrespectful. I was thinking as a teacher and offering (what I thought) were teachable moments. Sharing the wealth so to speak.
As an explanation, not an excuse (because I am guilty)... I do not like the forum as much as Facebook; simply because, it isn't as user friendly. But this may be because I was using pro boards and Jason just navigated me to tapatalk; which seems to be more user friendly. I am hoping tapatalk will be more easily navigated, less cumbersome and irritating as pro boards
I do use the forum for almost all of my reading, resourcing, and researching. The amount of available wisdom and information is staggering. I know for certain the medical portion of the forum, and your quick responses (before I had a mentor), saved Grizzly when he ate one of my kneaded erasers. Had it not been for the advice to give him hydrogen peroxide he prolly would have died (he's already had one bowel surgery to remove an earplug).
So again, please accept my sincere apology, no harm was intended. I was being thoughtless...And I think Jason is an excellent mentor.
Marjorie Jarand
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Post by bitbyter on Dec 28, 2014 22:32:28 GMT -5
No @mjarand it wasn't about you specifically (nor anyone). It is a common thing that seems to happen every once and a while due to there being a forum AND a FB page. We just have to mention it to the mentees every once and a while  Also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with sharing what you have learned or already know. When it comes to questions though, especially if you are in the middle of the switch, they are best asked in your mentoring thread. If you want more input beyond what your mentor has provided, then ask your mentor to get comments from other mentors (which they can also do in your thread). |
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Post by bitbyter on Dec 28, 2014 22:40:17 GMT -5
Lastly another reason why switches via PM are a bit of a no, no is when it comes to younger female mentees and male mentors. Switches should be done in public purely for safety reasons for BOTH parties. In this day and age things can go sideways far to easily if communication in this type of situation is kept private.
Aside from the obvious age and gender issues, public switches are generally a good idea for both parties involved as more experienced mentors / admins can monitor the switch to make sure things are processing well.
We KNOW FB is more convenient in many ways than the forum but as you can see, there ARE reasons why the forum is the better option.
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