Introduction
Most of the mentoring on Waze takes place informally, without structure. Informal Mentoring goes on all the time when one editor asks a question of another and when one editor helps another.
We encourage you to engage in such interaction regularly. The primary location for such interaction is the UK Forum, WME Chat, dialog through Private Messages, etc.
Formal Mentoring
In March 2020 Waze introduced the Formal Mentoring system. Formal Mentoring is a more structured program, where a specific officially approved Waze Mentor and a Mentee are brought together, with a responsibility to accomplish a specific goal. The goal should be an agreed objective, duration, and under a common set of rules, with the purpose to better some aspect of their Waze interaction. The objective may be building a particular skill over time, learning to participate in a certain aspect of the Waze community, learning how a portion of the Waze technology works, or mastering the skills required to increase the Mentees' editing rank.
Formal Mentoring can accelerate advancement of editor rank and/or roles while maintaining quality of editing and Waze Community interaction.
Mentors are able to reach out to new editors within 30 days of their first edit