I'm not against the general idea of a mentor program, but a "validation gatekeeper" smells ripe for abuse. Maybe a better implementation for a general mentor pr

I'm not against the general idea of a mentor program, but a "validation gatekeeper" smells ripe for abuse. Maybe a better implementation for a general mentor program in this context would be a "peer mentor" -- every grantee is paired with two other grantees, one to mentor and one to be mentored by. Maybe there would be a loose expectation that your mentoring peers would rotate periodically.