The mentorship program could be fun and useful to newbies.
For example, I really would like to start to engage with the Utopian community, but may have to go through trail-and-error for days, and I think the kind of mentorship project could be very helpful to us.
One issue that may hold back some users is the internationalization (i18n) issues which limit the users of certain dApp to those who knows English. That is not only about language but also about community popularity in certain countries. The "Be a Mentor" program could be even more valuable if it drives to grow the communities speaking different languages. This can be achieved by collaborating with newbie communities in different languages, such as @team-cn for Chinese users.
Hope the "Be a Mentor" program could launch in recent future and really benefit the new comers in Steem family.
BTW, welcome to vote for @team-cn for the SP delegation competition if you haven't done that :). https://steemit.com/cn/@ericet/team-cn24-aq5i1k37yl