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 === How we will deal with participants 'missing in action' ===
-TODO Q14 & Q15
+We hope that nobody will disappear, but we plan to take a proactive approach, i.e. we will try to minimize the risk of a loss of communication; but if it happens, we are prepared to deal with it, too.
+For the mentors, the risk is relatively low; two are project leads and are virtually 24/7 reachable (in case of emergencies). We all have exchanged sufficient contact information (including cell phone numbers etc.) to be able to discover our whereabouts etc. Should something really bad happen (like somebodye ends up in hospital and hence can't work, a natural disaster, etc.), we will attempt to shift students to new mentors (among the existing mentors, or drawn from our backup pool of mentors). This will depend on the number of students we have to mentor.
+As for the students, for starters we plan to exchange as much communication data as possible (cell phone numbers, postal addresses etc.). Through a friendly atmosphere we hope to minimize the risk of any student being "afraid" to report problems they might have etc.. On the other hand, we will make it clear that we expect dedicated work of the students and that unannounced/unjustified disappearances will draw consequences, like negative reports or even the failure of the whole project.
 === Integrating students with the community ===