Recap of the Contributor Working Group’s Mentorship Chat on August 18, 2023
In attendance: @adityakane @oglekler @yoga1103 @st810amaze @onealtr @tobifjellner @javiercasares @sereedmedia @mysweetcate @harishanker @patriciabt @webtechpooja @peiraisotta @coachbirgit @sumitsingh @kafleg @topher1kenobe @desrosj @matteoenna @ninianepress @wpdelower @kartiks16 @bycecaelia @sunitarai @unintended8 @jominney Notes: @harishanker Agenda: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2023/08/16/contributor-working-group-mentorship-chat-agenda-august-17th-0700-utc-apac-emea-and-1600-utc-amer/ Meeting StartEMEA: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1692255601787449AMER: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1692288003311649 Evaluating our Mentorship Program’s Pilot Cohort We started off by thanking all group members for their contributions in making the program a success, and celebrated some of our major wins such as being featured in WP Tavern and the Torque Magazine’s Press this podcast. Key wins for the program include: 50 applicants applied to the program, of which 13 were selected as mentees. 12 participants completed the required Learn WordPress courses – at an 89% completion rate. 11 participants formally graduated from the program so far The program was held alongside WordPress 6.3 and participants got a bird’s eye view of the WordPress release. Two mentees got core contribution badges for their work. Together, mentees contributed nearly 2000 strings to multiple locales. Contributions were made to several other teams including Training, Docs, Photos, Support, Test, and Training. We have prepared reusable training materials (onboarding videos) for several Make/Teams as part of the program which are available for everyone. Additionally, even though only 13 mentees…
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