Recap of Contributor Working Group’s Mentorship Chat on April 20, 2023
In attendance: @adityakane @nao @oglekler @yoga1103 @mikeschroder @st810amaze @onealtr @carl-alberto @tobifjellner @javiercasares @sz786 @meher @courane01 @jeffpaul @sereedmedia @cbringmann @angelasjin @juliarosia @askdesign @nomadskateboarding @harishanker @javiercasares @gounder @unintended8 @webtechpooja @thewebprincess @fitehal @desrosj @askdesign @nikita22 @nomadskateboarding Notes: @harishanker Agenda: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2023/04/17/contributor-working-group-mentorship-chat-agenda-april-20th-0700-utc-apac-emea-and-1600-utc-amer/ Meeting Start EMEA: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1682002804642749 AMEA: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1682002817867819 A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of the Proposed Mentorship Program The primary agenda of the chat was to discuss an MVP of the proposed Mentorship Program. Based on feedback from the last chat, @harishanker (I) prepared a draft plan for an MVP, which is as follows: A short cohort of new contributors (mentees) and experienced contributors (mentors) are to be brought together in a dedicated space (potentially a Slack channel in Make/WordPress) to work together for a certain period (two to four weeks) During this time, mentees will learn pre-prepared training material (we can start with existing contributor courses in Learn WordPress) Each mentee will be assigned a mentor, with whom they will be having at least two 1:1 mentoring sessions (over text chat and/or video). Additionally, the group will have at least three group mentoring sessions on broad contribution topics (over text or video) Optionally, they will create a three-month contribution and learning plan with their…
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