Recap of the Contributor Working Group’s Mentorship Chat on May 18, 2023
In attendance: @adityakane @oglekler @yoga1103 @mikeschroder @st810amaze @onealtr @tobifjellner @javiercasares @courane01 @sereedmedia @juliarosia @annekatzeff @nomadskateboarding @harishanker@@unintended8 @sandesh055 @askdesign @jominney @leonnugraha @tacoverdo @patricia70 @webtechpooja @francina @Rico F. Lüthi @tobifjellner Notes: @harishanker Agenda: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2023/05/15/contributor-working-group-mentorship-chat-agenda-may-18th-0700-utc-apac-emea-and-1600-utc-amer/ Meeting Start EMEA: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1684393200684229 AMER: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1684425602571269 Mentorship Program Pilot Based on discussions from past chats, the working group identified a pilot program for our projectwide mentorship, which was recently shared in public in the Make/Project Blog.The flowchart below explains a draft of the program plan: Key additions made to the MVP based on past chats: Mentees will have to make a chosen set of initial contributions for their chosen Make/Team in order to complete the mentorship. For the pilot, Make/Teams can opt-in whether they would like to participate in the pilot program. Interested Make/Teams can nominate mentors who can support mentees and eventually onboard them as contributors to their respective teams. The length of the program has been finalized as one month or four weeks to incorporate contributions. Working group members were generally in agreement with the MVP and it was decided to move forward with the same. Group members area already sharing feedback in the white paper separately too. Language as a barrier for entry was shared, and…
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