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Mentoring WG And You - Nate Waddington, The Linux Foundation & Jay Tihema, II.com
Most CNCF projects want to participate in new contributor mentoring programs, but it's hard to get started -- and it's even harder to be successful. Meet the new Mentoring Working Group, who will help you with information, resources, and peer coaching. We'll also be introducing an exciting new program. LFX, GSOC, Outreach, and others let you grow and diversity project contributors through mentoring. We'll talk about the existing programs, how you can get involved, and ways to minimize the work involved. We'll also review how you can help build up the Mentorship WG to assist all CNCF projects, mentors, and mentees. We'll also introduce a new regional program, He Waka Eke Noa/HWEN, which is helping New Zealand and Maori students get involved in cloud native without leaving home. This program can serve as a model for new ways to recruit non-traditional contributors. You'll learn what you need to get started or become more successful in your project mentorship efforts.
A
Thank
you
for
coming.
I
appreciate
this.
This
is
the
mentoring
working
group
and
you
talk.
My
name
is
Nate
Waddington
I
am
a
developer
Advocate
with
the
cncf.
Unfortunately,
my
code,
speaker,
Jay
tahima,
couldn't
make
it
today,
but
he
did
send
a
video
along
so
I'll.
Let
him
introduce
himself
a
little
bit
later
on
in
the
in
the
presentation.
A
So
just
to
start
what
is
the
mentoring
working
group
so
when
I
started
at
the
cncf
a
couple
of
years
ago,
I
was
brought
on
as
a
developer
Advocate
and
my
primary
role
was
technical
writing.
Helping
projects
build
out,
organize
and
write
their
their
documentation
and
a
little
bit
further
along
I
became
interested
in
some
of
the
mentorship
work
that
ehore
was
doing
and
so
I
started
working
with
him
and
then
when
he
unfortunately
had
to
step
away
and
help
defend
Ukraine
I
stepped
into
the
management
of
the
cncf
mentorship
program.
A
A
We
are
an
open
source
community
and
we
thought
the
mentorship
program
can
be
by
the
community
and
for
the
community
and
that's
the
main
idea
of
the
the
mentorship
working
group.
We
approached
the
tag
contributor
strategy,
team
and
I
agreed
that
this
was
likely
a
good
spot
to
house
the
mentorship
working
group,
and
so
we
put
together
a
charter
and
sort
of
went
through
what
we
wanted
out
of
a
mentorship
program,
and
this
this
is
what
we
came
up
with
for
for
for
a
mission
statement.
A
We
want
to
encourage
Cloud
native
Computing
adoption
by
providing
opportunities
for
a
diverse
group
of
new
contributors
to
work
on
cncf
project
with
experience,
mentorship
and
so
we're
looking
for
we're.
Looking
to
that
point
to
have
experienced
mentors,
we
want
to
help
grow,
experienced
mentors.
We
want
to
help
grow
projects
by
bringing
in
new
contributors
who
maybe
haven't
ever
contributed
before.
Maybe
who
have
we
want
to
promote
growth
and
sustainability
of
the
projects
through
mentoring
and
new
existing
contributors?
So
we
want
the
mentorship
programs
to
help
our
projects
grow
in
a
sustainable
way.
A
A
Again
this
is
a
community.
We
want
people
to
be
able
to
have
questions
and
we
want
new
mentors
and
new
projects
that
are
coming
on
board
to
say:
hey.
How
can
I
participate
in
the
mentorship
program?
What
is
a
good
proposal?
What
would
be
a
way
to
help
recruit,
mentees
and
such
and
so
again
that
was
the
mission
statement,
some
of
our
goals
again
increasing
a
project
participation
in
mentorship
programs.
We
want
to
increase
the
number
of
cncf
projects
and
mentee
participation
in
the
LFX
program.
Right
now,
we've
got
on
average
14.
A
So
in
the
LFA,
the
cncf
LFX
program,
specifically
we've
got
about
usually
between
14
and
20
projects
and
usually
that's
around
about
10.
So
projects
is
a
loaded
term.
There
are
many
meanings
for
projects,
so
there
are.
There
are
about
14
mentorship
programs
running
that
represent
about
10
projects
per
LFX
semester,
for
instance,
so
I'd
like
to
increase
that
I'd
like
more
projects
to
be
able
to
Avail
them.
The
subs
of
of
this.
A
This
program
I'd
like
to
increase
the
quality
of
mentorship
that
cncf
projects
provide
across
all
of
the
mentorship
initiatives
that
we
run,
and
that
includes
feedback
that
includes
figuring
out
how
best
to
recruit
strong
mentees
and
how
to
bring
mentees
along
to
ensure
that
they've
got
the
best
experience
as
a
mentee
as
we
can
explore.
The
quality
of
oh
I
said
mentorship.
I
was
thinking
Mente
ship
I
should
read
my
slides
more
closely.
This
is
my
first
talk
in
a
very
long
time,
so
please
bear
with
me.
A
We
also
want
to
increase
the
quality
of
mentorship
So
to
that
we'd
like
to
potentially
start
looking
at
training
programs
for
mentors
or
not
necessarily
a
program
that
might
be
a
two
two
grandiose.
But
how
can
we
help
coach
mentors
to
be
mentors?
This
is
something
that
we'd
like
to
bake
into
the
to
this
working
group
explore
opportunities
for
cncf
participation
in
new
mentorship
initiatives.
A
Currently,
we've
got
four
main
programs,
three
main
programs
that
we
participate
in
in
a
regular
basis,
one
program
that
we
participate
in
irregularly
and
a
new
program
that
we're
just
starting
up
and
so
we're
looking
to
see
how
we
can,
as
a
community
figure
out
what
programs
like
Google
summer
of
code
like
outreaching.
What
programs
are
valuable
for
our
contributors
and
our
projects
and
our
community?
We
want
to
increase
the
diversity
of
participants,
both
mentees
and
mentors.
A
We
want
to
increase
the
types
of
projects
that
we
work
through,
and
that
includes
both
code
and
non-code
I
like
to
tell
people
yeah.
We
do
a
lot
of
technical
mentorships,
but
there's
space
for
non-tech
contributions,
if
you're
a
writer,
if
you're
a
designer,
if
you're
a
project
manager,
even
there
is
likely
work
for
you
and
if
we
can
attract
mentors
and
mentees
from
various
parts
of
our
community
to
help
Mentor
people
in
these
non-traditional
sort
of
spaces.
A
A
And
this
the
title
of
this
talk
is
the
the
the
mentoring
working
group
and
you
and
like
I,
said
earlier:
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
We
set
this
up
because
it's
probably
too
much
for
one
individual
is
why
I've
got
a
a
co-chair
and
we
went
to
the
contributor
experience
group
because
we
we
need
to
recruit
folks
who
can
help
with
the
mentorship
program
not
just
offering
to
have
their
project.
Do
mentorship.
A
That's
important
too,
but
I
would
very
much
like
to
bring
people
into
the
program,
and
part
of
that
is
is
recognizing
what
the
benefits
are
to
the
to
the
projects.
We're
able
to
bring
in
new
contributors
and
again,
the
goal
of
the
mentorship
program
is
to
bring
those
new
contributors
in
and
have
them
stay.
I
would
very
much
like
to
in
future
start
getting
statistics
around
what
our
graduates
job
prospects
are.
Are
they
getting?
A
Are
they
first
off
contributing
a
year
later,
six
months
later?
Are
they
using
this
to
to
to
get
work
in
other
places?
Better
documentation
is
another
big
opportunity.
I
think
that
we
can
reach
out
to
Communications
programs
and
folks
like
that
and
try
to
get
the
documentation,
I
I
very
much
like
it
when
developers
write
documentation,
but
I
can
see
that
sometimes
they
need
help,
and
this
is
a
great
opportunity
to
do
that.
A
We
have
the
Google
summer
of
code,
which
is
a
fairly
large
program,
and
the
cncf
joins
that
as
an
org
member
generally,
and
so
what
that
means
is
we
help
organize
our
projects
to
write
the
proposals
and
recruit
folks
to
apply,
but
it
is
Google's
program,
and
so
they
are
looking
for
very
new
people
to
open
source
in
terms
of
mentors,
but
in
terms
of
the
projects,
any
cncf
project
incubating
sandbox
or
graduated
can
apply,
and
we
can.
We
can
help
with
that
process.
A
A
So
a
couple
of
the
projects
actually
asked
for
extensions
based
on
the
work
that
the
mentee
and
the
mentor
were
doing
and
when
they
both
agree,
we're
able
to
extend
a
project
for
almost
two
months,
so
we
do
have
still
one
one
project
outstanding
on
the
Google
summer
of
code
for
this
year.
The
season
of
docs
is
another
great
program
that
Google
is
running
this
one
I
believe
we
could
also
run
as
an
org
this
year.
A
Due
to
time
constraints,
we
actually
asked
individual
projects
to
participate
as
individual
projects,
so
we
had
I
think
five
projects
this
year
participate
in
Google
summer
of
docs
and
again,
even
if
I
don't
have,
if
we
don't
have
the
capacity
to
be
an
org,
that
doesn't
mean
that
we
just
go
away
and
aren't
going
to
help
if
you've
got
questions
about
how
to
run
the
process
or
how
to
apply
or
even
even
looking
at
mentee
applications.
And
such
we
can
help
with
that
type
of
thing.
A
Outreaching
outreach's
primary
goal
is
to
increase
diversity
in
Tech,
and
so
they
are
looking
for
folks
of
color.
They
are
looking
for
folks
from
different
regions.
They
are
looking
for
women
to
participate,
people
of
different
sexual
orientations
and
whatnot,
and
this
is
a
project
which
is
mostly
driven
from
the
project
level,
but
we
are
looking
for
help
we're
currently
looking
for
somebody
to
help
us
administrate
this
program
from
the
cncf
side.
A
So
this
is
something
where
we've
been
participating
in
infrequently,
but
we
want
to
increase
our
our
footprint
there
and
then
there,
lastly,
is
the
LFX,
the
cncf
LFX
mentorship,
and
this
is
the
one
that
we
run
in-house,
and
so
this
is
actually
the
most
flexible
of
the
projects,
and
these
are
all
paid.
I
should
mention.
These
are
all
paid
programs
for
the
mentee,
so
the
mentees
all
get
paid
for
usually
like
a
four
or
three
or
four
month
term,
and
so
because
we
are
running
this.
A
This
is
where
we
can
really
be
creative
with
how
we
want
to
run
a
mentorship
if
you've
got
an
idea
about
a
mentorship
that
doesn't
fit
a
traditional
Tech
model
run
it
by
us.
We've
got
we've
got
folks
who
are
interested
in
helping
out
and
and
helping
projects
to
get
some
of
these
projects.
Like
I,
said
the
designers
project
managers,
doc
writers,
we
can.
We
can
facilitate
that
work
again,
because
we
run
some
of
the
terms
can
be
flexible
if
it's
possible
to
do
like
an
eight-month
term.
A
If
that
was
something
of
value.
So
now
I
would
like
to
and
again
bear
with
me
here,
because
Jay
just
sent
me
the
video
last
night.
The
other
thing
that
we're
doing
is
we're
looking
at
expanding
into
new
programs
and
we've
we're
working
with
Jay
dehema
out
of
New
Zealand
with
III,
and
this
is
the
first
I
believe
Regional
mentorship
program
that
we've
started
working
on
to
see
if
we
can
do
mentorship
in
a
specific
place
and
use
that
as
a
template
to
encourage
mentorships
mentee
in
other
places.
B
C
That
was
a
bit
of
a
challenge
because
my
background's,
not
in
Tech
at
all,
so
it's
a
huge
learning
curve
for
me
and
also
it's
a
slow
overall
indigenous
representation
in
the
tech
space.
Roughly
four
percent
for
Maori
around
2.5
for
Pacific
Islanders
and
further
underrepresented
groups
such
as
women
sitting
around
27.
There's
a
lot
of
groundwork
for
us
to
do
in
terms
of
how
we
can
bridge
that
Gap
and
also
in
general,
just
really
limited
awareness
of
people
around
what
open
source
and
Cloud
even
is
and
how
it
might
benefit
communities.
C
C
And
providing
Partners
into
training
and
certification
marketing
strategies
and
even
providing
professional
development
of
local
high
school
teachers,
most
critical
to
that
was
working
alongside
local
Community,
Education
providers,
industry
and
government.
To
help
bring
to
that
Gap.
We
took
part
an
annual
career
Expo
to
better
understand
what
do
people
know
so
talking
to
Local
Schools
students,
teachers,
businesses,
families,
home
schoolers,
whoever
just
to
introduce
them
to
things
like
Linux
and
open
source
and
Raspberry,
Pi
and
kubernetes,
and
for
a
lot
of
people.
C
It
was
their
first
time
we've
been
hearing
some
of
these
sorts
of
things,
so
really
good
learning
for
us
in
terms
of
what
better
steps
do
we
need
to
take
to
help?
You
know
how
talk
about
how
career
options
in
that
direction
might
be
a
little
bit
more
attainable
and
accessible
accessible
for
people
from
there
we
developed
our
own
event
called
straight
to
the
source,
which
is
a
lot
more
focused,
we're
working
with
the
local
girls
high
school
to
try
and
understand
how
we
could
strengthen
the
connection
between
education
industry.
C
So
we're
talking
about
certifications
in
kubernetes
things
like
women
and
Linux
and
LFX
men's
or
ships,
and
again
working
alongside
local
businesses,
Council
and
universities,
to
try
and
understand
their
space
collaboratively
from
there.
We
pretty
much
determined
that
it's
probably
too
soon
to
develop
a
specialized
mentoring
program.
So
instead
at
the
moment
we're
trying
to
broaden
Pathways
into
digital
tech
for
Maori
in
general.
C
So
we
want
to
develop
more
tangible
projects
where
people
can
see
the
benefits
and
practice
and
then
understand
why
the
different
training
opportunities
are
going
to
be
really
critical
and
be
able
to
support
that.
So
things
like
Community
digital
infrastructure,
both
here
in
Tauranga
and
rural
areas
like
tokoroa
partnering,
with
national
Cloud
providers
and
and
we're
in
the
process
of
hopefully
developing
a
curriculum
for
secondary
and
High
School
tertiary
Learners.
Sorry
to
be
able
to
again
provide
more
relevant
industry,
direct
training
for
people
to
step
into
and.
D
C
So
if
anyone
would
like
to
support
us,
we're
more
than
Keen
to
be
able
to
connect
and
learn
from
other
people's
expertise
in
terms
of
how
can
we
make
the
pathways
better?
Most
people
aren't
even
familiar
with
Concepts,
like
contribution,
so
they're
really
beneficial
for
us
to
help
shape
that
messaging
and
not
just
so
that
people
can
pursue
career
Pathways
in
Tech,
but
just
that
they
belong
and
how
transformational
it
can
be
for
in
communities
in
General.
C
C
A
A
A
A
A
That
is
maybe
a
little
bit
longer
running
than
just
a
mentorship
term,
but
come
chat
with
us
if
you've
got
an
interesting
mentorship,
we'd
be
very,
very
happy
to
to
see
you
and
how
to
see
us
again.
Cncf
mentoring,
repo
is
the
prime
repo
for
us.
There's
a
discussions
board
there
that
I'm
really
encouraging
folks
to
use.
We
have
a
lot
of
newcomers
in
asking
questions
about
how
to
get
started
and
such
like
that
and
that's
where
I
also
make.
A
We
also
make
announcements
about
upcoming
programs
and
deadlines
and
just
have
discussions
about
what
what
to
do.
Next,
if
you're
on
the
cncn
slap
join,
cncf
slack
join
us
at
TAG,
contributor
strategy,
Channel
and
that's
that's
where
we
are
doing
most
of
our
discussion
around
the
planning.
For
for
this,
we
also
have
monthly
meetings
and
those
are
currently
actually
running
twice
a
month
while
we're
in
our
startup
phase
here
but
they'll
be
paired
back
down
to
every
second
Tuesday
of
the
month
at
8,
PM,
UTC
and
I've.
A
Have
you
got
a
picture,
then
you
can
that
that
link
is
a
bit
of
a
mouthful,
so
I
also
wanted
to
try
and
keep
this
short
a
short
talk,
because
I
wanted
to
ask
you
a
rather
I
want
to
give
everyone
opportunity
to
ask
questions.
This
is
a
new
program
I'm,
very
curious.
What
your
thoughts
are,
what
your
questions
are
Brad,
if
you
could
maybe
check
with
the
online
as
well
and
see
if
we've
got
the
online,
nothing
online,
okay.
Well,
does
anybody
in
the
room
have
a
question.
E
B
A
That's
a
I.
Think
I
just
thought.
My
that's
a
very
good
question.
For
instance,
the
the
Google
summer
of
code
project
is
very
specifically
for
people
who
are
new
to
open
source,
but
the
LFX
program,
in
contrast
to
that,
has
got
quite
a
bit
wider
intake
process,
and
so
we
don't
in
the
LFX
mentorship
program.
We
don't
have
any
rules
about
age
or
student
status
or
anything
along
those
lines.
A
So
if
somebody
is
starting
a
new
career
or
is
interested
for
for
some
other
reason
to
to
be
a
part
of
the
community,
those
those
mentees
are
certainly
welcome
and
again,
the
process
for
for
application
would
be
very,
very
similar.
Because,
again
we
don't.
We
don't
tend
to
look
at
the
life
State
when
we're
looking
for
for
mentees.
F
Yeah
I
think
you
may
have
already
answered
my
question
with
the
last
answer.
But
I
was
curious
like
it
sounds
like
there
would
be
a
place
for
folks
that
are,
you
know,
maybe
they're
already
in
the
tech
industry
they've
been
around
for
a
while,
but
they've
worked
at
a
company,
that's
like
primarily
closed
sourced
and
they're
trying
to
get
like
more
involved
Upstream
because
it
sound
like
there's
a
place
for
mentees
like
that.
A
Yeah,
absolutely
if
somebody's
changing
career
or,
if
they're,
looking
to,
if
they're,
becoming
interested
in
in
open
source,
it's
a
different
Paradigm
for
sure
and
again
I.
Don't
I!
Don't
think
that
there
are
any
rules
around
age
in
the
LFX
mentorship
program,
and
that
speaks
to
our
desire
to
have
a
more
diverse
intake.
We're
looking
for
for
people
of
all
types.
D
Yeah
I'm
I'm,
Josh,
burkus,
I'm,
a
tag,
contributor
strategy
co-chair
and
I've
also
been
both
an
LFX
and
an
outreachee
Mentor.
The
for
people.
Looking
for
career
change,
LFX,
both
LFX
and
outreachy,
are
very
open
to
that.
Lg
specifically,
is
looking
for
women
who
are
having
a
career
change,
such
as
into
Tech,
it's
a
very
common
profile
for
an
outreachy
minty.
D
Although
for
people
who
are
not
students,
one
of
the
things
we
really
look
at
is
availability,
because,
obviously,
if
somebody's
having
a
career
change
is
the
question
of
hey,
are
you
actually
going
to
be
able
to
finish
a
seven
week?
Mentorship
thing
which
you
know
is
maybe
not
full-time,
but
certainly
you
know.
At
least
you
know,
15.
You
know
20
hours
a
week,
yeah.
A
That's
a
good
point,
yes,
I.
Think
again,
though,
there's
opportunities
for
for
potentially
longer
internships
as
well
I
I
actually
encourage
folks
who
are
applying
to
be
mentees
to
look
and
and
try
to
start
contributing.
If
there's
a
good
first
issue,
there's
nothing
stopping
somebody
applying
to
be
a
mentee
on
a
project
to
start
contributing
even
before
they've
applied
or
as
a
part
of
the
application
process.
It's
a
very
good
way
for
mentees
to
start
developing
a
rapport
with
the
maintainers
who
might
be
looking
for
for
help.
G
A
For
the
the
LFX
mentorship
program
in
order
to
to
propose
a
a
project,
the
project
needs
to
have
a
maintainer
involved.
Somehow,
and
you
can
have
multiple
mentors
because
we
don't
want
to.
We
don't
want
to
necessarily
burden
maintainers
with
a
lot
of
extra
work.
So
what
will
often
happen
is
we'll
have
two
or
three
main
people
as
mentors
with
one
maintainer
as
a
sort
of
sort
of
the
the
coach
I
suppose.
A
So
there
is
a
requirement
that
a
maintainer
is
a
part
of
the
process,
but
they
don't
necessarily
have
to
be
the
primary
mentor.
And
so,
if
you,
if
you,
if
you're,
if
you're
working
on
a
project-
and
you
have
an
idea
for
a
mentorship
project
about
you-
aren't
a
maintainer,
then
I
recommend
speaking
to
your
Project's
maintainer,
so
that
we
can
start
the
process
of
application.
A
B
D
The
So
the
plan
is
to
actually
look
at,
not
just
you
know
the
the
new
contributor
and
the
paid
mentorships,
but
to
move
into
other
forms
of
mentorship.
That
projects
need,
and
you
know,
for
anybody,
who's
listening.
If
that's
an
interesting
area
for
you
and
an
area
where
you
know
something
about
doing
mentorships
in
general,
we
could
really
use
more
people
in
the
in
the
working
group
to
kick
that
off
and
and
to
get.
You
know,
sort
of
train
them
Mentor
the
mentors
going.