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From YouTube: GitLab Heroes Steering Committee Meeting - 2020/06/24

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GitLab Heroes engages, supports, and recognizes members of the wider GitLab community who make outstanding contributions to GitLab and our community around the globe.

The GitLab Heroes steering committee helps set the direction and strategy for the program.

To learn more about GitLab Heroes or to apply for the program, visit https://about.gitlab.com/community/heroes/

A

Yeah, so there were a few to news from last meeting. Both of those you know been have been done. You know, we've we adjusted the the link for this meeting and then you know I followed up with Vladimir. He submitted the panel for the heroes, so you want to move on to it to Niko your agenda item yeah.

B

So I got feedback from one guy in Germany. That is submitted a proposal for the u.s. program and did not get back any feedback and I just wanted to make sure if we have any kind of general issue with the process, just just to mention and talk about it. So it's Impala the name now, but it's it's a person. We already talked about John some months ago, so it's the same time submitting a proposal without getting feedback.

B

A

Right, can you send me.

B

A

I'll have to follow up with that person. I don't know what's going on, because we have been receiving submissions recently and so I'm not sure exactly what's going on with this person.

B

Just wanted to make sure that process I think I think there was some shift from Google good form to mailing the trace, and maybe there got some some things there.

A

The application, so the application process previously was using like Marketo form, which is part of get webs marketing stack. Okay, but the forms had a number of issues. One was like anyone using an ad blocker, wouldn't be able to see the form, and so we're kind of like basically preventing anyone using an ad blocker from becoming a hero and I know that a lot of folks in the tech community use ad blocker. So it just didn't feel like a great way to collect applications, and then you know I think.

A

The other reason is that you know when we can use get lab to do things. It's you know, kind of something that we try to do, and so that was another driving force, but it was primarily to get away from Marketo so that folks, using ad blockers could still apply for the program.

A

But yeah thanks for bringing that up when I actually read the agenda item I thought you were talking about those proposals that our heroes had submitted for commit. Oh.

B

A

But yeah an update on those in case you're wondering we expect to send notices like in the next two weeks, so I think for my track. You know: we've pretty much finalized, who we'd like to invite there's still like one or two kind of folks that are who's submitted for multiple tracks and I'm, not sure if their talk will be in everyone can contribute track or another track.

A

But my my track is pretty close to finalize, but I know: there's some tracks that still have some more work to do and I, don't think we'll send out, invites until everyone, everyone till all the tracks are settled. Yeah.

B

I think you've time.

A

Yeah, the other thing I wanted to bring up and I alluded to this before we start we hit recording with this new page, which is the everyone can contribute page I'm. Sorry, that's the track that I'm managing it's the recent contributions, page and I think the question that I had you know so right now.

A

The original kind of process that I set up for folks to alert you know, gitlab and other heroes of their contributions, was to create an issue, but now that we have this page and thinking that it might make sense to just have folks directly, you know add their contribution to this page through an mr and that will be kind of the notification process so that people can, you know, see how our heroes are contributing to the community, because, right now it feels like creating the issue and they creating the MRR is kind of like you're doing the same thing twice so rather than having people duplicate that work, I was thinking it might make sense to just inform or instruct people to update the page.

C

The only one downside there could be that this would be going into the repo for the website and not it's the hero's repo I.

C

Don't know if that's a major downside, but it's it. The nice thing with the hero's repos is that you can watch one place for Heroes, read content. Where is now the websites everything changing on the website and not just this, but maybe I'm, inventing a problem with there isn't one.

B

And I'm also not sure about non-technical heroes. So if you have some non-technical use, is it easy easy enough for them to create an Emma and they get the backside project and contribute their own stuff, so I'm not sure yeah.

A

I mean we do ask people to update the heroes members page when they, you know, are accepted into the program and so they're making changes to the website from that, and this process is a very similar process. It's just a it's a different Yama file in different data fields, but other than that the steps are the same right. Who I do appreciate it? You know your point Adrienne about you know.

A

The change is occurring in a different project and so folks would have to then you know, keep an eye on a very noisy project, which is you know the www Caleb comm project, so yeah I think maybe we'll hold off on that for now and just.

C

A quick question, the the activity sidebar and then get a channel, that's obviously getting a feed from you know where we configured to this is probably a big ask, but would it be possible to look at issues with a specific label in a repo? So if there's like a heroes label label in wwe.com, it would then just be able to get from there, because that kind of my be a middle ground solution. Yeah.

A

C

You you can watch certain labels and get ladders all right. Yeah.

B

C

There we go so so maybe what we need is the template know a template, PR or something, and then it adds a specific label for for this kind of contribution, and then people could watch just that label I. Don't.

A

C

We should put some thought into it and figure out a good solution. Yeah.

A

If we did go that route, you know we have different pots and things that we set up. So we can, potentially, you know, use the one of the get web BOTS to. Basically, you know automatically add a specific label to any change to that file. So, like anytime recent contributions, you know tamil is updated or there's an M are against that file. We could advocate lab bot. Put you know, hero's contribution, update label on it and.

A

That folks could follow that label, but and.

C

And hopefully get a good photo label as well, but I mean that would probably be a feature add to get her itself. Yeah.

A

Dig I mean get, er is maybe somewhat limited, I think in how many like get lab, but kind of integrations it can have I'd, have to look and see if you can have more than one integration with get lab. Yeah.

B

It's what P, we wouldn't need a second one, and you would need to also at the labor, but to for the WWWE, just include one labor and but always include our get a pure project. Yeah.

C

And then another thought is maybe some way in the heroes space a little how-to on how to change this website and where to go I, don't know if it'll be useful for more people. If you have you ready.

A

A

Which is, if you click, mrs, the link will take you to that section of the remain.

C

B

C

B

Just stop the link is for mrs itself. If did not click, it.

B

C

That's nice and detailed good job yeah.

B

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A

Yeah, so that was the one thing that I had for the agenda today. So.

A

If there's nothing else, I think I'll just give you all the time back.

C

Just to float around the virtual Meetup is it possible or where we possible to promote it to all the heroes, or is that just gonna create more more emails when we don't want to send too many now.

A

I can do that cool.

C

A

Should also promote it and I get her channel too yeah.

C

I was thinking of doing that as well. Let me know I guess it is targeted, like the idea is South African but I the more the merrier like you.

A

Know I think global audiences is probably what you're gonna get, regardless of who you target it to yeah.

C

But uh I'm looking forward to then it's a good one.

A

How's everything else going with you, two I'm gonna hit, stop.