Mentor Meeting - 12 March 2025
This meeting is on 12 March in the #mentoring-team channel on Drupal Slack at 20:00 UTC. This meeting is text-only, no audio or video, and is asynchronous so everyone can join in as they're available for about 24 hours. After that, we'll capture notes from the threads.
Please add agenda items by editing this issue summary or commenting below.
Draft Agenda
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Hello everyone. Welcome to the Drupal Core Mentoring Meta Meeting! :calendar: This meeting:
➤ Usually happens on the second Wednesday of the month, or as needed for events.
➤ is text only!
➤ happens in threads, which you can follow to be notified of new replies even if you don’t comment in the thread. You may also join the meeting later and participate asynchronously.
➤ refers to various issues and plans tracking in the mentoring project on d.o: https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/mentoring
➤ :star: Please comment on the meeting agenda at https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3511235 so we can grant you credit for attending/contributing! Please note, we will only give attributions for active engagement.
:zero: Roll Call! Who’s here today? Comment in a thread here to introduce yourself, include your drupal.org name, and if you're up to answering an icebreaker, what are you looking forward to this upcoming spring or fall?
:one: DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 - https://www.drupalcontribution.org/atlanta2025/ *FYI: There will be extra planning meetings until DrupalCon* on 19 February, 26 February, 5 March, 12 March (regular monthly meeting), and 19 March, all at 20:00 UTC.
:one: :one: DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 - https://www.drupalcontribution.org/atlanta2025/
REGISTER AND JOIN HERE :point_up_2: if you plan to be a mentor at DrupalCon Atlanta!
:one: :two: Mentor team leads - https://www.drupal.org/community/contributor-guide/find-your-role
- Mentor Contribution Event Planning lead - volunteers so far: Chris Darke, mradcliffe
- Mentoring room lead - volunteers so far: mradcliffe,
- Mentor communications lead - volunteers so far: igorgoncalves, anilu
- First-time contributor workshop lead - volunteers so far: mradcliffe, Chris Darke
- Mentoring booth lead - volunteers so far: YesCT
- Community tools lead -
- Novice issue triage lead -
- Mentor Dinner Lead (ideally someone who knows the area?) - Scheduling, Guest list, Reservations
:one: :three: Mentor dinner planning lead still needed!
Responsibilities:
Mentor Dinner Lead (ideally someone who knows the area?) - Scheduling, Guest list, Reservations
(Note "ideally" not a requirement!)
:one: :four: Extra planning meetings until DrupalCon on 26 February, 5 March, 12 March, 19 March?
:one: :four: First-time contributor's workshop. Edits needed from the past year of contributions, initiatives and Drupal CMS contribution needed.
:one: :five: Other tasks for DrupalCon Atlanta :point_right:
:two: Mentor Meta
:two: :one: Maintainers.txt https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3454075 We have follow-up tasks, with regard to reaching out to each member to check current status. James (lostcarpark) has volunteered to help lead mentoring.
:two: two: Mentoring team governance task to update our outdated governance model (https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3445579). We need to polish, coordinators come to consensus, and submit back upstream.
:three: Upcoming Drupal Camps - https://www.drupal.org/community/events/upcoming-events?title=&field_event_format_value%5B%5D=online&field_event_format_value%5B%5D=in_person&field_event_type_value%5B%5D=drupalcamp&field_event_type_value%5B%5D=contribution
:three: :one: Lead the all-new, fresh, clean, accessible and fully-scripted First-time Contributed Workshop at an upcoming DrupalCamp! Local camps are in upcoming separate threads. The goal of this slide deck is that anyone can copy it and make adjustments to cater to their own local or regional event. It is flexible enough to run as an hour workshop or a 2-hour training.
:three: :two: MidCamp planning. @nine.lives.black.cat mentioned she may have availability to run the first-time contributor workshop.
:three: :three: Florida DrupalCamp. How did it go with regard to contribution or mentoring?
:four: Open floor/other topics. Please start a new thread.
That's it for now! Continue the conversation in the threads above or below and in issues. Remember to post in the meeting issue or in the roll call thread! And volunteer!!!!
