Mentor Working Group Meeting - 15 May 2025
>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #3524844. --> Reported by: [mradcliffe](https://www.drupal.org/user/157079) >>> <h5 id="attendance">Attendance</h5> <ul> <li>Chris Darke 'ChrisDarke'</li> <li>Matthew Radcliffe 'mradcliffe'</li> <li>Rachel Lawson 'rachel_norfolk'</li> </ul> <h6 id="previous-meeting-action-items">Previous meeting action items</h6> <ul> <li>Create remaining issues for topics.</li> <li>Continue working on issues.</li> <li>Ask mentoring leads who wants to be the Vienna 2025 coordinator prior to monthly meta meeting.</li> <li>Create issue for this week's meeting minutes.</li> </ul> <h5 id="mapping-out-and-auditing-all-mentoring-pages-on-drupalorg-google-drives-opensocial-contribution">Mapping out and auditing all Mentoring pages on drupal.org, Google drive(s), OpenSocial contribution</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3522247">https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3522247</a></li> <li>Spreadsheet is ready in the drive, but needs a run-through of how to map/audit as an example.</li> </ul> <h5 id="updating-timeframe-documents-and-converting-to-a-spreadsheet-including-subtask-files">Updating timeframe documents and converting to a spreadsheet including subtask files</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3521475">https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3521475</a></li> <li>Reached out to Michaela and Nicole, but have not had any feedback. Need to schedule something specific.</li> </ul> <h5 id="resolving-the-calendar-for-meetings-and-events">Resolving the calendar for meetings and events</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3522277">https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3522277</a></li> <li>Rachel asked Tim about the core calendar. <ul> <li>The calendar is active and being used, but need to ask about a working group specific calendar.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3521850">https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3521850</a></li> <li>Automation for ICS files worked out nicely.</li> <li>Not sure how to get ICS files into GitLab pages.</li> </ul> <h5 id="agreeing-on-the-document-store-writing-up-the-proposal">Agreeing on the Document store &mdash; writing up the proposal</h5> <ul> <li>We are holding on this topic until the audit is complete.</li> <li>We can setup initial GitLab pages. Split into new issue &mdash; Matthew</li> </ul> <h5 id="drupalforge-drupalpod">DrupalForge / DrupalPod</h5> <ul> <li>Matthew created issue for DrupalPod maintainership &mdash; <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalpod/issues/3521853">https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalpod/issues/3521853</a></li> <li>Darren has volunteered as well.</li> <li>Next step is to reach out to Ofer.</li> <li>Worried about a new tool prior to Vienna and writing documentation more than once.</li> <li>Deadline in order to prepare writing documentation should be 1 month prior to Vienna.</li> </ul> <h5 id="monthly-mentoring-meeting">Monthly Mentoring Meeting</h5> <ul> <li>Any follow-ups needed?</li> <li>Reach out to mentoring leads channel asking interest in taking lead role at Vienna (or Nara).</li> <li>Following the documentation for meetings went well.</li> <li>Questions clarifying DrupalContribution.org use.</li> <li>Remove links at top and update content to clarify intent of mentor communication for Mentored contribution events.</li> <li>James brought up mentoring outside of events.</li> <li>Question about scope of mentoring team. <ul> <li>Current scope in Mentor and Coordinator roles (as well as old list of duties for coordinator page)</li> <li>Capacity for being able to do / encourage / organize non-event mentoring i.e. core office hours and Novice issue triage.</li> <li>Personal struggle to put in more hours.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Follow-up on new contributor vibe-coding incident <ul> <li>Nobody was able to mentor contributor in #contribute after being told where to ask.</li> <li>Is there a better way to be alerted or notified to mentoring opportunities?</li> <li>Discuss at Vienna in a Birds of a Feather? (Rachel will add one)</li> <li>Communicate goal of Mentoring how to contribute rather than mentoring how to code.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h5 id="drupalcon-vienna-planning">DrupalCon Vienna Planning</h5> <ul> <li>Event planning lead - Chris</li> <li>Rachel + James running first-time contributor workshop.</li> <li>Document canonical first-time contributor workshop slides in the documentation issue. <ul> <li>Need more than one canonical slide deck</li> </ul> </li> <li>Mentored contribution room lead - </li> <li>Communications lead - Igor volunteered</li> <li>Novice issue triage lead - Rodrigo <em>tentatively</em> volunteered <em>if he is able to attend</em>.</li> <li>Booth lead - </li> <li>Tools lead - Matthew can help remotely, not on-site.</li> </ul> <h5 id="action-items">Action Items</h5> <p>We did not get to this part of the meeting.</p>
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