Mentor Meeting 14 January 2026 (#3566455) · Issues · project / mentoring

Mentor Meeting 14 January 2026

>>> [!note] Migrated issue   Reported by: [mradcliffe](https://www.drupal.org/user/157079) >>> Mentor Meeting - 14 January 2026 This meeting is on 14 January in the #mentoring-team-coordination 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. Need a reminder for the meeting? Download and add the meeting to your calendar! Please add agenda items by editing this issue summary or commenting below. Note: Some of the items may have Markdown links. To get Slack to format those correctly, paste, then press "ctrl/cmd + shift + F" key combination. Draft Agenda <pre>:drupal-mentoring: :drupal-mentoring: :drupal-mentoring: Hello everyone. Welcome to the Drupal Core Mentoring Meta Meeting! :calendar: This meeting: ➤ Usually happens on the [second Wednesday of the month](https://project.pages.drupalcode.org/mentoring/files/mentoring-team.ics), 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/3566455 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, name your favorite recipe ingredient that has been in food you have eaten or cooked with in 2026. :one: [DrupalCon Chicago 2026](https://www.drupalcontribution.org/chicago2026) — 2026-03-23 – 2026-03-26 planning. :one: :one: Who is planning on attending? (Chicago). Mentor ticket request form - https://forms.gle/gCJ2XeKYr3UdonyCA - Mentor Contribution Event Planning lead: mradcliffe - Mentoring room lead: mradcliffe - Mentor orientation lead: - Mentor communications leads: anilu, ninelivesblackcat, igorgoncalves - First-time contributor workshop lead: ninelivesblackcat - Mentoring booth leads: - Community tools leads: - Novice issue triage lead: xjm - Mentor Dinner Lead - Scheduling, Guest list, Reservations :one: :two: Timeline and Tasks — [Important Dates (Chicago)](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w_NxDdshKFjnv9AXnrwdETqOJR3IbIK0BQ89JjGTVxA/edit?gid=1085971359#gid=1085971359) — Organized below in order of date. - 2025-03-28 — (retroactive) placement of rooms, confirm # of mentor tickets - 2025-11-13 — First-time contributor workshop lead? - 2025-11-23 — Banner updates, Contribution content for event web site, Identify authors for blog social media posts - 2025-12-13 — Mentored room lead, Mentoring content for event web site - 2025-12-23 — Mentor Box and Banner confirmation, Meeting of Leads to explain role, Create copy for blog social media posts - 2026-01-22 — Schedule flyer design, Sponsored table tent design, Tshirt design, Define contribution initiatives focus, Booth lead, Orientation lead - 2026-02-06 — Triage lead, FTCW 1 speaker, FTCW 2 speaker, FTCW 3 speaker, FTCW number needed, Mentor contrib number needed - 2026-02-21 — Meet with contrib leads to identify Novice tasks, Event Coordinator/Planning lead - 2026-03-08 — Notify DrupalForge about numbers, Communications lead, - 2026-03-13 — Check-in to triage tasks, - 2026-03-16 — Schedule flyer print run, Sponsored table tent print run :one: :three: Mentor event sign-up tracking :one: :four: *update from communications:* Our Contribution and Mentoring content template used for Atlanta and Vienna is here: :one: :five:  GitLab issue migration for contrib. for most of the opt-in projects by Chicago 2026. Contribution content - https://docs.google.com/document/d/18XAQr7UPSxFi2NGACAvP7avWWl4sl1nyW1VFsSY03uc/edit?usp=sharing Mentoring content and Posts - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AfwRdAo7zBBFlWxVf5639ivU6O_GcCMV3Yq4l8R4khY/edit?usp=sharing I made basic changes to turn those templates more accurate to next Dcon as possible. But we need to wait until get the final dates and time, to replace all the schedule and so the proposal communications posts. :one: :six: First-time contributor workshop slide updates. The slides have some notes and are in a draft state with some slides needing rework and pending removal in order to shorten the 45-minute version down to the most relevant information for new contributors. :one: :seven: Contribution tools discussion :two: “Good First Issue” is becoming something of a standard across many open source projects. We have an issue looking to implement it here - instead of Novice? What about that all-so-important second issue? https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalorg/issues/3238382 . Still need to update the issue summary based on the notes/research from December. :three: Mentoring Working Group Leadership team updates. :four: Event documentation — mradcliffe still has notes to update the Orientation agenda page  https://www.drupal.org/community/contributor-guide/reference-information/event-plan/contribution/agenda-for-a-mentor-orientation-event, and of course anyone else who has orientation agenda docs/notes should add to that page. :five: Mentoring documentation :five: :one: Documentation audit: https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3522247 lostcarpark asked for volunteers to help cleanup in the new year, but we need consensus on how to go about doing that. :five: :two: T-shirt documentation into GitLab? https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3552606 :six: Anything else? Please create a numbered thread and tell us! 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!!!!</pre> > Related issue: [Issue #3561983](https://www.drupal.org/node/3561983)

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