First Contact SIG

First Contact SIG
Our Mission

To provide a place for new contributors to come for information and advice. This group will also analyze and document successful contribution models while seeking out and providing information to new members of the community.

Chairs
 * Kendall Nelson (diablo_rojo) UTC -8

Members
 * Zhipeng Huang (zhipeng) UTC+8
 * Amy Marrich (spotz) UTC-6
 * Colleen Murphy (cmurphy) UTC+1
 * Ildikó Váncsa (ildikov) UTC+1 (UTC+2 with daylight saving)
 * Jay Bryant (jungleboyj) UTC-6
 * Ghanshyam Mann (gmann) UTC+9
 * Matt Oliver (mattolverau) UTC+10 (UTC+11 with daylight saving)
 * Gergely Csatari (csatari) UTC+1 (UTC+2 with daylight saving)
 * Surya Prakash Singh (spsurya) UTC+9

Helpful Resources

 * Contributor Portal
 * Mentoring
 * Outreachy

NOTE: Meeting May 3rd at 8:00 UTC will be cancelled
Ping list: gmann, mattoliverau, cmurphy

Standing Items:
 * New Contributor Patches
 * Unmerged Patches Not in the sandbox or ci-sandbox
 * All Changes
 * https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/FC_SIG_patch_checkup
 * New Contributor the Month
 * https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/devdigest
 * Ask.openstack.org Contribution Questions
 * 'Contribution' Tag
 * 'Contributor' Tag
 * 'Community' Tag
 * 'Developer' Tag'
 * 'Development' Tag

Other Items:
 * Forum Discussion Planning:
 * https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/FC_SIG_Rocky_Forum
 * http://forumtopics.openstack.org/
 * Other Ask.O.O Tags
 * basics
 * beginner
 * gettingstarted
 * newbie
 * noob
 * training
 * howto
 * initial
 * interest