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== Mentoring - Sponsored by Women of OpenStack ==
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==Mentoring==
  
Mentoring is an important tool for growing our OpenStack Community. Mentoring helps new Community members come on board, and it helps existing Community members expand their skills and reputation. Mentees help their mentors expand their worldview and challenge their mindset. This process of gaining knowledge and challenging existing ideas is vital to our OpenStack Community.
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Mentoring is an important tool for growing our OpenStack Community. Mentoring helps new Community members come on board, and it helps existing Community members expand their skills and reputation. Mentees help their mentors expand their worldview, challenge their mindset, and brush up on the basics. This process of gaining knowledge and challenging existing ideas is vital to our growth and success.
  
 
The OpenStack Foundation sponsors two levels of mentoring:
 
The OpenStack Foundation sponsors two levels of mentoring:
* [[Outreachy|Outreachy mentoring]] - an intense internship-type experience over a particular three month period for groups who are underrepresented in Open Source software
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* [[Outreachy|Outreachy Mentoring]] - an intense internship-type experience over a particular three month period for groups who are underrepresented in Open Source software
 
* [http://docs.openstack.org/upstream-training/ Upstream Training] - a two-day class for beginners in the Community, held on-site the two days prior to the Summit
 
* [http://docs.openstack.org/upstream-training/ Upstream Training] - a two-day class for beginners in the Community, held on-site the two days prior to the Summit
 
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The Women of OpenStack sponsors additional mentoring initiatives:  Lightweight Mentoring and Speed Mentoring
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The Women of OpenStack sponsors additional mentoring initiatives:   
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* Cohort Mentoring
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* Speed Mentoring
 
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=== Cohort Mentoring ===
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Sign up as a [https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/mentoring_cohorts_mentors mentor] or [https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/mentoring_cohorts_mentees mentee].  There is also a [http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-mentoring mailing list] and an IRC channel <tt>#openstack-mentoring</tt> on Freenode.
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This long term mentoring program is a longer term, but more lightweight, program aimed at bringing together cohorts, or groups, of mentors and mentees who may not be co-located. This program offers four mentoring cohorts:
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# '''Get your first patch merged:''' Mentors will assist mentees with crafting a change, understanding and adhering to the [https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html Developers Guide], submitting to Gerrit, responding to reviews, and ultimately having their change accepted.
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# '''First CFP submission / Give your first talk:''' Mentors will assist mentees with submitting a CFP and / or preparing to give a talk.  This could be for OpenStack Summit, OpenStack Days, a local meetup, or another conference or event.
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# '''Deploy your first Cloud:''' Mentors will provide assistance to mentees deploying OpenStack for the first time.  This could involve analysis of available deployment tools, configuration, or troubleshooting.
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# '''Become COA certified / study for COA:''' Mentors will provide support and guidance to mentees as they prepare for the [https://www.openstack.org/coa/ COA] exam.
 
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The '''Mentoring''' program is a several-months-long, but lightweight, program aimed at bringing together mentors and mentees who may not be co-located.  We suggest that mentees already be part of the OpenStack Community and have gone through, or be familiar with, the [http://docs.openstack.org/upstream-training Upstream University training materials].   This program supports two categories of mentoring:
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Please use the tag that corresponds to your cohort when posting questions to the mailing list:<br>
 
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[first-patch]<br>
# '''Technical:''' Mentors with experience in a particular area of OpenStack help their mentees grow in that area. This could be a focus area like release management or marketing, or a particular project like Nova or Neutron.  
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[first-cfp]<br>
# '''Career:''' Mentors help their mentees define what kind of career they'd like in the community and move toward those goals. Mentors and mentees may or may not have the same focus area in the OpenStack Community.
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[first-cloud]<br>
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[coa]<br>
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'''Current Mentoring Program Members: If you've been matched with a mentor or mentee, please check our our [https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Mentoring/GettingStarted Getting Started Guide] for tips on your first meeting. Also check out our guides for [https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Mentoring/Mentors mentors] and [https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Mentoring/Mentees mentees].
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Ideally, mentors and mentees work together on goals for the mentoring time period. Work together to get to a point where goals are defined and then met. These goals may look different for each cohort, but the idea is to set attainable goals so that you have graduation criteria. Graduation criteria could be "met a goal of merging one patch" or "met a goal of giving a talk at an OpenStack user group" or "attended a working group meeting and offered input." (Refer to the excellent guides above!) Mentees could expect to graduate to become mentors themselves. When you can clearly communicate goals are met, then the mentoring relationship naturally matures and you can become mentors to more people.
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If you are part of the Mentoring program and would like to opt out, please [mailto:jrouleau@redhat.com?subject=Mentoring%20program%20opt%20out email Jill].
  
 
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'''Current Mentoring Program Members: If you've been matched with a mentor or mentee, please check our our [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rXLWga17J3TXENNTvJgNJ4ol9N3_FgH20y_gFrITR_Y/edit?usp=sharing Getting Started Guide] for tips on your first meeting. Also check out our guides for [https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ZJz0oX_V944o84xe-l67zvy2kf1RyCzpudU2fTlDOA/edit?usp=sharing mentors] and [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zPPX9NMP669erdCi-PLCW5Mac1l0gm_TH-LAwDRQfpQ/edit?usp=sharing mentees].'''
 
If you are part of the Mentoring program and would like to opt out, please [http://mailto:emily.celeskey@gmail.com?subject=Mentoring%20program%20opt%20out email Emily].
 
  
'''Speed Mentoring''' is a session held at OpenStack Summits and open to everyone, not just women. This mentoring session is like speed dating: a mentor meets with a group of mentees for a limited amount of time and then moves to another group, cycling through as many mentee groups as possible during the session.  
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=== Speed Mentoring ===
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'''Speed Mentoring''' is a session held at OpenStack Summits and open to everyone, not just women. This mentoring session is like speed dating: a mentor meets with a group of mentees for a limited amount of time and then moves to another group, cycling through as many mentee groups as possible during the session. This session is typically held over lunch as well to make the environment more relaxed.
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=== Mentor Office Hours for #openstack-mentoring===
  
'''Are you interested in a being a mentor?'''  We are always looking for mentors of all shapes, sizes and backgrounds. Mentors should have between 1 and 4 hours a month free to spend with their mentee. Read our [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxtM4AiszlEyVkEtdktmWjBPN3c/view guidelines] and if you're ready to sign up, please fill out our [https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/mentoring questionnaire]!
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name
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! IRC
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! IRC Office Hours
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! Timezone
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! Mentoring Track
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| Ell Marquez
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| ellopunk
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| Tuesday and Thursday 3pm - 4pm UTC
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| UTC -5
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| Mentorship Program Co-leader
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| Eric Fried
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| efried / fried_rice
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| MTTh 1500-2200 UTC
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| UTC -6
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| First Patch
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Revision as of 21:51, 11 January 2019

Mentoring

Mentoring is an important tool for growing our OpenStack Community. Mentoring helps new Community members come on board, and it helps existing Community members expand their skills and reputation. Mentees help their mentors expand their worldview, challenge their mindset, and brush up on the basics. This process of gaining knowledge and challenging existing ideas is vital to our growth and success.

The OpenStack Foundation sponsors two levels of mentoring:

  • Outreachy Mentoring - an intense internship-type experience over a particular three month period for groups who are underrepresented in Open Source software
  • Upstream Training - a two-day class for beginners in the Community, held on-site the two days prior to the Summit


The Women of OpenStack sponsors additional mentoring initiatives:

  • Cohort Mentoring
  • Speed Mentoring


Cohort Mentoring

Sign up as a mentor or mentee. There is also a mailing list and an IRC channel #openstack-mentoring on Freenode.

This long term mentoring program is a longer term, but more lightweight, program aimed at bringing together cohorts, or groups, of mentors and mentees who may not be co-located. This program offers four mentoring cohorts:

  1. Get your first patch merged: Mentors will assist mentees with crafting a change, understanding and adhering to the Developers Guide, submitting to Gerrit, responding to reviews, and ultimately having their change accepted.
  2. First CFP submission / Give your first talk: Mentors will assist mentees with submitting a CFP and / or preparing to give a talk. This could be for OpenStack Summit, OpenStack Days, a local meetup, or another conference or event.
  3. Deploy your first Cloud: Mentors will provide assistance to mentees deploying OpenStack for the first time. This could involve analysis of available deployment tools, configuration, or troubleshooting.
  4. Become COA certified / study for COA: Mentors will provide support and guidance to mentees as they prepare for the COA exam.


Please use the tag that corresponds to your cohort when posting questions to the mailing list:
[first-patch]
[first-cfp]
[first-cloud]
[coa]

Current Mentoring Program Members: If you've been matched with a mentor or mentee, please check our our Getting Started Guide for tips on your first meeting. Also check out our guides for mentors and mentees.

Ideally, mentors and mentees work together on goals for the mentoring time period. Work together to get to a point where goals are defined and then met. These goals may look different for each cohort, but the idea is to set attainable goals so that you have graduation criteria. Graduation criteria could be "met a goal of merging one patch" or "met a goal of giving a talk at an OpenStack user group" or "attended a working group meeting and offered input." (Refer to the excellent guides above!) Mentees could expect to graduate to become mentors themselves. When you can clearly communicate goals are met, then the mentoring relationship naturally matures and you can become mentors to more people.

If you are part of the Mentoring program and would like to opt out, please email Jill.


Speed Mentoring

Speed Mentoring is a session held at OpenStack Summits and open to everyone, not just women. This mentoring session is like speed dating: a mentor meets with a group of mentees for a limited amount of time and then moves to another group, cycling through as many mentee groups as possible during the session. This session is typically held over lunch as well to make the environment more relaxed.


Mentor Office Hours for #openstack-mentoring

Name IRC IRC Office Hours Timezone Mentoring Track
Ell Marquez ellopunk Tuesday and Thursday 3pm - 4pm UTC UTC -5 Mentorship Program Co-leader
Eric Fried efried / fried_rice MTTh 1500-2200 UTC UTC -6 First Patch