Title: Contributor Working Group: Mentorship Chat Agenda |January 18th 07:00 UTC (APAC/EMEA) and 16:00 UTC (AMER) Author: Hari Shanker R Published: January 17, 2024 Last modified: February 23, 2024 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/harishanker/) [Hari Shanker R](https://profiles.wordpress.org/harishanker/) 10:24 am _on_ January 17, 2024 Tags: [#WPContributors ( 60 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/wpcontributors/), [contributor-working-group ( 36 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/contributor-working-group/), [mentorship-chat ( 28 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/mentorship-chat/), [mentorship-program ( 33 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/mentorship-program/) # Contributor Working Group: Mentorship Chat Agenda |January 18th 07:00 UTC (APAC/EMEA) and 16:00 UTC (AMER) It’s time for the next[ Mentorship chat](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/mentorship-chat/) of the WordPress Contributor Working Group. We’re meeting this Thursday (January 18th) to continue our work on improving the contribution experience of WordPress. For more information on the working group and its plans,[ check out our launch post](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2023/03/10/launching-the-contributor-working-group-call-for-volunteers/) and[ past chats](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/wpcontributors/). Note that this is our first chat of 2024, and today’s chat is exciting because ** we just published the call for mentees of the Mentorship Program’s second cohort!** ## **Meeting times** We will hold these chats in multiple time zones to accommodate as many participants all over the world as possible. These chats will continue to be held on the Third Thursday of every month. * APAC/EMEA: [2023-01-18 07:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20230118T0700)( [Add to your Google calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Mentorship%20Chat%3A%20Contributor%20Working%20Group%20(Asia-Pacific%20%2F%20EMEA)&dates=20240118T070000Z%2F20240118T080000Z&details=Location%3A%20%23community-team%20on%20Slack%20-%20https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.slack.com%2Fapp_redirect%3Fchannel%3Dcommunity-team%20&recur=RRULE%3AFREQ%3DMONTHLY%3BBYDAY%3D3TH)) * AMER: [2023-01-18 16:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20230118T1600)( [Add to your Google calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Mentorship%20Chat%3A%20Contributor%20Working%20Group%20(Americas)&dates=20240118T160000Z%2F20240118T170000Z&details=Location%3A%20%23community-team%20on%20Slack%20-%20https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.slack.com%2Fapp_redirect%3Fchannel%3Dcommunity-team%20&recur=RRULE%3AFREQ%3DMONTHLY%3BBYDAY%3D3TH)) The chat will be held on the[ #community-team](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X) channel of the[ Make/WordPress Slack](https://chat.wordpress.org/). Here’s the[ link to a handy `.ics` file](https://d.pr/f/mHKWMq+) containing calendar entries for our upcoming chat so you won’t miss it. These chats have also been added to the[ Make/Meetings calendar](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/). Everyone interested in improving the contributor experience in WordPress and building future mentorship programs is welcome to attend! Pinging some of our active working group members: [@adityakane](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adityakane/), [@alexcu21](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexcu21/), [@angelasjin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/angelasjin/), [@casiepa](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casiepa/), [@cbringmann](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cbringmann/), [@coachbirgit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/coachbirgit/), [@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/), [@devmuhib](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devmuhib/), [@foosantos](https://profiles.wordpress.org/foosantos/), [@gusa](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gusa/), [@harishanker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/harishanker/), [@javiercasares](https://profiles.wordpress.org/javiercasares/), [@jeffpaul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/), [@jominney](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jominney/), [@josepmoran](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josepmoran/), [@juliarosia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/juliarosia/), [@kafleg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/), [@leogopal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leogopal/), [@leonnugraha](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leonnugraha/), [@matteoenna](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matteoenna/), [@meher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/meher/), [@kirasong](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kirasong/), [@milana_cap](https://profiles.wordpress.org/milana_cap/), [@mrfoxtalbot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrfoxtalbot/), [@mysweetcate](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mysweetcate/), [@nao](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nao/), [@ninianepress](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ninianepress/), [@nomadskateboarding](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nomadskateboarding/), [@oglekler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/oglekler/), [@onealtr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onealtr/), [@onemaggie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onemaggie/), [@patricia70](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patricia70/), [@ratneshsonar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ratneshsonar/), [@realloc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/realloc/), [@sereedmedia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sereedmedia/), [@st810amaze](https://profiles.wordpress.org/st810amaze/), [@sumitsingh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sumitsingh/), [@thehopemonger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thehopemonger/), [@thewebprincess](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thewebprincess/), [@tobifjellner](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobifjellner/), [@topher1kenobe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/topher1kenobe/), [@unintended8](https://profiles.wordpress.org/unintended8/), [@webtechpooja](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webtechpooja/), and [@yoga1103](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yoga1103/) ## **Agenda** In the[ last mentorship chat](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2023/12/28/recap-of-the-contributor-working-groups-mentorship-chat-on-december-21-2023/), we finalized plans for our next cohort. Last week, thanks to y’all’s timely feedback, we[ published the call for mentors and mentees for the next cohort](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2024/01/12/call-for-mentees-mentors-cohort-2/)! **1. Welcome, introductions, and check-ins****How is everyone doing? New members joining the group can also introduce themselves. Any volunteers for notetaking, next agenda drafting, or next meeting host? **2. Mentorship Cohort #2 planning****2-1: Program Schedule and status 1. Call for mentorsEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. and mentees– Published 🎉 2. Cohort selection & program building: (Jan 8 – Feb 15) – Ongoing 3. Announce selected mentees/mentors (Feb 14) 4. Mentorship Program: 4-6 weeks (Feb 19 – March 29; 6 weeks leading up to the release week) 5. Graduation & Retrospective: 2 weeks (April 1 – April 12) **2-2. More Mentorship Projects Wanted****We are moving ahead with the Team Projects idea for this cohort. We have three active ideas right now:  * [@onemaggie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onemaggie/) and [@kafleg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) have agreed to run a[ Community Theme Project](https://github.com/WordPress/community-themes) within the program * [@courtney](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courtney/) had proposed an idea of creating collaborative Learn WordPress workshops (mentorEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. needed) * [@annezazu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/) proposed the idea of a dedicated mentorship opportunity for folks to shadow WordPress releases. * [@gusaus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gusaus/) proposed that we [extend the do_action format to host a collaborative hackathon for the event](https://github.com/WordPress/wp-contributor-working-group-tracker/discussions/7#discussioncomment-8098358). Are there any other projects that should be included? More info about Mentorship Projects: [https://github.com/WordPress/wp-contributor-working-group-tracker/discussions/7](https://github.com/WordPress/wp-contributor-working-group-tracker/discussions/7) **3. Call for Volunteers and Request for Process Feedback** We need volunteers to help with program tasks. Requesting group members to express their interest to help out with various available tasks: * [Criteria for selecting mentors/mentees](https://github.com/WordPress/wp-contributor-working-group-tracker/issues/9) as well as selecting mentors and mentees.  * Amplifying our mentor and mentee calls for maximum impact - Follow up on the [Marketing Team request](https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/340) - Sharing the announcement in various communities & 1on1 outreach - Emailing past applicants * Documentation Tasks - Revise & establish a Mentor guide (handbook, resource guide) - Revise & establish a Mentee guide - Show running document - Status checklist template for each mentee * Check-in templates (30-day, 60-day, [90-day](https://github.com/WordPress/wp-contributor-working-group-tracker/issues/5)) * Scheduling sessions and managing shared calendar - Kick-off Call - [Onboarding sessions](https://github.com/WordPress/wp-contributor-working-group-tracker/issues/8) - Graduation Call * [Low Priority] Follow-up on the [Mentorship Program participant spotlight articles](https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/339) * Any additional ideas on making our program more effective **SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)** * Please make use of the Slack [#contributor-mentorship](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C05FUD148LD) channel for open discussion. * Don’t hesitate to share any relevant information for mentorship in general. **GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/)** * Let’s start using the [Contributor Working Group GitHub repository](https://github.com/WordPress/wp-contributor-working-group-tracker) * And [this project for Cohort 2](https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/160). **4. Questions, thoughts, and open floor!****If we still have time after all that intense discussion, we’ll open up the floor to discuss mentorship broadly and our program! Looking forward to seeing you soon! 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[Jeffrey Paul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/) 7:34 pm _on_ January 17, 2024 3. [@harishanker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/harishanker/) is this Wednesday, January 17th or Thursday, January 18th… the meeting time information above isn’t clear… but I’m assuming with Wednesday’s time already in the past that this hopefully is for tomorrow/Thursday? 4. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dc299e7661427be01b68a46d2ebb55bdd5635e548b6f9ea12dec2930c5d4a858? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Hari Shanker R](https://profiles.wordpress.org/harishanker/) 7:36 pm _on_ January 17, 2024 * [@jeffpaul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/) My apologies for the confusion! The meeting is on the 18th Thursday and not on the 17th Monday! I have updated the post to reflect the correction. 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