Thanks Kamil! That's super helpful! I did not know such a programme exist! I will add information about it to CONTRIBUTORS.rst
On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 2:32 AM Kamil Breguła <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Many projects in the ASF are able to provide mentors for newcomers. In > fact, most projects are happy to assist newcomers to their projects as > part of their normal operations. However, some people are looking for > more structure. The Mentor Programme of the The Apache Software > Foundation provides additional support and structure for people > looking to make an initial contribution to an ASF project. > > More information: > http://community.apache.org/mentoringprogramme.html > > Best regards, > Kamil Breguła > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 10:53 AM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I have some thoughts about the "mentoring" and being more welcoming. > There > > were quite a few discussions about that on slack/github/twitter. > > > > I think there are people with different experiences and some people need > a > > bit more mentorship or guidance in some areas of Airflow (testing, > > documentation etc). So maybe a proposal (I started doing it already): > > > > *When we (i.e. committers) make some comments and ask the contributors to > > do something, we add something like "I am happy to provide more guidance > if > > needed" or "Happy to help if you need" etc. * > > > > I think that might make some people feel more comfortable with their > first > > time contributions. It's really small thing but it might make a profound > > impact on how we are perceived as community by people who consider > joining > > our community. > > > > J > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 3:19 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > So we have the https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AIRFLOW-6556 > issue > > > right now. > > > Please comment :) If anyone would like to contribute their time and > > > knowledge (ideally someone with tech-writing experience but this is not > > > necessary). > > > I am happy to mentor such people and help them in setting it up and > > > contributing, reviewing, involving other committers. > > > Let me know if you would like to do something here and we can separate > out > > > some sub-tasks from the main one. > > > > > > J. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 2:00 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> @Jarek, I'm happy to have a think and make a list of the areas of the > > >>> documentation I find most lacking. Would you like me to post that > here, > > >>> or > > >>> if we open a Jira ticket would it be better to have it commented > there? > > >>> > > >> > > >> It would be great if you can create a JIRA issue and assign me. > Thanks! > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Jarek Potiuk > > > Polidea <https://www.polidea.com/> | Principal Software Engineer > > > > > > M: +48 660 796 129 <+48660796129> > > > [image: Polidea] <https://www.polidea.com/> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jarek Potiuk > > Polidea <https://www.polidea.com/> | Principal Software Engineer > > > > M: +48 660 796 129 <+48660796129> > > [image: Polidea] <https://www.polidea.com/> > -- Jarek Potiuk Polidea <https://www.polidea.com/> | Principal Software Engineer M: +48 660 796 129 <+48660796129> [image: Polidea] <https://www.polidea.com/>
