This is a great proposal. Something like a Rookie PR would definitely help make the project feel more welcoming and inclusive. We should definitely rotate reviewers for Rookie PRs so more maintainers engage with newcomers. In my opinion, I think we should encourage community nominations instead of just votes.
Regards, *Ankit Chaurasia* On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM Srabasti Banerjee < [email protected]> wrote: > Sounds good! I can volunteer to run the "Rookie PRs". > > From the discussions above, if we did 3 (instead of 1) Top PRs of the > month, we will cover more contributions impacting Apache Airflow product > space, possibly selecting one each from different categories like UI, Core, > CI/CD, Helm Charts, AI. > > On the other hand, 3 Rookie PRs, can cover a mix of different levels and > categories including documentation, to inspire more newcomers to > contribute. > > PS - Whatever the community consensus chooses on the Top "X". 3 is just a > recommendation:) > We can have X "Top PRs" and X "Rookie PRs" of the month. > > Thoughts on this? > > Warm Regards, > Srabasti Banerjee > > > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM Briana Steel via dev < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Do we want to move this to a vote? > > > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM Buğra Öztürk <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Great idea! It would make more tiered approach on selecting the PR of > the > > > month. Everyone who contributed to the repository could have equal > chance > > > with this addition > > > > > > > > > Bugra Ozturk > > > > > > On Sun, 23 Nov 2025, 02:59 Wei Lee, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Long ago, I thought the original one should serve this purpose. > > (Probably > > > > not the first one, but their first 10-ish PRs) But yep, love this > idea > > :) > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Wei > > > > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2025, at 4:04 PM, Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Love it too :) > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM Jens Scheffler < > [email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > > >> > > > > >> I like the idea! We always award very big and complex awards and > > often > > > > >> have the problem of really many PRs whcih are elegible. > > > > >> > > > > >> Having an award for all contributors which had their first PR is a > > > cool > > > > >> idea for an addition. > > > > >> > > > > >> Jens > > > > >> > > > > >> On 11/21/25 20:15, Srabasti Banerjee wrote: > > > > >>> Hello All, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> It is awesome that we have the PR of the Month award to recognize > > the > > > > PR > > > > >>> with the most impact each month, voted by the community. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I would like to propose the addition of another award "Rookie PR" > > (or > > > > any > > > > >>> other name that sounds good to all) to recognize new budding > > > > >> contributors. > > > > >>> This will be an incentive for newcomers and inspire them to pick > up > > > > PRs. > > > > >>> In the long run, this will result in reduction of the list of > open > > > PRs > > > > as > > > > >>> well. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> We can make a rule that there will be no repetitions, to ensure > > that > > > > new > > > > >>> contributors get a chance each month. This will help increase > > > awareness > > > > >> of > > > > >>> open source contributions to Apache Airflow in the community and > > > boost > > > > >>> their LinkedIn profiles too (since might be aspiring job > > > > >> seekers/students). > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Thoughts on this? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Warm Regards, > > > > >>> Srabasti Banerjee > > > > >>> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
