I think we can start with 1 Rookie PR (I like the name) and see if we can get more candidates - and expand it.
Bold idea: maybe we want to ask people to self-nominate (maybe with a little bit of nagging behind the scenes ;) ) Having someone like Srabasti or generally - in the future someone who is relatively new to the community - running it would make it less intimidating to self nominate and explain your PR. I think this is the most difficult thing to overcome with new contributors - to be more open and "public" about your own - even small - PRs, but maybe we can create an atmosphere of this welcoming and receptive discussion that will make people more eager to do so. I would really love to see that and get more people being a little more bold in "public" discourse - this is a very important part of open-source contributions and this might be a nice way of learning it. That's a bit risky though - it's always easier to engage when you see the list ready - and our script is developed to be somewhat "objectiv-ish" in pre-selection. Maybe we could update the script to pre-select some of those rookie-PRs automatically, but naybe would also encourage J, On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM Ankit Chaurasia <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
