My 2c: For self nomination, we can either use the devlist *if *the script fails to catch a PR, but staying on similar lines as regular PR's, we can update the script to detect #rookieprotm as we do with #protm comments.
Thanks & Regards, Amogh Desai On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM Briana Steel via dev <[email protected]> wrote: > Love the idea of adding a "First Contribution" category. > > I agree with Jarek’s suggestion. To keep things streamlined and avoid > complicating the process, it makes sense to update the existing script so > it includes a category for "Top First PRs." > > This approach lets us avoid reinventing the wheel while still recognizing > new contributors. > > Also, people can always self-nominate or nominate others in the voting > thread, so I don’t think we need an additional process for that part. > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM Jens Scheffler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I really like the "Rooky PR" and for extension I'd rather propse to stay > > with "only" top 1. > > > > What we can consider is that we just rather extend categories like > > "Providers", "UI" like the Oscars(r) or Nobel Price also have > > categories. But maybe before adding too much complexity just start with > > a second? > > > > On 11/25/25 21:11, Jarek Potiuk wrote: > > > 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] > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >
