What I meant was allowing folks with more than 1 PR to participate. But a minimum 10 is a good idea. It's hard to achieve it in a workshop/development sprint or something like that, but it might encourage contributors to continue after the event.
Best, Wei > On Nov 28, 2025, at 7:30 AM, Srabasti Banerjee > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great discussion - Thanks all for your inputs and recommendations! > > Based on consensus, starting with a new award - "Rookie PR of the Month" > #rookieprotm. > > Will send out an email shortly on dev-list for voting, so we can start > receiving nominations for the month of November. > > Since this is our first addition to the existing "Top PR of the Month" > award, we will continue to evolve to a better state, and improvise based on > learnings from our experimental run. > > Looking forward to your votes/suggestions! > > Warm Regards, > Srabasti Banerjee > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM Jens Scheffler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For the "#rookieprotm" +1 for at least 10 contributions but not being in >> "Top 100" of all committers is also a good idea, current threshold would >> be 35 commits. >> >> On 11/27/25 07:25, Wei Lee wrote: >>> Are we going to keep it as the first PR strictly? I feel something like >> one of the first 10 or 20 PRs or someone not in the first 100 in this >> listhttps://github.com/apache/airflow/graphs/contributors might work >> better. We can encourage newcomers to stay longer instead of creating one >> and leaving. Something like `#rookieprotm` works for me. We don’t really >> need to change the self-nomination process. But we probably need to promote >> this idea more so that folks are more willing to celebrate their own >> contribution. >>> >>> Best, >>> Wei >>> >>>> On Nov 27, 2025, at 2:12 PM, Amogh Desai<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> 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] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
