Whoa... This is so cool :). It takes so much effort to bring new, enthusiastic people in the community ... from a first PR to consistent contributions, to being commiter and PMC... Every step is a lot of work ... Hats off.
On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 11:14 PM Pierre Jeambrun <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for sharing, that’s impressive! I’m sure it was a great > experience for people taking part in the program. Thanks to everyone that > contributed. > > I’m crossing my fingers for some of the participants to keep their interest > in Apache Airflow and more generally OSS now that the program has > concluded. > > The first steps are the hardest; now it’s all fun :) > > On Sun 31 May 2026 at 18:23, Yeonguk Choo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I would like to share a brief update from the Open Source Contribution > > Academy program that recently concluded. > > > > Together with mentors Noeun Kim and Minseong Cho, we organized the > program > > for 26 participants, most of whom had little or no prior open source > > contribution experience. > > > > By the end of the program, all 26 participants had successfully > contributed > > to Apache Airflow, and contributions from every participant were merged. > > > > A graph showing the cumulative contribution activity throughout the > program > > is available here: > > > > > https://discourse.airflow-kr.org/uploads/default/original/1X/8542343ff190c0e9a3a39c3bdb551325cf53447f.png > > > > The blue line represents pull requests submitted by participants, while > the > > orange line represents pull request reviews contributed by participants. > > > > Over the course of one month, participants submitted 97 pull requests and > > contributed 66 reviews. > > > > While these numbers do not tell the whole story, it was encouraging to > see > > this level of growth from a group that started with little prior > > contribution experience. > > > > Throughout the program, participants learned how to navigate the Airflow > > contribution process, set up development environments using Breeze and > > Prek, identify contribution opportunities, submit pull requests, > > participate in code reviews, and follow changes through the merge and > > release process. > > > > As a result, contributions made during the program were included in the > > Airflow 3.2.2 release. > > > > More importantly, participants were able to experience firsthand how an > > open source project operates and grows through contribution, review, and > > collaboration. > > > > I would also like to thank the Airflow community for welcoming new > > contributors and helping review and merge their contributions. > > > > 26 people started the program, and 26 people became Apache Airflow > > contributors. > > > > Whether they continue contributing to Airflow or apply what they learned > to > > other open source projects, I hope this experience serves as the > beginning > > of a longer open source journey. > > > > Thank you to everyone who participated. > > > > Best regards, > > Yeonguk > > > > On 2026/03/06 08:56:10 Yeonguk Choo wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > We are pleased to announce that we will be participating in the 2026 > Open > > > Source Contribution Academy(OSSCA) through the Apache Airflow project. > > > > > > OSSCA is an open source mentoring program organized by the National IT > > > Industry Promotion Agency(NIPA) in Korea. Industry developers volunteer > > as > > > mentors to help beginners and early-career developers learn Git-based > > > collaboration and gain their first experience contributing to open > source > > > projects. > > > > > > The Airflow Korea User Group is participating in OSSCA to help foster > > open > > > source contribution culture in Korea. This mentoring program will be > led > > by > > > Minseong Cho, Noeun Kim, and myself. > > > > > > The program runs for approximately six weeks, during which participants > > > will learn Git collaboration workflows and practice contributing to > open > > > source projects. > > > > > > This year’s OSSCA includes the following 15 projects: > > > * Apache Airflow > > > * Cilium > > > * eGovFrame VSCode Initializr > > > * GraphRAG > > > * GStreamer > > > * Guider (performance analysis application development) > > > * JavaScript open source contributions > > > * LitmusChaos > > > * LLM Journey with OLLAMA > > > * OpenStack > > > * Project Discovery > > > * PyTorch documentation localization > > > * RLTK open source library > > > * valkey > > > * Yocto Project > > > > > > *Please note that this program is primarily intended for participants > in > > > Korea, and mentoring sessions will mainly be conducted in Korean.* > > > > > > If you know someone who may be interested in starting their open source > > > contribution journey, please feel free to share the application link > > below: > > > > > > https://www.oss.kr/pages/10/4459 > > > <https://open-up-kr.typeform.com/2026-mentee> > > > > > > Application deadline: *April 1* > > > Best, > > > Yeonguk > > > -- > > > 추영욱 Yeonguk Choo > > > > > > Mobile +82-10-8815-8118 > > > Email [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > FB23 00B5 EAA3 EBF0 FDD6 C2B9 BE7A 512C BC72 067A > > > > > >
