From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id DBD58E00D89; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:37:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] * -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, no * trust * [209.85.208.171 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's * domain * -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature * 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily * valid Received: from mail-lj1-f171.google.com (mail-lj1-f171.google.com [209.85.208.171]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACF5FE00BF8 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:37:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lj1-f171.google.com with SMTP id x3so405018lji.5 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:37:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=5g/DHyLUP4kRRZ43igMitwXckVwvgfeFnP7i32hFbOA=; b=Q/2niLdQo1bXuF2oNM0TyalgCBr7sW+kdUY61+4CDe2iTX9zrZY9Yo+ixu6reLFqQJ qsu0Iq9pQvaCCcdRg37tOmeH8dpCigieWGryiafdE5X0/PJPmPPHTmZUEiCdDMh0rMk/ DTqAL9cAzAGTF6PY8/qA3lTFiwGjeDCfOcWrNNHvp0BmvmXS4eVCE9g2vS7szYHLajPq sFHO7OJbKtbpipFWyoz9IkD2tdWhcYE7cekvZVu+3181iK/oeuQM1p3X4PXZ+HjsS6Un zQjcA8XpsMFEE3b6NYrqsggfZrlcvZcXHEKLDi0mxBxO27EOBmzJYNwv3NzfefPNTsH1 B5rQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5g/DHyLUP4kRRZ43igMitwXckVwvgfeFnP7i32hFbOA=; b=nY5Smwhk8zWH2NdejfA8LDtZtKS8EsWRAtYqXMnWqCIQDmljzy7wLBnngWUryEDd7D zrKq568IbwsYv+8wtEboHL9flAQIsJGVC5I5ZpYpctIoS4sRNL3VdByZKnanjEtVyBkJ /ZWChzPM1Md9npdx69X9QHGK3DyuBBJgau1Ue4X1HtteOJRTKF9EG1ryVXZ02oGrT/xW h5+Cur7JxaIB24NhEF9BqblyxMh8OWESouukGN4ko+ilZEopGcfoGmlE1+AX76ILpoHC dNGvmL5xSzHQX5iJo2GUHe2PYqnYI8e4fVt1ynEEwlgELTU8fxRzZrucnlxjhvKCFy7D eVag== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVU+3a1achfTS6tKgey5fzm44aTrqJAnwy47Is06UOUwU0Evuw1 +I3kSDqaR2QKGPURoVp6jL+1a1SPXQ6W8zk80yFqA4Wu X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyeV3x0QSynLeRv6BxdV3wAkVN4WELto+P88QZQngqCWYnPgvKFMbEnG9sehwCibEcTnGzOjzQ7Ug6uTi/eFa0= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:b4d4:: with SMTP id r20mr4747556ljm.5.1565941041988; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:37:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Nicolas Dechesne Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:37:10 +0200 Message-ID: To: Yocto list discussion , Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Subject: Re: LF Community Bridge Mentorship X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 07:37:25 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hi there. just a reminder! cheers On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 4:46 PM Nicolas Dechesne wrote: > > Dear all, > > The Community Bridge platform was launched earlier this year by the > Linux Foundation. It=E2=80=99s a set of services available to LF projects= to > help them build stronger ecosystems, and foster developers > relationship within their respective communities. See [1] and [2]. The > Yocto Project has joined the Community Bridge Funding and Mentorship > programs. > > If you have any specific questions about these programs, please do not > hesitate to reach out to me. > > Today, we would like to talk more about the mentorship program. We > have tried several initiatives in the past about interns and > mentorship, and we would like to do that again using the new LF > platform. A mentorship program for the Yocto Project is a good > opportunity for our overall community to reach out to new developers, > improve our developers diversity. It will help increase the pool of > available developers with appropriate skills about the Yocto Project > and Open Embedded technologies and as a consequence create a more > sustainable ecosystem around the Yocto Project. It also offers > existing senior developers the chance to become mentors, and share > their knowledge! > > We would like to request feedback about how to best define the Yocto > Project Mentorship program. > > The structure of the mentorship is flexible and we can adjust as > needed. Our initial thought is to set 12-week project, which is what > the Linux Kernel Mentorship program is using, see [4]. The overall > process involves: > > 1. Finding / defining work items for potential mentees. > 2. Get appropriate funding for mentees=E2=80=99 stipends > 3. Recruit mentors within our community > 4. Review and select mentees=E2=80=99 applications > > There has already been some work on the potential work items in the > form of the newcomer bugs, some of which could be turned into work > suitable for a mentorship programme. > > =3D=3D=3D Call for ACTION =3D=3D=3D > > * We need your help for any of the items above, and especially #1 to > get started. Whether you are a long time contributor to the project or > you recently joined our mailing list, your feedback will be greatly > appreciated. > * If you are interested to participate as a mentor, please let me know! > * You don=E2=80=99t need to be a project expert to be a mentor, you need = to > know how the project works and be willing to help guide someone > through their task. > > There is no specific timeline set yet, it will most likely depend on > how much feedback we receive about this initiative, but most likely > the internships will have to be tied to the Yocto Project release > timeline. > > If you have any questions or any suggestions, please reach out to me! > cheers, > Nico > > [1] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2019/03/the-linux-found= ation-launches-new-communitybridge-platform-to-help-sustain-open-source-com= munities/ > [2] https://communitybridge.org/ > [3] https://people.communitybridge.org/ > [4] https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lkmp