From 4d540852ac6ecbe0380b69a5f6e392cc881e8fa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: parispittman Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:53:36 -0800 Subject: host and time updates --- mentoring/meet-our-contributors.md | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/mentoring/meet-our-contributors.md b/mentoring/meet-our-contributors.md index 5fdd540c..61172ab7 100644 --- a/mentoring/meet-our-contributors.md +++ b/mentoring/meet-our-contributors.md @@ -1,23 +1,40 @@ # Meet Our Contributors - Ask Us Anything! -When Slack seems like it’s going too fast, and you just need a quick answer from a human... +When Slack seems like it’s going too fast, and you just need a quick answer from +a human... -Meet Our Contributors gives you a monthly one-hour opportunity to ask questions about our upstream community, watch interviews with our contributors, and participate in peer code reviews. +Meet Our Contributors gives you a monthly one-hour opportunity to ask questions +about our upstream community, watch interviews with our contributors, and +participate in peer code reviews. ## When: -Every first Wednesday of the month at the following times. Grab a copy of the calendar to yours from [kubernetes.io/community](https://kubernetes.io/community/) -* 02:30pm UTC [Convert to your timezone](https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/?t=02%3A30%20pm&tz=UTC&). -* 08:00pm UTC [Convert to your timezone](https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/?t=08%3A00%20pm&tz=UTC&). +Every first Wednesday of the month at the following times. Grab a copy of the +calendar to yours from [kubernetes.io/community] +* 03:30pm UTC [Convert to your timezone]. + +## Where: +Follow along live: +[Kubernetes YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/KubernetesCommunity/live) + +Ask questions: +#meet-our-contributors slack channel +To ask anonymously, direct message the host on slack. They will ID at the start +of the show. + +Watch past recordings: +Playlist of [previous Meet-Our-Contributors monthly meetings] -Tune into the [Kubernetes YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/KubernetesCommunity/live) to follow along with video, check out our playlist of [previous Meet-Our-Contributors monthly meetings](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL69nYSiGNLP3QpQrhZq_sLYo77BVKv09F) and join [#meet-our-contributors](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/meet-our-contributors) on Slack for questions and discussion. ## What You'll Gain By Participating: * An opportunity to learn more about how to get started contributing to K8s * A chance to get your PRs reviewed by members of the community -* Peer code review that can help you get more eyes on your code, or learn more about a part of the Kubernetes code that may have you struggling -* A deeper understanding of the unique role that our contributors occupy in the Kubernetes ecosystem as a whole -* Practical advice and hands-on tips for how you can get started as a Kubernetes contributor, become a member, or otherwise contribute to the project +* Peer code review that can help you get more eyes on your code, or learn more +about a part of the Kubernetes code that may have you struggling +* A deeper understanding of the unique role that our contributors occupy in the +Kubernetes ecosystem as a whole +* Practical advice and hands-on tips for how you can get started as a Kubernetes +contributor, become a member, or otherwise contribute to the project ## What’s on-topic: * How our contributors got started with k8s @@ -28,13 +45,12 @@ Tune into the [Kubernetes YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/KubernetesC * Testing ## What’s off-topic: -* End-user questions (Check out [#office-hours](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/office-hours) on Slack and details [here](/events/office-hours.md)) +* End-user questions (Check out [#office-hours] on Slack and details [here]) ## Submitting questions and/or code for review/walk through: ### Questions: -* Day of on Twitter - use the hashtag [#k8smoc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/k8smoc) after your question -* Slack - Ask your question in [#meet-our-contributors](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/meet-our-contributors) - +* Day of on Twitter - use the hashtag [#k8smoc] after your question +* Slack - Ask your question in #meet-our-contributors Questions will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The first half of the discussion will be dedicated to questions for contributors and in the second half, we will pick a problem (in advance) for peer code review. @@ -43,11 +59,61 @@ Questions will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The first half of the dis Problems will be chosen based on time commitment needed, the skills of the reviewer, and if a large amount are submitted, need for the project. -## Call for Volunteers: -Contributors - [sign up to answer questions!](https://goo.gl/uhEJ33) +## Call for Mentor Panelists! -Expectations of volunteers: +Expectations of mentors: * Be online 5 minutes early. You can look at questions in the queue by joining the #meet-our-contributors Slack channel to give yourself some time to prepare. * Expect questions about the contribution process, membership, navigating the Kubernetes seas, testing, and general questions about you and your path to open source/Kubernetes. It's okay if you don't know the answer! * We will be using video chat (Zoom, but livestreaming through YouTube) but voice-only is fine if you are more comfortable with that. * Be willing to provide suggestions and feedback to make this process & experience better! + + +## Host Instructions +TODO: elaborate here and upload example comms + +Want to host in another timezone? Reach out to us on the #sig-contribex slack +channel! +0. Recruit a live streamer from sig-contribex +1. Recruit panelists (3-4) that represent a mix of backgrounds, sigs, and experience +levels. Look to devstats contributor dashboards for most recent releases to get +folks who are active in the project. You don't want all of the same voice; please +make this as diverse as possible. +2. Send panelists the zoom link calendar invite and a prep email. Tell the panelists +to help advertise on the mailing lists and networks. +3. Advertise. Send a note to k-dev, request a tweet from social@cncf.io, post in +#k-dev, #meet-our-contributors, and #sig-contribex slack channels +4. Confirm with everyone a few days before. We always have at least one person that +can no longer accommodate with their schedules and will need a back up or know +that you will be one less. +5. Tweet and get the word out in the AM (ask others to tweet for you!) of the show +6. Have panelists meet 5 minutes early for the streamer to test audio. +7. While testing, go over the agenda for the panelists, give them a chance to ask +questions, also give them a heads up on questions that have already come through +so they can think of responses a head of time. +8. Start the show! +9. Show agenda: +- Welcome to x month's Meet Our Contributors! +- Intro yourself (brief, name usually and that you are the host) +- We have a code of conduct! ... talk about where to find it, be excellent across +x platforms, if someone needs to report conduct@kubernetes.io +- Go over instructions on how to ask questions and panelists can ask each other +questions +- State: "Our agenda today as always: intros, announcements, and q&a!" +- Ask panelists to do introductions (no order, just call out names). They can take +up to 5 minutes if they go into their background. +- Converse freely with the panelists so its not boring Q&A. As host should only +answer a question if other panelists are done or no one has a response. + + + + + +[kubernetes.io/community](https://kubernetes.io/community/) +[#meet-our-contributors]: https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/meet-our-contributors +[Convert to your timezone](https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/?t=02%3A30%20pm&tz=UTC&)] +[Kubernetes YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/KubernetesCommunity/live) +[previous Meet-Our-Contributors monthly meetings]: (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL69nYSiGNLP3QpQrhZq_sLYo77BVKv09F) +[#office-hours]: https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/office-hours +[#k8smoc]: https://twitter.com/hashtag/k8smoc +[#meet-our-contributors]: https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/meet-our-contributors +[here]: /events/office-hours.md -- cgit v1.2.3