Initiatives/Mentored Projects 2024

Objective: Fedora Mentored Projects Community Initiative

Outcomes & Deliverables

The desired outcome for the Mentored Projects Community Initiative is for Fedora's Outreachy and GSOC program to create and reinforce the basic structures which will allow those future projects to grow.

Deliverables

• Completion of Role Handbooks with for pages for Fedora Mentored Projects community.
  • Organization admins
  • Project mentors
  • Accepted mentors
  • Mentored Projects rep to Mindshare Committee

• One new special-edition swag item is introduced in the Fedora Swag catalog, for mentors only.
• One interview for each mentor at the Fedora Community Blog.
• The 2024 Mentored Project intern batch is introduced in a Fedora Community Blog article.
• Interviews to past interns about their career progress and their updates are shared with their Fedora mentors.

Outcomes

• Fedora Mentored Projects are better organized. Organization admins have clear, established pathways for executing an Outreachy round.
• Fedora Mentors have access to resources, information, and connections to succeed as mentors. Mentors feel supported.
• The pool of mentors for Fedora Mentored Projects is growing. Mentors feel like stakeholders of their projects and Fedora Mentored Projects.
• Prospective interns can easily discover what programs Fedora is participating in and when.
• Improvements to Fedora Mentored Projects docs are reviewed and addressed promptly.
• A culture of recognition for mentoring is encouraged.

Objective Leads

Smera Goel

Fernando F. Mancera

• Note: Smera & Fernando will share one vote in Council votes.

Support:

Justin W. Flory