This document discusses proposed upgrades to the Fedora Ambassador mentoring process. It begins with an introduction to mentoring within Fedora and outlines some current problems, including a lack of transparency and guidelines. Three solution ideas are then presented: creating mentoring guidelines, improving the process for approving new candidates, and developing an "Ambassadors starter pack". The document concludes with an invitation for questions.

1. Ambassador Mentoring
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Flock 2015
Zoltan Hoppar
PRESENTED BY:
Fedora Ambassador and Mentor
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2. Today's
Topics
· Short introduction
· What is the mentoring within Fedora Project
· Before you apply….
· What and why needs to be changed
· Three Solution ideas: Mentoring Guidelines, new path to
admin new candidates, and Ambassadors starter pack
· Questions, Open floor

3. Short
introduction

4. Short about.me
· I am mentor since 2010, approved by Cwickert.
· I am also ambassador, and co-/leader of the HU
community since 2009.
· My activity mostly translation, localization,
community care, and
· Also I do various contributions within the Fedora
project (Marketing, and more)

5. But what is
mentoring?

6. So,
Mentoring...
· Mentoring in Fedora is a process to teach and
approve the right candidates as ambassadors
· Ambassadors are the heart and backbone of the
community, who are leading, and aiding community
many ways
· Mentors are the teachers, and care for ambassadors
· Sometimes starters of the new local communities by
giving an new qualified ambassadors
· If ambassadors are the face of the community,
mentors are soul of the ambassadors.

7. How do we
mentor?

8. Current
mentoring process
· Receiving asks, and introductions within email to be
approved for mentoring process
· Choosing a mentor
· Mentor registering the candidate in the trac Tracker
· Mentor sends welcome and instructions that the
candidate has to follow
· Takes care, and meets online regularly with the
candidate, giving informations about/around Fedora
· If the mentor finds the candidate ready to work for the
community, adds him/her to the mentors list in FAS2
· Mentor closing the ticket in FAMA trac Tracker ticket

9. But before
you apply…

10. As a Mentor must know...
· Check that candidate truly read through all supplied
information in the welcome message and understand them
· Maintain a check list to ensure that candidates passed all
required steps
· Support them to do their new task whenever they want/ask
for, and better to inspire them, instead to do it
· IRC “office hour” $time periodically as necessary on #fedora-
mentors, or in ML so the candidate can catch you some way
· Make IRC lessons with logged sessions - this gonna help to
proof lot of things
· Know how to balance your time and resources

11. As a Candidate must know...
· Complete process is based on trust, share you availability
· Mentor is helping to you, but you have to work yourself
· Given tasks are the road to complete your process
· Mentors are also humans, and need to respect the care you
receive
· A mentor keeps the contact with you if you are responding –
eg. IRC “office hour” $time periodically on #fedora-
mentors, or in ML
· Make IRC lessons with logged sessions - this gonna proof lot
of things

12. Mentoring process
PROBLEMS

13. Few Mentoring process
infra PROBLEMS
· Candidate cannot check or follow proceeding, or see
the whole process – no open website for them only ML.
· Mentors wiki page is alive, but no mentor approval
process for experienced ambassadors?
· Mentors has no clear path: detailed guidelines about
what to teach, to get equally qualified ambassadors
· Trac needs some more fine grained milestones, that can
be fitted for the needs of the candidate
· Mentors has no central website (hub), that shows some
bio, real face of them, and no fedocal based availability
· No any kind of digital ambassadors starter pack, and
central Fedora press page (press release, pics, contacts)

14. Few Mentoring process
candidate PROBLEMS
· Candidate can't follow the process because of lack of
time
· Language barrier (No english, or both side know $lang)
· Candidate doesn't respond
· Inexperienced in Fedora,
· Doesn't know or follow our values, and forbidden items,
copyright, restrictions

15. What can be the possible
Solution?

16. What can be the possible
Solution?
· Possibly would be an great option to...
... make an new code of conduct for mentors, and teaching
guidelines for new ambassadors
… work on the created content manager plugin and static
website (hub)
… make an digital starter pack for ambassadors (website
content)
… make an fedora press center and contacts website (similar
to the Firefox one – to see who is brings the leader flag)
… fix and update the current wiki how-to's and such

17. Demo

18. Questions,
Open floor
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