Process review and improvments for mentoring new Bug Squad members
The process of mentoring new Bug Squad members will be reviewed as will feedback from people being mentored. A redesign of the mentorship program will be discussed.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Started
- Approver:
- Brian Murray
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Brian Murray
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- None
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for precise
- Implementation:
-
Started
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Kate Stewart
- Completed by
Whiteboard
It was discussed at a BugSquad Meeting how the program was going : not good.
A Survey was sent to the mailing lists:
* Mailing list message regarding the status of the mentorship program and
* results of a survey that was sent out
https:/
No mentees have been doing any work.
People are willing to help but they don't know how
IRC has been a more successful venue for communicating with people than the
mailing list
Some mentees never show up on IRC.
Questions asked privately instead of the IRC Channel.
- General questions should go to IRC Channel, encourage mentees to do it!.
(rather than using private messages ... private messages are okay though)
Triage is a difficult activity for beginners.
- Have a different set of activities for new contributors ie: Look at 5 bugs
without a package. (knowing what is right package is hard though)
Ideas:
- Do a weekly (?) workshop in # ubuntu-bugs (if too busy, switch to #
ubuntu-classroom) on parts of the triaging bug process
- The day of the workshop should rotate to make it easier for people across
the world to attend
- How to confirm bugs
- How to set a bug to incomplete and subscribe to it
- How to find bugs about package
- How to add a bug watch
- How to report upstream (out of scope ...)
- How to search for duplicates.
- Training about the package before we have a bug day about the package
- How to add a bug task
- Make videos on bug triaging tasks on Launchpad
- Confirm a bug: I logged, search the bug, added a comment, confirmed the
bug.
- Require english subtitles, so loco team can start translating those.
- see https:/
- Short videos though, ie : max 2 mins.
https:/
WORK ITEMS:
[hggdh2] close the bugsquad-
[hggdh2] email to b-mg-alpha regarding closing of the group: DONE
[brian-murray] create a video on how to confirm a bug, find best tools etc: DONE
[brian-murray] blog about the video he made: DONE
[brian-murray] send email to ubuntu-bugcontrol asking for other people to add videos: TODO
Start coordinating the workshops (put content in a central location for all of us to share): TODO
Publicizing the workshops/videos on blogs, microblogs, etc.: TODO
[hggdh2] Coordinate with UWN Team regarding publicity for the videos and workshops: INPROGRESS
[cprofitt] publicize the videos via G+ DONE
