[umbrella] LFX 2024 Term 1: Mar-May administration

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Before term

• [x] Plan term https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/issues/1070

Start of term

• [x] Call for proposals announcement (about 1 month ahead of proposal due date)
  • [x] TOC mail list - NW scheduled an email for Jan 8, 2024 @ 9:00AM PST
  • [x] Maintainers newsletter
  • [x] Discussion boards
  • [x] Linkedin/Twitter/Mastodon
  • [x] CNCF Slack (#mentoring & #tag-contributor-strategy)
• [x] Followup announcement about 1 week ahead of deadline

Proposals in

• [x] Load proposals into LFX platform
  • [x] Create Mar-May Project, Mentor, & Mentee list (gsheet)
• [X] Open projects for application (LFX platform)
• [x] Mentee applications open announcement
  • [x] Reach out to CNCF Socials team
  • [x] Discussion boards - https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/discussions/1150
  • [x] Linkedin/Twitter/Mastodon/others? Linkedin is most important based on previous traffic.
  • https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cloud-native-computing-foundation_the-lfx-mentorship-2024-term-01-march-may-activity-7158234077291008000-h8Tu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
  • https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aliok_lfx-mentorship-mentee-applications-for-24-activity-7157991072437055488-fDLD?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
  • https://twitter.com/CloudNativeFdn/status/1752468386385215919
  • https://mstdn.ca/@natew/111847437454334037
  • [x] CNCF Slack (#mentoring) - https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/CGPK98JNQ/p1706570156038399
• [x] Followup email to mentors that mentees are applying (a week before deadline -- they can start looking at their candidates)
• [x] Application deadline
  • [x] Close projects for applications (LFX platform)
  • [x] email mentors that they should be making selections
• [x] Create mentor email list

Application review/admission decisions

• [x] email mentors to make selections (share google form)
• [x] CNCF Selection admin (in LFX platform, accept project's selected mentee, decline others)
  • [x] first pass complete (most projects have been processed)
  • [x] remainder of approvals
• [x] Create mentee email list

Midterm

• [x] Midterm evaluation
  • [x] Create google form
  • [x] Send evaluation form to mentors (about 1-2 weeks before due) - Scheduled email for Apr 2, 2024 @ 9:00 AM Pacific time
• [x] Send out evaluation results & stipend instructions (Mail merge)
• [ ] Approve stipends

End of term

• [x] End of term evaluation (Mentors)
  • [x] Create google form
  • [x] Send evaluation form to mentors (about 1-2 weeks before due)
• [x] Send out evaluation results & stipend instructions (Mail merge)
• [ ] Approve stipends
• [ ] Mentee feedback - (open form on evaluation due date, feedback/blog posts due on last day of term)
  • [x] Send feedback form to mentees (include deadline, last day of term)
  • [ ] Send feedback reminder if needed
• [x] Reach out to CNCF blog team to write end of term blog post (blog@cncf.io)
  • [x] Share end of term blog post
  • [x] Linkedin/Twitter/Mastodon
• [ ] Update statistics
  • [x] CNCF Mentoring Stats Overview (ongoing summary)
  • [ ] cncf/mentoring Program Statistics
  • [x] cncf/mentoring programs

Post term

• [x] Send thank you email to all of the mentors
• [ ] Plan / setup next term (terms should be planned a year in advance - at the end of this term, plan next year's)
  • [ ] 2025 Term 1

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/cc @jaytiaki @Riaankl @krook