community/contributors/chairs-and-techleads

Home for chairs and tech leads resources and materials for onboarding, offboarding, operations, and more.

Resources for community group leads:

Meetings

In case you are not sure what to include in a meeting invite, here is a Calendar template.

Time:

• 2nd Tuesday of the Month 12:30pm PT [830pmUTC].
• 2nd Thursday of the Month 09:00am PT [5pmUTC].

Important Governance Documentation

• governance.md
• sig-governanace.md
• wg-governanace.md

Code of Conduct

• conduct@kubernetes.io if you need anything from them or to report
• may have training or guidance - ask!

Kubernetes values
Governance Principles

Communication and feedback loops:

• Need to know email archive
• Monthly meeting

Slack: #chairs-and-techleads, #sig-contribex
Mailing list: leads@kubernetes.io
Github: File issues against kubernetes/community

Community Programs

Mentoring

 - SIG/WG determines need
 - Consults with sig-contribex; contribex sets up infra (slack channel; TODO build this out)
 - Posts a note to their mailing list and k-dev that they are looking for more
   reviewers/approvers/x_role and would like to form a group to mentor who are
   already in the role below it. (example: already a member and they need more
   reviewers)
 - Sets a start date and end date; schedule a kick off meeting so everyone can
   meet
   over video/audio (1 and only unless the group establishes other comms). Also set
   the weekly slack standup days so they are consistent.
 - Program begins
 - If the mentors think certain skills will need to be taught/learned, they
   should be done upfront. (We scattered them for the first cohort and there were
   things that would be been more valuable to learn in the beginning of the
   journey)  
 - Feedback is continuous*
 - Mentors start PRs for those who graduated
  *Feedback is continuous but will have a half way check in point. The goal is that
   mentees should not be surprised by the outcome of the program.

• Resources from SIG Contributor Experience
  • Swag
    • The Project can provide you with K8s tshirts, stickers, and other marketing materials.
    • If someone in your SIG is doing a great job and you want to recognize them a tshirt is a great way to do that, especially for folks unable to attend conferences.
    • K8s baby onesies are also available but usually take longer.
    • In most cases we need to sync with that person's employer so that we can send them swag without having to manage people's private information, so please sync with SIG Contributor Experience as early as reasonably possible.
    • Silly gift practical jokes or anything involving googly eyes that make people smile will be given the appropriate level of priority.
• Resources from the CNCF - TODO