Mentorship

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Who are we?

Review tasks in advance so you’re familiar with some.

on issues with novice tasks. (issues are hardly ever entirely novice)
dreditor
insert novice tasks button (adds links to contributor task documents for you)
to update the issue summary remaining tasks section
add tags for needs things identified in the remaining tasks, like needs screenshots needs tests not each remaining task is novice
what are good novice tasks https://drupal.org/core-mentoring/novice-tasks
when adding or removing the novice tag on tasks in the summary, or on the issue in general it can help to link to the novice-tasks documentation page so that the general community can discover the guidelines for what is a novice task
for the number of people you expect at the sprint, identify about ⅓ that many issues with novice tasks not everyone will work on a separate issue, multiple people should work together… more on that in the section about matching people with tasks
communicate priorities

make sure people feel welcome
match tasks to participants, ensure they are successful the first time
keep people engaged even when they struggle
help without being overbearing
enable folks to continue afterward on their own
say hi in irc
show task types (contributor tasks/task cards)
when mentors are asked questions, say dont know
show in public how to find the answer, introduce people who do know the answer
get them to hit save, post half working work
get feedback from others (save on the issue, paste link into irc, people are all over the world not just in the room)
at in person events, have groups show an experienced mentor what they have been working on after a few hours. (So they can get their sticker!)
how to give constructive feedback
review (core gates aka doesn't need to be perfect)
if experienced mentor identifies a small change needed, have someone in the group mentor someone in the room who is not working on anything. bring the whole (bigger) group back up when they are done to get another look from the experienced mentor.
keep in mind overall goal is to enable and inspire people to contribute *again*. give them the tools, the confidence, and help them have success so they have the desire

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