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Guides is a program to help brand new and potential contributors orient themselves, choose a pathway, and gain confidence in the early days of contribution. Guides themselves play a critical role in helping new contributors overcome both common and personal obstacles, through mentorship. | Guides is a program to help brand new and potential contributors orient themselves, choose a pathway, and gain confidence in the early days of contribution. Guides themselves play a critical role in helping new contributors overcome both common and personal obstacles, through mentorship. | ||
== Who we're helping === | === Who we're helping === | ||
* People interested in contributing to Mozilla, who have requested more information on the 'Get Involved Page'. | |||
* New contributors, who may have attempted contribution, but got lost, hit roadblocks or generally need a nudge. | |||
* New contributors who, haven't quite found their place and are looking at other opportunities to get, and stay involved. | |||
=== Who can be a Guide? === | === Who can be a Guide? === | ||
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* Speak and Read English (Version 1 Launch Only - we will revisit this for Version 1) | * Speak and Read English (Version 1 Launch Only - we will revisit this for Version 1) | ||
* (Optional) Interest in 1:1 mentoring opportunities. | * (Optional) Interest in 1:1 mentoring opportunities. | ||
===What Guides are *not* === | |||
* Expected to guide new contributors on their entire pathway - beyond. | |||
* Gatekeepers for contribution areas ie: they don't decide whether or not a contributor will be successful, or valuable. | |||
* Official representatives of a given functional/contribution area. | |||
=== Application Process === | === Application Process === | ||
All applicants | All applicants are asked to fill out this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Wl6ZN5or62X0hcgc359d9J67H2fuFS51fzeHZ_fSq0U/viewform form]. For the first version of Guides, applications must be in prior to Oct. 6th for the launch of Version 1, with ongoing review & acceptance after that. | ||
=== Application Workflow === | === Application Workflow === | ||
==== Invitation ==== | ==== Invitation ==== | ||
* Emails will be sent to appropriate lists, and Mozillians.org groups | |||
** Mozilla Reps | |||
** Mozillian Mentor Groups | |||
==== Screening ==== | ==== Screening ==== | ||
Screening is based on a number of things | |||
* Experience with functional area | |||
* Length of time spent working with or contributing to that functional area. | |||
* Availability | |||
* Interest in helping people. | |||
* Interest in helping improve and evolve the program based on their experiences. | |||
* Profile on Mozillians.org | |||
==== Acceptance ==== | ==== Acceptance ==== | ||
==== Orientation Call ==== | Once accepted, Guide's will be directed to follow a number of steps as part of orientation: | ||
* Add themselves to the Guides [https://mozillians.org/en-US/group/guides/ Mozillian's Group]. | |||
* Introduce themselves as a Guide on the appropriate [[Discourse Group]]. | |||
* Attend a scheduled orientation call on Guides and mentoring. | |||
==== Next Orientation Call ==== | |||
* October 7th | |||
==== Responsibilities == | ==== Responsibilities == | ||
=== Tools === | === Tools === | ||
* Discourse | * [http://guides.mozilla-community.org Discourse] | ||
* Kitherder | * Kitherder (link soon) | ||
=== Out of Scope for V1 === | === Out of Scope for V1 === | ||