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= Gardening And Routine Maintenance =  
= Gardening And Routine Maintenance =  


To support the tiered engagement approach and measure its ongoing success, Mike Hoye will be pursuing the following goals:  
To support the tiered engagement approach and measure its ongoing success, Mike Hoye [mhoye] will:  


* Maintain a list of minimum of 40 good first bugs with active mentors at all times.
* Maintain a list of minimum of 40 good first bugs with active mentors at all times.
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* Routinely evangelizing the above in various channels, including [https://twitter.com/startmozilla Start Mozilla].
* Routinely evangelizing the above in various channels, including [https://twitter.com/startmozilla Start Mozilla].
* Evangelizing the use of Josh Matthews' [http://www.joshmatthews.net/blog/2013/12/you-are-receiving-this-mail-because-you-are-mentoring-this-bug/ Mentored bug email filter]. With many engineers relying exclusively on the Needinfo flag now, lots of "may I work on this bug?" questions get ignored for weeks or months at a time.
* Evangelizing the use of Josh Matthews' [http://www.joshmatthews.net/blog/2013/12/you-are-receiving-this-mail-because-you-are-mentoring-this-bug/ Mentored bug email filter]. With many engineers relying exclusively on the Needinfo flag now, lots of "may I work on this bug?" questions get ignored for weeks or months at a time.
As well, in Q2 2014, Hoye will be
* interviewing first-time contributors, as well as contributors who have moved on, to figure out how to improve our processes.
* interviewing first-time contributors, as well as contributors who have moved on, to figure out how to improve our processes.
* Auditing existing mentored and good-first bugs to make sure they are as claimed. Reassigning bad-good-first-bugs as mentored bugs as appropriate, verifying that mentors continue to be willing.
* Auditing existing mentored and good-first bugs to make sure they are as claimed. Reassigning bad-good-first-bugs as mentored bugs as appropriate, verifying that mentors continue to be willing.
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