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| 1 | +# Mentoring Lead Handbook |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Overview |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +The Mentoring Lead role is created to help upstream Kubernetes contributors to participates in various mentorship programs like [GSoC](mentoring/programs/google-summer-of-code.md), [GSoD](mentoring/programs/google-season-of-docs.md), [LFX Mentorship](mentoring/programs/lfx-mentorship.md) and many more as an independent organisation or under Cloud Native Computing Foundation(CNCF). |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +## Responsibilities |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +Major responsibilities incluedes a commitment to: |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +- Be proactive in information sharing regarding various mentorship cohorts |
| 12 | +- Be a bridge between the CNCF employees and the mentors from kubernetes project |
| 13 | +- Be an active contributor, who could identify parts of the project that could get help from mentorship programs |
| 14 | +- Be a go-to person for all SIGs to help them with their mentorship proposals |
| 15 | +- Be welcoming of everyone by being your unique self |
| 16 | +- Be inclusive on contributors, especially with new contributors joining kubernetes project as part of the mentoring process |
| 17 | +- Be a leader of the mentoring sub-project with a commitment to its charter |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +### Minimum Skills and Requirements |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +Skills: |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +- Be comfortable with general GitHub workflows. You'll be working inside of multiple repositories with different workflows and helping others on the team with troubleshooting. |
| 24 | +- Be a team player, making the project welcoming for new mentees and helping other members of the project interested to part in mentorship with the process. |
| 25 | +- Be willing and capable of saying "no" as necessary, but try to get to a "yes, and" to help the community achieve its goals. In short, be empathetic. |
| 26 | +- Strong written and verbal communication skills. A willingness to meet (a lot) of new people is important for this work. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +Requirements: |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +- Member of the [Kubernetes GitHub Org] |
| 31 | +- [Reviewer] in the mentoring folder |
| 32 | +- Not Necessary, but a previous mentee/mentor in any of the mentorship programme is preferrable |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +#### Expected Time Investment |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +- Four hours a week as a minimal target, might be two hours more during the proposal submission perios |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +#### Duration |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Ideally, no lead should be in the same position indefinitely. With that in mind,the project would like to see new leadership every 24 months to keep a fresh perspective. |
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