Request for Mentoring to Start Contributing to Apache Projects

[Ranuga D]

Dear Apache Development Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I recently subscribed to the mailing
list and have been following the community with great interest. As I am
eager to begin contributing to Apache projects, I am writing to inquire if
there might be any mentoring or guidance available for new contributors.

I would appreciate any advice, resources, or potential mentoring
opportunities you could offer to help me get started. I am enthusiastic
about learning and contributing, and I am open to any suggestions on how
best to integrate into the Apache community.

Thank you very much for your time and assistance. I look forward to your
response.

Re: Request for Mentoring to Start Contributing to Apache Projects

[Ranuga D]

Dear Piotr,

Thank you so much for your quick and helpful response! I truly appreciate
your guidance and the encouragement to get involved. I’m particularly
excited about contributing to Apache Airflow and would love to get started
by reaching out to the right community members.

Could you please advise which email address or mailing list I should
contact specifically for mentorship and guidance regarding Apache Airflow?
Any pointers or additional information you can provide would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you once again for your support. I’m really looking forward to diving
in and contributing to the Apache community.

On Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM Piotr P. Karwasz 
wrote:

> Hi Ranuga,
>
> On 9.02.2025 12:04, Ranuga D wrote:
> > I would appreciate any advice, resources, or potential mentoring
> > opportunities you could offer to help me get started. I am enthusiastic
> > about learning and contributing, and I am open to any suggestions on how
> > best to integrate into the Apache community.
>
> The Apache Software Foundation oversees more than 200 mostly independent
> projects[1].
>
> We do mentor new contributors, but the details depend on the project.
> You should probably:
>
> * choose the project that interests you the most.
>
> * ask on the project's mailing list, what kind of help they need and how
> you can contribute.
>
> The only common characteristic of all projects is that each one of them
> needs help.
>
> Piotr
>
> [1] https://projects.apache.org/
>
>

Re: Request for Mentoring to Start Contributing to Apache Projects

[Ranuga D]

thank you :)))

On Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM Maxim Solodovnik 
wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Feb 2025 at 18:40, Ranuga D  wrote:
> >
> > Dear Piotr,
> >
> > Thank you so much for your quick and helpful response! I truly appreciate
> > your guidance and the encouragement to get involved. I’m particularly
> > excited about contributing to Apache Airflow and would love to get
> started
> > by reaching out to the right community members.
> >
> > Could you please advise which email address or mailing list I should
> > contact specifically for mentorship and guidance regarding Apache
> Airflow?
>
> https://airflow.apache.org/community/
>
> :))
>
> > Any pointers or additional information you can provide would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you once again for your support. I’m really looking forward to
> diving
> > in and contributing to the Apache community.
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM Piotr P. Karwasz <
> pi...@mailing.copernik.eu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Ranuga,
> > >
> > > On 9.02.2025 12:04, Ranuga D wrote:
> > > > I would appreciate any advice, resources, or potential mentoring
> > > > opportunities you could offer to help me get started. I am
> enthusiastic
> > > > about learning and contributing, and I am open to any suggestions on
> how
> > > > best to integrate into the Apache community.
> > >
> > > The Apache Software Foundation oversees more than 200 mostly
> independent
> > > projects[1].
> > >
> > > We do mentor new contributors, but the details depend on the project.
> > > You should probably:
> > >
> > > * choose the project that interests you the most.
> > >
> > > * ask on the project's mailing list, what kind of help they need and
> how
> > > you can contribute.
> > >
> > > The only common characteristic of all projects is that each one of them
> > > needs help.
> > >
> > > Piotr
> > >
> > > [1] https://projects.apache.org/
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Maxim
>
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Re: Community track for Community Over Code?

[Ranuga D]

Hi,

I wanted to mention that while I’m not based in North America—and therefore
not in a position to chair the Community track—I’m more than happy to be
part of the team and help out in any way I can.

Please feel free to reach out if there’s any legwork, coordination, or
other support needed. I’m excited to contribute and collaborate on this
initiative.

Looking forward to working together!

Best regards,
Ranuga Disansa
0777169804

On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM Rich Bowen  wrote:

> Cool. I’m requesting the track, and have listed you, as well as Sanyam
> (who contacted me off-list) as the chairs.
>
> If you are not already, please subscribe to plann...@apachecon.com
>  (send email to
> planners-subscr...@apachecon.com )
> so that you can follow the discussion.
>
> Let’s chat over the next few days about what’s involved. Sanyam, are you
> on ASF Slack? We can start a chat there, or wherever else works for you. (I
> already know how to get hold of Chris.)
>
> Thanks
>
> —Rich
>
> > On Feb 11, 2025, at 1:46 PM, Chris Wells  wrote:
> >
> > I would like to become more knowledgeable in how this process works. I
> don't know if I'm ready to be the primary chair, but I could help with some
> of the leg work.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Chris Wells (he/him)
> > Infra Staff, ASF
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, at 9:48 AM, Rich Bowen wrote:
> >> Hi, folks,
> >>
> >> As you may have seen, Community Over Code North America 2025 has been
> announced -
> https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/community-over-code-na-2025-announced-for-minneapolis
> - and there is a call for tracks.
> >>
> >> Is one of you going to step up to chair a Community track? I am
> willing, if nobody else does, but I really don’t have the time, and would
> appreciate either someone else taking the lead here, or perhaps going in
> together to work on this. But this is a very important track and I don’t
> want it to be overlooked this year because some of the folks who have led
> it in the past have stepped back a bit.
> >>
> >> Anyone?
> >>
> >> —
> >> Rich Bowen
> >> rbo...@rcbowen.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> —
> Rich Bowen
> rbo...@rcbowen.com
>
>
>
>
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