Hello Apache Training people, here is the draft for our FEB-2024 podling report. Please add your contributions to it and let me know if you have any questions. I am still not able to edit the report submission page in the wiki. Request has been renewed right now.
Best regards Mirko # February 2024 ## Training The Training project aims to develop resources which can be used for training purposes in various media formats, languages and for various Apache and non-Apache target projects. Training has been incubating since 2019-02-21. The attempt started in June 2023, for reviewing and adjusting the project goals, has not yet been finalized. Besides a pure focus on content creation tools we have identified the need for two additional aspects: (1) For ASF processes some documentation exists, e.g. https://community.apache.org/contributor-ladder, but the ASF member journey is still a challenge for many new members, especially those with less coding experience. As a solution it has been suggested to provide training material for teaching new participants the following procedures: * New committer onboarding * inter-project collaboration * New PMC member onboarding * New PMC Chair onboarding * New board member onboarding * You've just graduated to a TLP. What are the challenges you will now face? (2) Creation of some general recommendations/guidelines for: * managing/validation of training material contributions of arbitrary ASF projects has been proposed. We expand our focus now on the following aspects: * We work on strategies to increase the participation and the visibility of the Apache Training project and its goals. * Besides requests for contributions from individual contributors from other Apache projects we want to show what the Apache Training project can offer to those projects. * We should build on the assumption that synergy and network effects can help us to increase the community around training and skill management topics. Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating: * Improve the community participation (other Apache projects should actively be linked to this project, since they "have the content") (Re)define the short-, mid-, and long-term goals of the project. * Select an approach to handle non coding / non document related tasks (e.g., community related activities on events) * Create a strategy how this projects contributes to or is supported by other Apache projects * Create a tutorial on how the tools provided by this project can be used to create own content * Review and simplify current policies around contribution review and releases to find a pragmatic compromise # Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of? The Apache Training project needs more contribution from other Apache projects, hence a clear communication strategy for interlinking existing projects with the Apache Training project is needed. We need feedback from other Apache projects on the tools, workflow, resulting presentations and trainings developed till now. In order to improve this collaboration we suggest to investigate the status of other project’s documentation in a systematic approach, especially with an eye on available training related material. # How has the community developed since the last report? Initial connection to Apache Wayang has been established. The proposed presentation for the Community over Code conference in Bratislava has been accepted. This will be a collaboration between the Apache Training and Apache Wayang project. We discussed the idea of supporting presenters at the Apache Conference in 2024 in Bratislava with the Apache Training tools (Presentation template). # How has the project developed since the last report? A release for the provided tools has been done. A in person video conference has been planed. # How would you assess the podling's maturity? There are currently some issues with this podling that we are working to address, we believe that the issues are not yet critical and can be turned around from within the community but want to make the board aware of this early on. Initial setup oft he project’s structure: Goals and strategy needs a refinement and a re-alignment. Community building: The community exists of a very small number of people but is more or less invisible. Nearing graduation: Currently, we are far away from graduation. # When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? August 2023 # Have your mentors been helpful and responsive? Mentors have been responsive and helpful when reached out to. # Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks? The name search process has not yet been started, as there is still time to do that if and when graduation draws nearer. The PPMC is actively monitoring usage of the Podlings current name on other sites. The Podling is not directly affiliating with any sponsors donating content and presenting an independent image on the webpage. Signed-off-by: (training) Craig Russell Comments: (training) Christofer Dutz Comments: (training) Justin Mclean Comments: (training) Lars Francke Comments: -- Dr. rer. nat. Mirko Kämpf Müchelner Str. 23 06259 Frankleben
