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# CNCF Mentoring SubProject Charter

## Introduction

The CNCF participates in and runs several mentorship programs throughout the year. These mentoring initiatives should be administered by, and be accountable to, the wider CNCF community.

## Mission

The Mentoring SubProject:

- Encourages cloud native computing adoption by providing opportunities for a diverse group of new contributors to work on CNCF projects with experienced mentorship.
- Promotes growth and sustainability of projects through mentoring new and existing contributors.
- Provides support and advice to CNCF projects around mentorship initiatives.

## Goals

- Increase CNCF project participation in mentoring programs external to the Linux Foundation.
- Increase the number of CNCF projects and mentee participation in the LFX Mentorship program.
- Increase the quality of mentorship that CNCF projects provide across all mentorship initiatives.
- Explore opportunities for CNCF participation in new mentorship initiatives.
- Diversity in participants, both mentees and mentors.
- Increase both code and non-code mentorship opportunities.
- Develop mentorship:
- Provide a path for mentees to become mentors.
- Provide education for mentors.

## Scope and Ownership

The Mentoring SubProject manages the following mentorship initiatives:

- The CNCF portion of LFX Mentorship.
- Google Summer of Code.
- Google Season of Docs.
- Outreachy.
- Other initiatives as desired.

The Mentoring SubProject owns and maintains the following resources:

- The [cncf/mentoring](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring) repository.
- Mentoring documentation and program guidance in the [cncf/mentoring](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring) repository.
- Any pages in [contribute.cncf.io](https://contribute.cncf.io) about mentoring.
- CNCF accounts for the above mentoring initiatives.

## Documentation

Official documentation is organized and published in the [cncf/mentoring](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring) repository.

## Facilitators

- Nate Waddington ([@nate-double-u](https://github.com/nate-double-u)), CNCF