Community Bridge is a platform Developed by the Linux Foundation, which accelerates the adoption, innovation, and sustainability of open source software.
Community Bridge is actively used by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as a mentorship platform across the CNCF projects.
| Year | Term | Status | Announcement | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q2 | Ongoing | TBD | Q2'2020 |
| Q1 | Completed | CNCF Blog | Q1'2020 | |
| 2019 | Pilot | Completed | CNCF Blog | 2019 |
The Community Bridge program is ongoing. The current cycle is Q2'2020, and more details are available on the dedicated page.
- Chris Aniszczyk (@caniszczyk): https://twitter.com/cra
- Ihor Dvoretskyi (@idvoretskyi): https://twitter.com/idvoretskyi
In the case of any questions or issues with the Community Bridge platform/website itself, please reach out to the Community Bridge support team directly.
For the CNCF-specific questions, please use the dedicated #mentoring channel on the CNCF Slack (or email us to [email protected] if you have any questions you don't want to raise up publicly).
Please to avoid using DM's to contact the program maintainers.
Please see the program-wide guidelines at the CommunityBridge website.
Project maintainers and mentors, are requested to submit the ideas below (under the Project Ideas section) section using the template.
CNCF will select the projects that will participate in the Community Bridge mentorship round and they will appear on the Community Bridge website after the selection.
If you are a mentor and your project will be selected to participate in the Community Bridge mentorship program, you'll have to apply as a mentor on the Community Bridge website. Please see the Community Bridge guidelines for more details.
If you are a mentee and your desired project will be selected to participate in the Community Bridge mentorship program, you'll have to apply as a mentee on the Community Bridge website. Please see the Community Bridge guidelines for more details.
Information on the application process is covered at the Community Bridge documentation website. Please note that once you've applied, your application moves to the pending state until a mentor will pick it up. There is no need to reapply (you'll see an error if you'll try to reapply).
The stipend is $5500 per student/cycle. Please check out the guidelines on how to be paid.
Please note that you are eligible to participate as a mentee in a single project per-cycle. In total, you may participate in up to two cycles of the Community Bridge Mentorship program.
Mentors are responsible for selecting and matching mentees to their projects.
Mentee candidates are required to provide cover letters (Statement of Purpose) while applying, so mentors may review them. In addition, mentors may also interview the candidates to understand their level of qualification before making the final decision.
If you are a mentee, please note that you'll be asked to provide the Statement of Purpose letter after the mentor's selection. Please be patient.