Call for Volunteers — Fedora Mentor Summit @ Flock 2026

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:megaphone: Call for Volunteers — Fedora Mentor Summit @ Flock 2026

Hi Fedora community! :waving_hand: We’re kicking off planning for the Fedora Mentor Summit 2026, which will take place alongside Flock to Fedora in June 2026 (Prague). The previous Fedora Mentor Summit at Flock to Fedora 2025 had great feedback on the community-focused activities we organized — and we want to keep the momentum going!

To make this year’s Mentor Summit even better, we’re looking for volunteers to help organize and run the following key activities:

:glowing_star: Core Activities to Focus On

  • Sticker Match Session A fun social activity for folks to meet across teams and interests using sticker categories — great for networking and making new connections. (Inspired by this year’s Sticker Match social)

  • Mentor Match Lunch During the conference lunch, we match mentors and mentees based on interests to foster deeper conversations and mentorship connections — a highlight of FMS 2025.

  • Contributor Recognition Award As part of celebrating contributions across Fedora, we’ll once again organize the Contributor Recognition Award — from nominations to selecting and honoring contributors at the Summit.

:handshake: How You Can Help

We need volunteers to help with: Planning logistics for each activity:

  • Drafting communication and sign-up forms Facilitating sessions during the event.

  • Helping with award nominations and selection process.

  • Outreach and engagement pre- and post-Flock.

  • Assembling a committee of reviewers for the awards, to help involve multiple teams and perspectives in the reviewer process.

Whether you’re a seasoned organizer or new to volunteering, there are lots of ways to get involved! We are looking for both on-site and virtual volunteers.

:light_bulb: Have Other Ideas?

This is also the space to bring new ideas for the Mentor Summit. If you have activities, formats, or goals you think would make mentorship even more valuable at Flock, please share them below! Our aim is to grow the Summit in ways that serve the whole community.

:bell: Reply here with:

  1. What activity you’d like to help with (e.g., Lunch matching, Sticker Match, Contributor Recognition Award)

  2. Your interest area or relevant experience

  3. Any new ideas you’d like to propose

  4. Lastly, head over to Gitlab - Fedora Mentor Summit 2026 (#62) · Issues · Fedora / Diversity Equity and Inclusion Team / Home - Issues and Discussions · GitLab and let the team know you are interested and stay up to date with information.

Looking forward to planning an amazing Mentor Summit together! :rocket:
If you have any questions, the DEI Team is found at #dei:fedoraproject.org on Matrix.

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Thanks for kicking off this call for volunteers, @recursedd! There are some great opportunities to get involved with organizing an important event in the Fedora Project, and it helps us create the culture of mentoring that is so important for us to be sustainable as an open source project.

I pinned this topic globally until Monday so that folks have a chance to see this and raise their hand if they want to get involved.

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You can count with me. I need to sort my thoughts but I would be happy to help :slight_smile:

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Count me in as well, like the last time. I have some ideas atop the old ones that I would share shortly.

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Count me in! I loved the Lunch in the last flock. It was great to just have a good casual conversation with folks and hear about their experences.

I was also honored to get a contributor recognition award as well last year. :slight_smile: (as a side note, I think anyone who won last year should not be considered this year… I’d love for us to recognize more contributors around the project and I know there are a bunch of them!)

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I’m definitely interested in this, both as a participant (the lunch was super fun last year) and as a volunteer if you need more of them.