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title: draft CNCF LFX Mentorship 2023 term 2 & 3
tags: "draft"
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# CNCF LFX mentorship 2023 terms 2 & 3

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term 1, shared for formatting

# Term 01 - 2023 March - May

Status: Accepting applications

Mentorship duration - three months (12 weeks - full-time schedule)

| activity | date |
| --- | --- |
| project proposals | January 16 - 31, 5:00 PM PDT |
| mentee applications open | February 1 - 21, 5:00 PM PDT |
| application review/admission decisions/HR paperwork | February 22 - March 7, 5:00 PM PDT |
| Mentorship program begins with the initial work assignments | March 8 (Week 1) |
| Midterm mentee evaluations and first stipend payments | April 12 (Week 6) |
| Final mentee evaluations and mentee feedback/blog submission due, second and final stipend payment approvals | May 24, 5:00 PM PST (Week 12) |
| Last day of term | May 31 |

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# Term 02 - 2023 Jun - Aug

Previous terms:
* https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/tree/main/lfx-mentorship/2022/02-Summer#timeline
* https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/tree/main/lfx-mentorship/2021/02-Summer#timeline

Mentorship duration - three months (12 weeks - full-time schedule)

Notes:
* start things on Wednesdays, end things on Tuesdays
* be kind to our future selves, give 2 days admin between events
* KubeCon Apr 18-21

| activity | date |
| --- | --- |
| project proposals due | Fri, April 28, 5:00 PM PDT |
| 2+ days admin | |
| mentee applications open | Wed May 3 - Tue May 16, 5:00 PM PDT |
| application review/admission decisions | Wed May 17 - Mon May 29, 5:00 PM PDT |
| 2 days admin (HR Paperwork) | |
| Mentorship program begins with the initial work assignments | Thur June 1 (Week 1) |
| Midterm mentee evaluations and first stipend payments | Wed July 12 (Week 6) |
| Final mentee evaluations and mentee feedback/blog submission due, second and final stipend payment approvals | Wed Aug 23, 5:00 PM PST (Week 12) |
| Last day of term | Thur Aug 31 |

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# Term 03 - 2023 Sept - Nov

Previous terms
* https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/tree/main/lfx-mentorship/2022/03-Sept-Nov#timeline
* https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/tree/main/lfx-mentorship/2021/03-Fall#timeline

Mentorship duration - three months (12 weeks - full-time schedule)

| activity | date |
| --- | --- |
| project proposals | Thur July 27, 5:00 PM PDT |
| 2+ days admin | |
| mentee applications open | Wed Aug 2 - Tues 15, 5:00 PM PDT |
| application review/admission decisions | Wed Aug 16 - Tues Aug 29, 5:00 PM PDT |
| 2 days admin (HR Paperwork) | |
| Mentorship program begins with the initial work assignments | Mon Sept 4 (Week 1) |
| Midterm mentee evaluations and first stipend payments | Wed Oct 11 (Week 6) |
| Final mentee evaluations and mentee feedback/blog submission due, second and final stipend payment approvals | Wed Nov 22, 5:00 PM PST (Week 12) |
| Last day of term | Thur Nov 30 |