LFX Mentorship (previously known as Community Bridge) is a platform developed by the Linux Foundation, which accelerates the adoption, innovation, and sustainability of open source software.
LFX Mentorship is actively used by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as a mentorship platform across the CNCF projects.
| Year | Term | Status | Announcement | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Term 2: Jun-Aug | Planning | 2024 Term 2: Jun-Aug | |
| 2024 | Term 1: Mar-May | In progress | 2024 Term 1: Mar-May | |
| 2023 | Term 3: Sep-Nov | Completed | CNCF Blog | 2023 Term 3: Sep-Nov |
| Term 2: Jun-Aug | Completed | CNCF Blog | 2023 Term 2: Jun-Aug | |
| Term 1: Mar-May | Completed | CNCF Blog | 2023 Term 1: Mar-May | |
| 2022 | Term 3: Sept-Nov | Completed | CNCF Blog | 2022 Term 3: Sept-Nov |
| Summer | Completed | CNCF Blog | Summer'2022 | |
| Spring | Completed | CNCF Blog | Spring'2022 | |
| 2021 | Fall | Completed | CNCF Blog | Fall'2021 |
| Summer | Completed | CNCF Blog | Summer'2021 | |
| Spring | Completed | CNCF Blog | Spring'2021 | |
| 2020 | Q3-Q4 | Completed | CNCF Blog | Q3-Q4'2020 |
| Q2 | Completed | CNCF Blog | Q2'2020 | |
| Q1 | Completed | CNCF Blog | Q1'2020 | |
| 2019 | Pilot | Completed | CNCF Blog | 2019 |
The current cycle is 02-Jun-Aug 2024.
- Nate Waddington (@nate-double-u)
- Jay Tiaki (@jaytiaki)
- Ali Ok (@aliok)
LFX Platform-specific documentation is available here. In the case of any questions or issues with the LFX Mentorship platform/website itself, payments, etc., please reach out to the LFX Mentorship support team directly.
For CNCF-specific questions, please use the Discussions boards (or you can email us at mentoring@cncf.io if you have any questions you don't want to raise publicly).
Please avoid using DM's to contact the program maintainers.
Please see the program-wide guidelines on the LFX Mentorship 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 LFX Mentorship program, you'll have to apply as a mentor on the LFX Mentorship website. Please see the LFX Mentorship guidelines for more details.
If you are a mentee and your desired project will be selected to participate in the LFX Mentorship program, you'll have to apply as a mentee on the LFX Mentorship website. Please see the LFX Mentorship guidelines for more details.
Information on the application process is covered at the LFX Mentorship 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 guides and amounts are listed here.
Please see the full eligibility criteria in the LFX Mentorship documentation.
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.
The LFX Mentorship stipend policy is described here - https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/mentee-stipends.