# 2024 October 31: Advocacy & Outreach SIG Meeting

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/2024-october-31-advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting/22695>\
**Category:** Advocacy and Outreach\
**Tags:** meeting\
**Created:** [October 31, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/2024-october-31-advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting/22695 "2024-10-31T15:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![alyssat](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/alyssat/32/132_2.png) [@alyssat](https://community.jenkins.io/u/alyssat)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/2024-october-31-advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting/22695/2 "2024-11-01T01:13:24Z")

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[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/2X/1/1542c9f94fb3cc9b8023e2f859099726d9b46dd1.jpeg "2024 10 31- Advocacy & Outreach SIG meeting") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKj0GYO9qSs)

Attendees: AT, BV, Kris Stern, Kevin Martens

Agenda:

- GSoC 2025 project idea discussion has begun. Happy to say we have a good list of project ideas. Kris will be updating the [webpage](https://www.jenkins.io/projects/gsoc/2024/project-ideas/) as we recruit mentors. We encourage anyone interested in becoming a mentor and or suggest project ideas to reach out to us.
- FOSDEM:
  - Contributor summit
    - We have a meeting room for the contributor summit at the Betacowork space in Brussels.
    - Participation & planning is led by Bruno - Join the planning [here](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-contributor-summit-on-jan-31-2025-call-for-topics-and-ideas/21678) and let us know you’re joining us so we may plan accordingly.

- Contributor spotlight story:
  - November 5 - Jesse Glick
  - Thank you Kevin for doing all the heavy lifting
  - New year posts:
    - Top 5 advices from heavy contributors to new members of the open source
    - Even doing some kind of look back at Jenkins over the years vs. where it is now

- Strengthen community efforts update
  - KS:Push out completion to end of year.

- Election - voter registration,last day today - Oct 31, 2024. Register at [Jenkins election voter 2024 - Jenkins](https://community.jenkins.io/g/election-voter-2024?filter=)
- Hacktoberfest: Not as many participation this year. Kevin got a lot of participation & help.

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