# Advocacy & Outreach SIG Meeting - May 5, 2022

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting-may-5-2022/2333>\
**Category:** Advocacy and Outreach\
**Tags:** meeting\
**Created:** [May 6, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting-may-5-2022/2333 "2022-05-06T00:34:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting-may-5-2022/2333/1 "2022-05-06T00:34:56Z")

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[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/2X/1/11a8f97ab799bc3b79fcf781d31f5277d8cae968.jpeg "Jenkins Advocacy & Outreach SIG Meeting - May 5, 2022") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0WU2YR1yo)

Attending: Alyssa, Mark Waite, Bruno Verachten, Jean-Marc Meessen

Agenda:

- GSoC update:
  - Review/grading period closed. Thank you to all potential mentors for their time to review and provide the grading.
  - Org admins are working on the rankings, we should be on schedule to submit the required ranking to Google by deadline, May 12.
  - AT need Payoneer info used last year to confirm for this year’s payment.
    - AT: Ask the CDF accounts team

- She Code Africa Contributhon [MW]
  - 3 projects: Pipeline Help, Screenshot update, Inclusive naming
  - End of project mid May. Final project wrap up in end of May.
  - Pride: Screenshot update, Inclusive naming working well. Contributors learning and contributing well.
  - Needs improvement: Pipeline Help too technically demanding, much oppty for mistakes for new contributors.
    - Review [2021 project retrospective](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FNZZBBTFdpMIuSpoOaJCgN9CDdt6FdZivI_bMCTNolE/edit?usp=sharing)
    - 2022 project retrospectives will be shared as well

- [CdCon](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cdcon/) | Jenkins contributor summit
  - Agenda is public. Community communication is at [Jenkins Contributor Summit in Austin, TX on June 9, 2022 - Agenda is available!](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-contributor-summit-in-austin-tx-on-june-9-2022-agenda-is-available/2274)
  - In person attendance: Mark Waite, Tim Jacomb, Bruno Verachten (TBD), Alyssa Tong.
  - CDF will post announcement on [Austin, TX meetup group](https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Jenkins-Area-Meetup/events/277674171/) next Tuesday.
  - AT ordering Jenkins sock & stickers for this event

- [DevOps World CFP](https://devopsworld.submittable.com/submit?mkt_tok=MzMzLVFQVi03MjUAAAGDw1Jf0xMU2xES7dLLTXBd0RHp1W3IRUQ7JhEaddVQlWbmldIVGZ0__9Irc_J7IEd-zUg6Dc8KTQGyeeN1Pg) has been extended to May 25.
  - Jenkins contributor summit, Tuesday, Sept 27.

- Jenkins online meetup | May 12, 2022
  - [Localizing Jenkins with Crowdin Enterprise](https://www.meetup.com/Jenkins-online-meetup/events/285677298/)

- Mark to propose meetup for bisecting with Basil
- Additional meetups to propose
  - Accelerating Jenkins builds with Gradle Enterprise (build caching)
  - Accelerating Jenkins test automation with Launchable (AI based test selection)
    - Today, a Jenkins core PR needs 4 hours of wall clock time to evaluate
    - How to accelerate the build and test