# Advocacy & Outreach SIG Meeting - October 19, 2023

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting-october-19-2023/10278>\
**Category:** Advocacy and Outreach\
**Tags:** meeting\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting-october-19-2023/10278 "2023-10-19T22:21:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting-october-19-2023/10278/1 "2023-10-19T22:21:04Z")

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[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/2X/7/7cc4f2d3c00a2915984573a35a2b36010c5eddb2.jpeg "Advocacy & Outreach SIG Meeting - October 19, 2023") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqsmC5YPvww)

Attending: Alyssa, Kevin Martens, Bruno Verachten, JMM, Kris Stern

Action items:

AT to initiate a planning doc for GSoC 2024  
AT to initiate GSoC project idea doc

Agenda:

- Hacktofest update
  - Total number of PRs created in jenkinsci and jenkins-infra orgs: 653 (was 377 a week ago)
  - Total Hacktoberfest PRs: 260 (was 153) (by 66 (was 51) contributors)
  - Total validated Hacktoberfest PRs: 197 (was 114) (by 40 (was 36) contributors)

- GSoC 2024 project ideas discussion and mentor recruitment has begun. Org admins will remain the same: Kris Stern, Bruno Verachten, Alyssa Tong, JMM
- [DevOps Dozen Award Nominatio](https://devopsdozen.com/)n - Based on discussion [here](https://community.jenkins.io/t/nominate-jenkins-for-the-community-award/10123), AT is applying for the Community award. Application responses are [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gvchY9tm3tBn6_4hXjI5titqw1ZD8pKGSjfxV__8cuo/edit?usp=sharing). Feedback/input is greatly appreciated.
  - JMM - is there a link in GitHub to show the total # of contributors for Jenkins that we could add to the application?
    - JMM: use this link [Grafana](https://jenkins.devstats.cd.foundation/d/7/companies-contributing-in-repository-groups?orgId=1)

- Contributor Summit during FOSDEM - preliminary. Feb 2, 2024. Venue is close promximity to the FOSDEM conference. We have a meeting room secured.
  - By early November we’ll start initial draft of agenda.