DRF Monthly Updates – February 2025

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Welcome to the February 2025 edition of our monthly news! We’re excited to share the latest updates from our foundation and its working groups:

📣 General Updates

• New DevRel Foundation Glossary Available: We’re pleased to announce the creation of a glossary that defines key terms related to the DevRel Foundation. This resource includes role definitions, explanations of tools, meetings, processes, and other essential elements. You can access the glossary here: DevRel Foundation Glossary

• Community Calls Resuming Soon: Community calls will resume by the end of February. These calls provide a neutral and safe space to provide progress updates on working group activities and non-working group activities such as DevRel challenges, use case presentations, and more. Topics and themes for each call will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. These calls will be visible in our public calendar once created: Community Calendar

📣 Working Group Updates

📊 Metrics and Reporting Working Group

• Manager Affiliations Updated: The group has updated the README to reflect the correct affiliations of its managers. See the repository here: Metrics and Reporting WG Repository

• Draft Charter Open for Feedback: The group is drafting its initial charter, which will outline the scope, deliverables, and meeting cadence. The draft will be shared by January 31, 2025, via a GitHub pull request. The aim is to merge and present the charter to the wider DevRel Foundation on February 8th. You can preview the pull request here: Draft Charter Pull Request

🧠 Innovation and Emerging Trends Working Group

• Draft Charter Open for Feedback: A draft charter has been created and is now open for comments and recommendations. You can review and provide feedback on the draft here: Draft Charter

  The repository is available here: Innovation and Emerging Trends WG Repository

🎓 Career Support Working Group

• Draft Charter Open for Feedback: A draft charter has been prepared, focusing on challenges related to careers, categorized into three parts: Employment; Onboarding & Learning; Exit or Changing Careers. You can review the draft charter here: Draft Charter

  The repository is available here: Career Support WG Repository

🏛️ Structure and Organization Working Group

• Draft Charter Open for Feedback: The group has submitted an initial draft charter for feedback and comments. The draft charter is available here: Draft Charter

📚 Resource Aggregation Working Group

• Draft Charter Open for Feedback: After the holiday break, the group has established a draft charter outlining objectives, including aggregating resources like a Persona Library, Tools Catalog, and Events Directory. The draft charter preview is available here: Draft Charter

• Feedback Channels: The group is using GitHub Issues for updates and GitHub Discussions for questions.

• Upcoming Working Group Call: The next monthly working group call is scheduled for Wednesday, February 5th. As participation grows, the frequency and timing will be adjusted to accommodate as many participants as possible. You can find the agenda and minutes here: Working Group Calls

  The repository is available here: Resource Aggregation WG Repository

🙋 Community Engagement Support Working Group

• Draft Charter Open for Feedback: See the PR preview here: Draft Charter

  The repository is available here: Community Engagement Support WG Repository

💡 How to Get Involved

We encourage working group participants and interested folks to get started by visiting the working group's GitHub repository and taking a look around. You are welcome to comment on a discussion, issue, or pull request to share your thoughts on the problems you’d like the working group to address. If you’re not familiar with GitHub, feel free to ask questions in the specific working group’s Discord forum channel or use the working group mailing lists. The working group managers of each working group can assist to answer any questions and provide guidance 😊💚

• Join Discord: DevRel Foundation Discord

• Join Mailing Lists: DevRel Foundation Mailing Lists

• GitHub: DevRel Foundation GitHub

PS: For any general questions, please reach out to steering-committee@dev-rel.org