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• Localization efforts are crucial in the Kubernetes organization
• Contributors can become a Kubernetes org member through localization efforts, but there are certain conditions that apply
• Contributions do not have to be in Sig Docs, but contributors must be native speakers of the localization they are working on
• The presentation provides information on where to seek help and how to contribute to the project

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• The speaker shares her experience of contributing to Jenkins through GSoC
• The CDF community is welcoming and supportive of new contributors
• Goal setting, time commitment, and communication are important factors in successful contributions
• Imposter syndrome is a common challenge for mentees
• Anyone can be a mentor regardless of their level of expertise
• Matching the right project is crucial for successful contributions

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• TOC manages the projects under CNCF and evaluates their maturity levels
• CNCF aims to make cloud native computing ubiquitous
• The community works together to address project health and strengthen the ecosystem
• Various contributors have made invaluable contributions to the mission of CNCF

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• There are three stages in the contribution ladder: members, reviewers, and approvers.
• To merge a PR, it must pass all automated tests and be approved by at least one Kubernetes approver.
• For contributing a feature, it is important to make oneself familiar with the contribution process and to ensure that one understands the whole process.
• The process starts from an unstable Alpha, goes through to the feature complete beta state, and finally to the stable GA state.
• There are three different repos where changes need to be made: the enhancement repo, the Kubernetes repo, and the Kubernetes website repo.

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• The new code of conduct body is being developed to define common expectations and procedures for the cloud native community.
• The goal is to create a healthy community where everyone feels safe participating in.
• Increasing understanding between community members is essential to achieving this goal.
• The code of conduct committee aims to provide transparency and fairness in the process, with clear conflict of interest procedures and multiple paths for reporting.
• The committee also aims to promote restorative and transformative justice, in addition to traditional incident resolution procedures.

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• Establishing goals and metrics is important for community building
• Qualitative analysis is important in addition to quantitative analysis
• User zero and design partners zero are important for testing new features
• Community building takes a lot of work and can lead to burnout
• Building relationships with community members is important for building champions and ambassador programs

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• Engineers often focus on the solution rather than the problem, which can lead to ineffective marketing
• Simplicity is key in marketing technical products
• Community involvement can be a powerful marketing tool
• Understanding the customer's problem is crucial in effective marketing
• Reminding customers of the problem they are trying to solve is important

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• Kubernetes SIG Security has several sub-projects aimed at improving the security of Kubernetes and supporting developers in deploying applications securely
• The self-assessment sub-project aims to determine the security posture of workflows by answering two questions
• The tooling sub-project focuses on building and improving the security of the project and creating a space for new contributors to share and learn
• The third-party security audit sub-project facilitates regular expert audits by third-party auditing firms to improve the security of Kubernetes code and design
• The recent audit report identified several medium and low-level findings, which have been addressed by the security response committee and the SIGs
• The sub-projects are looking for new contributors and maintainers interested in improving Kubernetes security