Guide :: Mentor Path

📘 Incubation Explained - overview of the Incubator’s purpose, practices, and lessons learned

📘 Podling Orientation Guide - introduction to the incubation process and expectations for new podlings

📘 Who Does What - clarifies roles and responsibilities across the ASF, IPMC, mentors, and podling PMCs

📘 Why Governance Matters - explains why governance is central to ASF culture and how mentors help podlings apply it

🖥️ ASF Values - introduction to the core cultural values of the ASF

🎞️ ASF Values - video overview of ASF Values

📘 Mentor Onboarding - guidance on the responsibilities and expectations of new mentors

🎞️ Mentor Onboarding - video of Mentor Onboarding presentation

📘 Mentor Offboarding - guidance on stepping back and handing off mentoring responsibilities

📘 Selecting a PMC Chair - guidance on choosing a balanced and effective PMC Chair

🖥️ Community Building in Practice (Slide Deck) - building and sustaining healthy, diverse communities

🎞️ Community Building in Practice - how mentors can help podlings turn contributors into a sustainable Apache community

📘 Governance in Practice - guidance on applying ASF governance principles in podling communities

🖥️ Governance in Practice (Slide Deck) - how ASF governance works day to day

🎞️ Governance in Practice - turning ASF principles into everyday project practice

📘 Common Myths About the Incubator - corrects frequent misunderstandings about incubation, reporting, and decision-making

📘 Voting and Consensus in Practice - how consensus and voting shape decision-making in ASF projects

🖥️ Voting and Consensus in Practice (Slide Deck) - understanding how Apache communities make decisions

🎞️ Voting and Consensus in Practice - how ASF projects make transparent, inclusive, and consensus-driven decisions

📘 Communication in Apache Projects - helping podlings use mailing lists and chats transparently and effectively

📘 Vendor Neutrality - ensuring projects remain independent of single-vendor control

🖥️ Vendor Neutrality (Slide Deck) - why balanced governance keeps Apache projects healthy and independent

🎞️ Vendor Neutrality - how mentors can help podlings maintain a balanced and independent community

🖥️ Branding & Identity (Slide Deck) - guidance on name use, logo policy, and protecting ASF trademarks

🎞️ Branding & Identity - how mentors can guide podlings to follow ASF branding and identity policies

📘 Third-Party Branding and Incubating Projects - using third-party brands while respecting ASF branding policies

📘 Legal Basics - ensuring podling releases meet ASF legal and licensing requirements

📘 Interacting with ASF Infrastructure - when and how mentors can help podlings engage with ASF Infra

📘 Project Report Guide - guidance on preparing and submitting ASF project reports to the Board

🧠 Incubator Reporting Scenarios - interactive practice on writing and evaluating podling reports

📘 Measuring Podling Health - how mentors evaluate community activity, diversity, and engagement

📘 Graduation Criteria - requirements and checks for graduation readiness

📘 Graduation and Beyond - guidance on the post-graduation transition and ongoing relationship with the ASF

📘 How To Use the ASF Maturity Model - framework for assessing podling readiness and project health

📘 Incubator Case Studies - examples of challenges and successes from past podlings

📘Practicing The Apache Way - scenario-based cases from real Incubator situations (anonymized) showing how ASF principles are applied under pressure.