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Merge Request Coach Lifecycle

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Applying to become a Merge Request Coach

  1. Create an MR to add "Merge Request Coach" to "departments" and "expertise" sections in your team page entry (see example).
  2. Use the Merge Request Coach MR template to explain your motivation in the MR body:
    • Why you want to become a Merge Request Coach?
    • How much time you are planning to spend on it?
    • Which duties you are focusing on (e.g. triage, finish stale MRs)?
  3. Mention @gitlab-org/quality/contributor-success so they are aware of the application.
  4. Mention you manager and ask them to merge it.
  5. Once accepted, one of the coaches with Owner permissions should add you to the @gitlab-org/coaches group.

Stepping down gracefully

If you are no longer able to serve as a Merge Request Coach, you should identify another GitLab team member to take your place so that the capacity of the remaining coaches remains the same. When you are ready to step down, you need to:

  1. Make an announcement on the #mr-coaching Slack channel.
  2. Update the team.yml file to remove "Merge Request Coach".
  3. Remove yourself from the @gitlab-org/coaches group.

References/resources

  1. Merge Request Coach responsibilities
  2. Merge Request Coach collaboration guidelines
  3. Gitter room for contributors: please join if you're not part of it already!

Current Merge Request Coaches

GitLab currently has 35 merge request coaches:

Name Group Departments
Max Woolf Analyze:Product Analytics Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Analyze:Product Analytics BE Team, and Merge Request Coach
Daniel Murphy Contributor Success Engineering Function, Quality Department, Contributor Success Team, and Merge Request Coach
Raimund Hook Contributor Success Quality Department, Engineering Function, Contributor Success Team, and Merge Request Coach
Rémy Coutable Contributor Success Engineering Function, Quality Department, Contributor Success Team, Merge Request Coach, and Core Team
Kerri Miller Create:Code Review Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Create:Code Review BE Team, Merge Request Coach, and Create:Code Review
Patrick Bajao Create:Code Review Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Create:Code Review BE Team, Merge Request Coach, and Create:Code Review
David O'Regan Create:Editor Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Frontend, Backend, Create:Editor, Create:Editor FE Team, Create:Editor BE Team, and Merge Request Coach
Paul Slaughter Create:Editor Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Create:Editor FE Team, Frontend, and Merge Request Coach
Vasilii Iakliushin Create:Source Code Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Create:Source Code BE Team, Merge Request Coach, and Create:Source Code
Reuben Pereira Delivery Engineering Function, Infrastructure Department, Platform Subdepartment, Delivery Team, Backend, and Merge Request Coach
Justin Ho Ecosystem:Integrations Engineering Function, Frontend, Development Department, Dev Section, Ecosystem:Integrations FE Team, and Merge Request Coach
Alina Mihaila Engineering Productivity Engineering Function, Quality Department, Engineering Productivity Team, and Merge Request Coach
Jen-Shin Lin Engineering Productivity Engineering Function, Quality Department, Engineering Productivity Team, and Merge Request Coach
Dmitry Gruzd Global Search Engineering Function, Development Department, Enablement Sub-department, Global Search BE Team, and Merge Request Coach
Terri Chu Global Search Engineering Function, Development Department, Enablement Sub-department, Global Search BE Team, Merge Request Coach, and Parental Leave Reentry buddy
Alexander Turinske Govern:Security Policies Engineering Function, Development Department, Sec Section, Govern Sub-department, Govern frontend capability, Govern:Security Policies FE Team, Frontend, and Merge Request Coach
Brian Williams Govern:Threat Insights Engineering Function, Development Department, Sec Section, Govern Sub-department, Govern backend capability, Govern:Threat Insights BE Team, and Merge Request Coach
Daniel Tian Govern:Threat Insights Engineering Function, Development Department, Sec Section, Govern Sub-department, Govern frontend capability, Govern:Threat Insights FE Team, Frontend, and Merge Request Coach
Jonathan Schafer Govern:Threat Insights Engineering Function, Development Department, Sec Section, Govern Sub-department, Govern backend capability, Govern:Threat Insights BE Team, Backend, and Merge Request Coach
Illya Klymov Manage:Import Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Manage:Import FE Team, Frontend, and Merge Request Coach
Ezekiel Kigbo Manage:Optimize Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Manage:Optimize FE Team, Frontend, and Merge Request Coach
Magdalena Frankiewicz Manage:Optimize Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Manage:Optimize BE Team, and Merge Request Coach
Peter Hegman Manage:Workspace Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Manage:Workspace FE Team, Frontend, and Merge Request Coach
James Rushford Monitor:Respond Engineering Function, Development Department, Ops Section, Monitor:Respond FE Team, Monitor:Respond, Frontend, and Merge Request Coach
Peter Leitzen Monitor:Respond Engineering Function, Development Department, Ops Section, Monitor:Respond BE Team, Monitor:Respond, and Merge Request Coach
Vitali Tatarintev Monitor:Respond Engineering Function, Development Department, Ops Section, Monitor:Respond BE Team, Monitor:Respond, and Merge Request Coach
Alper Akgun None Engineering Function, Development Department, ModelOps Section, ModelOps:Applied ML, ModelOps:MLOps, and Merge Request Coach
Kushal Pandya None Engineering Function, Development Department, Dev Section, Frontend, and Merge Request Coach
Steve Abrams Package Engineering Function, Development Department, Ops Sub-department, Package Group, Package BE Team, Merge Request Buddy, and Merge Request Coach
Thong Kuah Pods Engineering Function, Development Department, Enablement Sub-department, Pods Group, Pods BE Team, and Merge Request Coach
Allen Cook Release Engineering Function, Development Department, Ops Sub-department, Release BE Team, Release Group, and Merge Request Coach
Bob Van Landuyt Scalability Engineering Function, Infrastructure Department, Platform Subdepartment, Scalability Team, and Merge Request Coach
Tetiana Chupryna Secure:Composition Analysis Engineering Function, Development Department, Sec Section, Secure:Composition Analysis BE Team, and Merge Request Coach
Jannik Lehmann Secure:Static Analysis Engineering Function, Development Department, Sec Section, Secure:Static Analysis FE Team, Frontend, and Merge Request Coach
Albert Salim Verify:Pipeline Insights Engineering Function, Development Department, Ops Sub-department, Verify:Pipeline Insights Group, Verify:Pipeline Insights BE Team, and Merge Request Coach
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