# DevRel Weekly Update \[ WE 08.07.2021 \]

**URL:** <https://gov.near.org/t/devrel-weekly-update-we-08-07-2021/4305>\
**Category:** Developer Relations\
**Tags:** weekly-updates\
**Created:** [August 9, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/devrel-weekly-update-we-08-07-2021/4305 "2021-08-09T21:21:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![josh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/josh/32/298_2.png) [@josh](https://gov.near.org/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/devrel-weekly-update-we-08-07-2021/4305/1 "2021-08-09T21:21:05Z")

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## Week 1 as new DevRel 2.0 team 🎉

Last week @potatodepaulo stepped down as Head of DevRel to begin a new spin-out venture, Satori, with several team members. Team members that did not join Satori and will continue to work for NEAR, Inc. on the new DevRel team are @josh, @doriancrutcher, @VideoDon, @mehtaphysical, & @robertyan. @illia will be stepping in as our temporary Head of DevRel until this position is filled. In addition, we a thrilled to announce a new member to our team (@damian) who will be joining us as our Senior Technical Writer 🎉 ✍

## DevRel 2.0 Priorities:

- Drive awareness & advocacy amongst developers
- Developer support
- Developer education (docs, examples, tutorials, & workshops)
- Collect product feedback

## Issues and Tracking:

**[DevRel Project Board](https://github.com/orgs/near/projects/14)**  
**[DevRel Issues](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues)**

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## DevRel update for week ending 8/07/21:

### Ryan (@mehtaphysical)

Progress:

- [[TASK] NEAR University POC · Issue #268 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/268)
- [[EPIC] Create intro workshop content · Issue #270 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/270)
- [[URGENT] Create near login landing page for FirstBlood · Issue #257 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/257)
- [Sync with DevPlatform on Zero - Hero Tutorial Ideas · Issue #260 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/260)

Priorities:

- [[TASK] Vue NEAR Components · Issue #269 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/269)
- Channel support

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### Dorian (@doriancrutcher )

Progress:

- [DeCash Tutorial (Decentralized Venmo) · Issue #271 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/271)
- Out sick for a few days 🤒

Priorities:

- [Update DeCash Tutorial to use Rust instead of AS · Issue #274 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/274)
- Channel support

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### Chad ( @VideoDon )

Progress:

- **[Tutorial video for Decash · Issue #258 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/258)**

Priorities:

- [Update DeCash Tutorial Video with newly created Rust contract · Issue #275 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/275)
- Establish communication with MarComm and collaborate on marketing / social media efforts

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### Damian ( @damian )

Progress:

- Onboarding! 🙂
- [[DOC] Update Rust Introduction / walkthrough · Issue #757 · near/docs · GitHub](https://github.com/near/docs/issues/757)
- [[META] Implement feedback widget · Issue #797 · near/docs · GitHub](https://github.com/near/docs/issues/797)
- [Fix broken links](https://github.com/near/docs/pull/794)
- [Propose technical writing style guide for docs](https://github.com/near/docs/pull/795)

Priorities:

- Onboarding cont. 🙂
- [Breakdown RPC / API and REST Docs · Issue #276 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/276)
- Channel support

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### Josh (@josh)

Progress:

- Onboarding Damian
- Team 1:1’s
- DevRel candidate interview
- [Cleanup project board and sort issues · Issue #254 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/254)
- [Sync with DevPlatform on Zero - Hero Tutorial Ideas · Issue #260 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/260)
- [[URGENT] Create near login landing page for FirstBlood · Issue #257 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/257)
- [Create on-call support schedule for dev-channels · Issue #256 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/256)

Priorities:

- Channel support
- Hackathon syncs
- Maintain communication between DevRel, DevPlatform, and MarCom
- [Migrate from Docusarus v1 to v2 · Issue #684 · near/docs · GitHub](https://github.com/near/docs/issues/684)
- [Define Q3 OKRs and update them in AirTable · Issue #277 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/277)
- [Fix cookbook examples in `near-api-js` · Issue #264 · near/devrel · GitHub](https://github.com/near/devrel/issues/264)

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**Author:** ![VideoDon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/videodon/32/746_2.png) [@VideoDon](https://gov.near.org/u/VideoDon)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/devrel-weekly-update-we-08-07-2021/4305/2 "2021-08-09T21:45:33Z")

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Very solid! Thank you for taking the initiative and aggregating everyones updates @josh 🙏🏽