Mentoring Airtable Base

Last modification: 2025-04-23 (View source)

This document details the structure and functionality of the “mentoring” Airtable base, used to manage the R-Ladies mentoring program. It involves two tables, populated by two forms, and includes Slack notifications for new submissions.

graph TD
    A[Interest Form submission] --> B[Interest Table]
    B --> E[Slack Notification Interest]
    D[Feedback Form submission] --> C[Feedback Table]
    C --> F[Slack Notification Feedback]

Data (Tables and Views)

The “mentoring” base contains two tables: “interest” and “feedback”.

interest Table

This table stores information from individuals interested in participating in the mentoring program, either as mentors or mentees.

Key Fields:

  • slack_username: The Slack username of the interested person.
  • type: Indicates whether the person wants to be a mentor or a mentee.
  • geographic preference: Captures any geographic preferences for matching.

Key Views:

  • Grid view: The standard table view.
  • Kanban: A board view, potentially organized by participant type or matching status.

feedback Table

This table stores feedback related to the mentoring program.

Interface

This base does not have any custom interfaces.

Automation

This base has two automations to notify the mentoring team via Slack upon form submissions:

  1. Slack Notification Interest:

    • Trigger: When the “R-Ladies Chapter Mentoring Program” form is submitted.
    • Action: Sends a message to the “#team-mentoring” Slack channel.

  2. Slack notification Feedback:

    • Trigger: When the “R-Ladies Mentoring Feedback Form” is submitted.
    • Action: Sends a message to “#team-mentoring” Slack channel.