I’m concerned with all the buzz regarding goals requiring Reps to get on the same page every month or so. I really hope that is an exception due to the latest changes with Connected Devices (but really, with Mozilla changing strategy so often, I do not see it as an exception).
Ideally, goals should be clearly and briefly communicated to Reps, without going into unneeded details, which shouldn’t be the concern of the average Rep, rather than the Participation team + Council. Looking at it this way, a Rep should contribute 90% of their time to actual Mozilla contributions, doing things on the ground or empowering others to do things.
With all the goals and impact topics, I feel that Reps are asked to contribute quite more of their time to these discussions, than actually doing things. While this could be lucrative for some contributors, I do not see it as a requirement for all Reps. I hope this is only a temporary situation with the recent changes at Reps and that it will be clearer in the coming months.
To answer the question: Announcements on Reps-General and Discourse are the heart of this obviously. However, I think it would be worth for the mentors to ping their mentees about these changes, which should be an effective way to make sure everyone gets the memo.
My 2 cents, that is.