Low engagement on Release post MVP nominations

Summary

We would like to request some ideas on how to increase the number of MVP nominations we receive on a monthly basis. It's an important component of the release post that gives us a chance to live out our values of Collaboration and Inclusion, but with each milestone, we receive very few nominations and the same contributors are nominated again and again.

Current process

  1. An MVP nomination issue is generated for each release post cycle: 15.2 example
  2. The issue template mentions @gl-product @gitlab-org/coaches @gitlab-com/marketing/community-relations in order to increase awareness amongst relevant teams
  3. The release post manager solicits nominations on the 7th and 12th by sharing a link to the nomination issue in the following Slack channels #release-post, #community-relations, #mr-coaching #core
  4. The release post manager makes a selection from the nominations on the 15th, or escalates the lack of a nominee in those same channels

Contributing to this issue

  1. Scan the issue to see if your idea has already been contributed
  2. Start a thread with a recommendation to increase MVP nominations

@gl-product @gitlab-org/coaches @gitlab-com/marketing/community-relations