adding LFX 2026 Term 2

Signed-off-by: Nate W <[email protected]>

Author: nate-double-u

programs/lfx-mentorship/2026/02-Jun-Aug/README.md

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+# Term 02 - 2026 June - August
+
+Status: Planning
+
+Mentorship duration - three months (full-time schedule)
+
+### Timeline
+
+| **Activity** | **Dates (2026)** |
+|--------------|------------------|
+| **Mentor & Maintainer Info Session** | Wed, Mar 18, 2026 |
+| **Project Proposals Open** | Wed, Apr 1 – Tue, Apr 29, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC) |
+| **Mentee Candidate Info Session – Americas** | Tue, Apr 21, 2026 |
+| **Mentee Candidate Info Session – Europe & APAC** | Wed, Apr 22, 2026 |
+| **Mentee Applications Open** | Wed, May 6 – Tue, May 20, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC) |
+| **Application Review Period (2 weeks)** | Wed, May 21 – Tue, Jun 3, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC) |
+| **Selection Notifications** | Wed, Jun 4, 2026 |
+| **Mentorship Program Begins** | Mon, Jun 1, 2026 *(work officially begins June 1; notifications arrive June 4, as in 2025)* |
+| **Midterm Mentee Evaluations** | Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC) |
+| **First Stipend Payments** | Wed, Jul 15, 2026 |
+| **Final Mentee Evaluations** | Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC) |
+| **Second Stipend Payments** | Wed, Aug 26, 2026 |
+| **Last Day of Term** | Mon, Aug 31, 2026 |
+
+
+### Project instructions
+
+Project maintainers and potential mentors are welcome to propose their mentoring project ideas via submitting a PR to GitHub here https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/blob/main/programs/lfx-mentorship/2026/02-Jun-Aug/project_ideas.md, by January 20, 2026.
+
+### Application instructions
+
+Mentee application instructions can be found on the [Program Guidelines](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/blob/main/programs/lfx-mentorship/README.md#program-guidelines) page.
+
+---
+
+

programs/lfx-mentorship/2026/02-Jun-Aug/project_ideas.md

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+## Template
+
+```
+### CNCF Project Name
+
+#### Mentorship project Title
+
+- Description:
+- Expected Outcome:
+- Recommended Skills:
+- Mentor(s):
+  - Mentor Name (@mentor_github, [email protected]) - please use the same email address as you use on the LFX Mentorship Platform at https://mentorship.lfx.linuxfoundation.org
+- Upstream Issue:
+
+```
+
+---
+
+
+## Proposed Project ideas
+