Great idea, thanks Ian!
On 2024/05/24 16:40:17 Ian Cook wrote: > > Is it somehow possible to be a "member" of this account to indicate that > > we have PMC status, or is that not possible within the LinkedIn > > membership/permissions model? > > Yes, Arrow Committers and PMC Members may wish to add Apache Arrow to the > Experience section of their LinkedIn profiles. > > To do this you must fill in three required fields: > 1 - position > 2 - month of start date > 3 - year of start date > > If you wish to do this, I suggest filling the position field with > "Committer", "PMC Member", or "PMC Chair" (whichever is appropriate) and > filling the start date according to when your membership was announced on > the dev mailing list. In the case of PMC Members or Chairs, you can add > multiple entries (some with end dates) to show your different positions > over time. > > Those who add Apache Arrow to the Experience section of their LinkedIn > profiles will appear in the list of people affiliated with Apache Arrow at > https://www.linkedin.com/company/apache-arrow/people/. > > I intend to occasionally check the list of people in that list to ensure no > one is misrepresenting themself. LinkedIn allows company admins to report > such misrepresentations [10]. > > Thank you, > Ian > > [10] https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a540867 > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 12:35 PM Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: > > > > > Is it somehow possible to be a "member" of this account to indicate that > > we have PMC status, or is that not possible within the LinkedIn > > membership/permissions model? > > > > > > > > Le 24/05/2024 à 18:04, Ian Cook a écrit : > > > Following the discussion [1] earlier this year about the status of the > > > Apache Arrow Twitter / X account [2], I have seen several news stories > > > citing declines in use of X and increases in use of LinkedIn (for example > > > [3]). Anecdotally I have seen that the types of conversations about open > > > source data technologies that in the past would have taken place on > > Twitter > > > are now often taking place on Linkedin. > > > > > > Many other ASF projects now have LinkedIn pages ([4][5][6][7] to name a > > > few). LinkedIn does not provide a type of account or page specifically > > for > > > open source projects, but the norm among other ASF projects is to use > > > LinkedIn company pages. It appears that a company page is the only > > suitable > > > type of LinkedIn page for this purpose. > > > > > > After reviewing the ASF best practices for project social media accounts > > > [8], I created a LinkedIn company page for Apache Arrow [9]. I configured > > > the page so that the hyphen in the URL is optional; the > > > unhyphenated version redirects to the hyphenated version. > > > > > > Permissions for LinkedIn company pages are managed by assigning roles for > > > the page to one or more LinkedIn user accounts. There are no credentials > > to > > > be shared. I assigned Raúl Cumplido's LinkedIn account as superadmin user > > > for this page. Raúl is a member of the PMC and is the person who > > currently > > > manages our X account. My LinkedIn account is secure and I have verified > > > with Raúl that his LinkedIn account is secure (strong password used, MFA > > > enabled). > > > > > > As discussed in [1], this page could be used to cross-post the same > > content > > > that is currently being posted to X. For now this can be done manually; > > > perhaps later we can use a syndication tool. This page also gives > > LinkedIn > > > users the ability to tag "@Apache Arrow" in their LinkedIn posts, > > comments, > > > and articles. > > > > > > I invite further discussion on the use of this LinkedIn page. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Ian > > > > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/nyoq9t114t2ko8f3jflzn9dzcsljvptq > > > [2] https://x.com/ApacheArrow > > > [3] > > > > > https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/linkedin-targets-users-caught-between-tiktok-and-twitter-world-games-videos/ > > > [4] https://www.linkedin.com/company/apacheiceberg/ > > > [5] https://www.linkedin.com/company/apache-hudi/ > > > [6] https://www.linkedin.com/company/apachespark/ > > > [7] https://www.linkedin.com/company/doris-apache/ > > > [8] https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/socialmedia > > > [9] https://www.linkedin.com/company/apache-arrow > > > > > >
