I’ve added an initial description here: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/comdev/community/wg-social/README.md
And copied below for convenience. Part of building community is facilitating in-person (or maybe virtual?) gatherings where contributors can share life as humans. Our communities work a lot better when we view one another as humans, and not merely words in email messages and pull requests. Over the years, we have become increasingly fragmented, for lots of very logical reasons. Let’s see what we can do to chip away at that a little bit, and reclaim some of our cross-project bonds. # Social Workgroup (Proposed) To facilitate social gatherings wherever Apache contributors may be present. ## Who Any Apache contributor may be a wg-social member. It's helpful if you either travel to in-person events, or live in a place where Apache contributors may gather, such as a large city, or a popular conference destination. ## What Arrange social gathering of Apache contributors. The exact parameters of this are left up to the members of this WG, but intial suggestions might be: * Simply notifying attendees that other Apache contributors might be in the same location at the same time. * Arranging a specific time/place for a gathering, whether for a meal, drinks, or informal gathering. * Working with a sponsor to facilitate an actual sponsored event, and inviting Apache contributors to that event. * Resurrect the pa...@apache.org mailing list to coordinate, and promote, these events. ## Why Building strong communities is easier in person. Facilitating informal non-technical gatherings of Apache contributors, especially across projects, builds strong bonds within the Foundation, and contributes to important conversations that affect all of us. ## Values * You will never spam the membership, or the projects, with excessive communication about gatherings. There's probably a lot of leeway to interpret this, but everyone knows spam when they see it. * This is not a mechanism for companies to circumvent our trademark policies. Work with trademarks@ to ensure that you're not stepping on toes here. * This is an unfunded, volunteer effort. You don't have access to ComDev budget for this, except with regard to foundation swag (stickers, for example) that ComDev chooses to provide. — Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com
