This is partly a branding question (in terms of what name to use,
especially if there is any perceived direct relationship between the
social media group and the PMC. Some guidelines to review to help you
decide are:
https://apache.org/foundation/marks/socialmedia
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PRESS/Publicity+Guidelines+for+Top-Level+Projects#PublicityGuidelinesforTopLevelProjects-socialguidelines
Also, has the PMC discussed this and have a rough consensus (or at least
enough discussion to show there's no objections)? There certainly are
plenty of affinity groups named after our projects on LinkedIn and
similar places. The great majority are fine, because readers understand
they're affinity groups, not official project areas.
The real issues to watch out for are:
- Making sure that groups like this note in their descriptions they are
not official parts of the project or PMC.
- Keeping the discussion focused on the project and technology, and not
letting it become merely a place for vendor ads or other brand infringement.
Does that help?
David Smiley wrote on 1/16/25 6:12 PM:
Hello ComDev,
Some members of the Apache Solr Project are interested in having a LinkedIn
Group as a community collaborative forum to share various news /
happenings. There is already a private group named "Solr" and another
named "Apache Solr" that we might be able to convince the owners of to
share or relinquish admin privileges. We could also start a new group.
Questions:
* Is it a problem if the group is named "Solr" without "Apache" in the name?
* Is it a problem if the group is private; users need to request to join?
Of course we'd prefer a public group but AFAICT it's not possible to
convert a group's public/private aspect.
The "Solr" group has 6K members, and I'd be shocked if we could reach such
a figure if we start a new group or use the other one. Although we might
convince many to switch that are subscribed.
I would rather not create an official relationship between the project/PMC
and the group. Nonetheless, if the group becomes useful, we'd like to link
to it from the project website and vice-versa. Some disclaimers may be
needed.
The groups:
Solr: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1557747/
Apache Solr: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10319666/
~ David Smiley
Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley
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