Hi Ryan I just wanted to remind what should be done for meetups (a kind of context), especially:
"The VP, Brand Management, or the VP of the relevant Apache project, must approve the use of Apache marks in any events run by third parties. This includes conferences, meetups, get-togethers, and any other types of events. Events must comply with this policy and have permission to use Apache marks in the name of the event or in any of the primary branding, including website domain names, for the event. Event branding and event organizers may not claim to be the organizers or sole or exclusive leaders of any Apache project, nor claim to be the sole, exclusive, or primary source of information for any Apache project." So, I think "lazy" approval should be fine, but I'm a bit "surprised" by "PMC out of the meetup approval business" because: 1. It's not necessary the PMC, it's VP Brand or VP of the project 2. We have to be sure about the trademark use approval I wanted to emphasize that because, at foundation level, we highly care about our marks. Thanks, Regards JB Le mar. 27 mai 2025 à 17:52, Ryan Blue <rdb...@gmail.com> a écrit : > JB, can you give us a bit more context about why you're recommending those > pages? Do they have policies that already do what is being suggested? Do > they impose limits that mean we could not do this? Without that > information, I'm not sure what I'm looking for in those docs. > > On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> > wrote: > >> Hi Russell >> >> I would suggest to take a look on: >> >> https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/events.html >> >> And >> >> https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/#events >> >> >> Regards >> JB >> >> Le ven. 23 mai 2025 à 21:24, Russell Spitzer <russell.spit...@gmail.com> >> a écrit : >> >>> Hey Y'all >>> >>> I know there has been a lot of confusion over who is allowed to host a >>> meetup and what it can be called. Technically, I believe the PMC is >>> supposed >>> to be involved in anything involving the Apache Iceberg trademark but >>> I'd like >>> to pre-approve a bunch of meetups if we have consensus. >>> >>> Basically I would like to get the PMC out of the meetup approval >>> business as >>> I think this is an unnecessarily high threshold for new meetups and may >>> be >>> biasing meetups towards locations where folks have connections to the >>> PMC. If >>> we do notice that a meetup group has issues we can always deal with it >>> at that >>> time. >>> >>> Proposal: >>> The Apache Iceberg community allows any meetups to use Apache Iceberg in >>> their >>> meetup name in the format *Apache Iceberg Meetup ***Some Geographic >>> Location****. No >>> other approval is required and PMC involvement is not required, but >>> assistance will be >>> gladly offered if asked. >>> >>> >>> Please let me know what you think, >>> Russ >>> >>
