Hi all, I'm picking this thread back up...
If we're in agreement that we'd like to enable more meetups, I'd be more than happy to start documenting the meetup guidelines (and a reminder of the trademark guidelines that Max mentioned) to put on the community section of the website. And on that note... I'd love to host an Iceberg meetup in Atlanta on July 24th at the Snowflake office. We've had a number of community members express interest on the Iceberg Slack, and I believe we'll have a solid agenda of sessions! Following the format of the Seattle and Bay Area events, we'll have a Call for Papers and have a "committee" of a few community members select talks. I am finalizing sponsors for the event now and will update the details as they come in. For your reference, here is the event page on Luma <https://lu.ma/vdbjh2fc>. Please let me know if this aligns with our above discussions. If not, I'm happy to make changes to comply! Excited to kick off more meetups globally! Best, Danica On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> wrote: > That was my point in my previous email on this thread, and that’s why I > shared the trademark policy. > > The updated proposal (including Max and Danica updates) looks good to me. > > Regards > JB > > Le jeu. 29 mai 2025 à 14:48, Rich Bowen <rbo...@apache.org> a écrit : > >> >> >> On 2025/05/23 19:24:28 Russell Spitzer wrote: >> > Hey Y'all >> > >> > Basically I would like to get the PMC out of the meetup approval >> business >> ... >> > Please let me know what you think, >> >> (Board hat) >> >> A critical role of a PMC is being stewards of the project's brands/marks. >> So while it's not necessary that the PMC micromanage each individual >> meetup, it is important that they are *aware* of them, and are doing due >> dilligence to ensure that those brands are being used appropriately. >> >> I don't think that necessarily means that there is an approval vote for >> each one. That is, indeed, too much micromanagement. But I would encurage >> project members (whether PMC or not) who attend these events to be aware of >> the brand policy, and point out to meetup organizers when they're being >> violated (which I would expect to be very infrequent!). >> >> That is to say, +1 in general to your proposal here, with the >> understanding that the project as a whole owns the project's brands, and >> should be diligent about ensuring that they are not abused. >> >
