Thank you Danica for updating the Community page! ( https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13520) It's a much needed improvement and we can continue to refine the page as needed. Its already live at https://iceberg.apache.org/community/#connect-with-community-events
Best, Kevin Liu On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM Russell Spitzer <russell.spit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok I think we have had a general approval here, I'll put up a PR for our > doc page for folks to do a final pass on > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM Danica Fine > <danica.f...@snowflake.com.invalid> wrote: > >> 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. >>>> >>>