Hello all, On the Meet-ups, we already have ones that have just started up in Northern California, Southern California, and the Netherlands (run by 3 different people) and I know of at least one more. Are there others? The only good thing about this Covid world is that the events that are scheduled are all virtual, so everyone can attend. One of the great things about these local meetup groups is that you can do things in a language other than English. Also, we have started using the #meetup channel on the slack channel ( https://apache-pulsar.slack.com/archives/CJZ6M2GBZ) to help coordinate these. If you are interested in listing yours under the wider umbrella part or just want some more information, let me know.
But this is where it would be nice to have a Marketing /Communication committee. We had them for the projects at my last position when I was at a different foundation (I won't mention its name and yes I know that this is ASF and I really like and believe in the "The Apache Way" of "Community over Code") . What really makes them very beneficial is that it is a great way for the wider community to come together and plan events, promote new releases, coordinate, etc. and all of this grows the community. Thanks, Aaron On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 12:11 PM Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Meetups are an important part of community building and knowledge sharing > for open source projects like Apache Pulsar. At the same time, the work of > recruiting speakers and organizing sponsors [1] is both time consuming and > not core to project governance. > > I propose that the PMC designate a small community communications > subcommittee (with representatives from multiple vendors as well as > unaffiliated participants) to organize monthly community meetups. This > makeup will help guarantee vendor neutrality moving forward. > > In the meantime, my colleague Aaron Williams has created an umbrella group > [2] at Meetup to facilitate coordination there. We are ready to turn this > over to the Apache Pulsar PMC. > > [1] we can expect that sponsors to pay for food and drink will be relevant > again, hopefully soon! > [2] https://www.meetup.com/pro/apache-pulsar/ >
