Dave, Thank you for the reply and you are correct that there should be anything stopping us from doing this informally on the dev@ list. And given the absence of any other feedback, I think that is what we should do. I am assuming that it is ok for me to start volunteering on an informal basis to help coordinate topics like I described for the Pulsar Summit on the dev list with an [OUTREACH] tag for visibility.
And obviously, if anyone one would like to help, please let me know. Thanks, Aaron On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 10:58 AM Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi - > > Even without an official group it should be possible to discuss > improvements to outreach here on the dev@ mailing list. > > There is a page full of logos (some missing) at > https://pulsar.apache.org/powered-by/ < > https://pulsar.apache.org/powered-by/> While that is a good starting > place there is no information on that page about how to request addition to > that page. I’m not clear that the PMC has a policy or rule. > > > On Aug 24, 2021, at 5:30 PM, Aaron Williams <aa...@wi5s.com> wrote: > > > > Hello Apache Pulsar Community, > > > > I would like to propose that the PMC create an Outreach Working Group. > > > > Here’s why it is needed: > > > > The Apache Pulsar community currently doesn't have community-driven > content > > channels that are unaffiliated with any vendor. We also don't have an > > active effort to help identify people/organizations who are using Pulsar, > > nor do we have resources who are helping to tell their stories and > educate > > the broader industry about these users and organizations where Pulsar is > > being used successfully. In my experience, this is the single most > > important factor in helping a new infrastructure “cross the chasm” from > > early adopters who are willing to roll up their sleeves, do their own > > research and help find bugs, to “early majority” where people feel > > confident in adopting it because peer groups that they trust have already > > done that research and hardening. > > > > In other words, there are many great things happening around the Apache > > Pulsar community, but there is no unified effort to push that information > > out. > > > > For example, we could do a LOT more to publicize the Pulsar Summit > Europe. > > Instead of a website going live a month before the event with no > awareness, > > the working group would be responsible for having the webpage go live > well > > in advance, for contacting the relevant press to set up interviews with > > Pulsar Summit speakers, for helping the PMC define a theme of the event, > > for setting up social media & targeted ad campaigns, and for engaging > with > > content creators like podcast interviews. Blogs and interviews would be > > completed in advance and set to roll out on a predetermined cadence. > > > > During the event, social media posts will be ready to go and augmented > with > > news made the day of the event. Afterwards, there needs to be follow up > > blogs, pointing people to the content that they missed and how to get to > > it. Then this same content can be placed in the newsletter and recycled > in > > other posts later on. This is a lot of work that doesn’t “just happen”; > it > > takes a lot of volunteers to get everything done. And right now it > doesn’t > > look like it is getting done, or at least the community has no insight > into > > the current status of the event. Thus, community members who want to > > volunteer, don’t know how to start. > > > > I hope this helps illustrate how an Outreach Working Group could help > > organize and promote the community. > > > > I look forward to hearing from the community about this proposal. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Aaron Williams > > All The Best, > Dave > >
