Thanks for the positive reception on email and slack. We are going to have our first gathering next Wednesday at 8AM PT
Link to calendar event: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MDVoY3VucnMwaWViaXA1amFmdXAzcnN0dTYga2w5cHVoZ2s3cXRkdXFhdHRlOHRmZDVtcHNAZw&tmsrc=kl9puhgk7qtduqatte8tfd5mps%40group.calendar.google.com On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 3:35 AM Mick Semb Wever <m...@apache.org> wrote: > The market...@cassandra.apache.org list is created. > > To subscribe send an email to marketing-subscr...@cassandra.apache.org > from > the email address you want to subscribe from. > > If you are a committer you can alternately use Whimsy: > https://whimsy.apache.org/committers/subscribe > > regards, > Mick > > > On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 00:31, Patrick McFadin <pmcfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Hello Cassandra Community!We are at a pivotal moment for the Cassandra > > community, with the first Cassandra Summit in 7 years coming up on March > > 13th, and a major release coming later this year with Cassandra 5.0. It > is > > important that we come together to set the publicity strategy and > direction > > for these important moments, and that we work together to define how > > Cassandra shows up across the technology industry.To achieve this, we are > > proposing the formation of a Publicity & Marketing Working Group, and we > > are requesting your participation.What is the Publicity & Marketing > Working > > Group?This is a working group open to community members who have the > > insight and skills to help define Cassandra’s public narrative and > > participate in our marketing strategy and execution. The group will meet > > once a month for an hour to discuss important marketing topics. You can > > find us on #cassandra-events. We also propose adding a mailing list, > > marketing@cassandra.a.o, to handle day-to-day marketing needs and async > > communication. Our publicity and marketing partners from Constantia - > Molly > > Monroy <mo...@constantia.io> and Melissa Logan <meli...@constantia.io> - > > will work with us to build this working group. What will this group be > > responsible for?Our initial vision for this group is to accelerate how we > > do marketing & publicity for Cassandra. We will refine and advance > > Cassandra’s public perception of the tech industry, to show how Cassandra > > has grown, innovated, and revitalized itself as a community. We will do > > this through: - Participating in marketing strategy for major moments (in > > particular, C* Summit in March and Cassandra 5.0 release later this > year)- > > Expanding our local meetup and events presence- Sourcing end-user case > > studies for marketing and PR collateral- Making sure the Cassandra > > community shows up at third-party events- Contributing content - from > blogs > > to documentation - to ensure we have a robust stream of content for our > end > > usersOur first two orders of business will be: 1. Jointly determine > > operating model and governance, and get input and alignment on the above > > goals/responsibilities. 2. Discuss marketing for Cassandra Summit, > > primarily defining the news we will share at the event from the project > > directly and from our sponsors. This is coming up quickly and we will > need > > community assistance to achieve our publicity goals. As this is a > > community-driven group, please share ideas and feedback on the purpose of > > this group and what we need to achieve. When is the meeting?We are > > proposing the meetings take place on the 4th Wednesday of each month. We > > will alternate times of the day to try to accommodate. We can adjust > based > > on member attendance. - Jan, March, May, July, Sept, Nov. - 4th Wed of > > the month, 8a PT- Feb, April, June, August, October, Dec - 4th Wed of > the > > month, Wed 4p PTWe will create a centralized document to share and > document > > information about the working group, including meeting minutes, monthly > > tasks, and priorities. Decisions will be discussed and finalized using > the > > project mailing list. Patrick* > > >
