We will make sure to send updates to dev@ and/or private@.

Thanks,

Dinesh

> On Jul 23, 2019, at 2:06 PM, Benedict Elliott Smith <bened...@apache.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> That's great, I'm really pleased to hear it.  It's just been completely 
> invisible to the rest of the community, which is a shame - but I have no 
> desire to detract from the work you've done, now I know it's been going on 
> behind the scenes.
> 
> It would certainly help in future, I think, if you guys were to periodically 
> - briefly - update either dev@ or private@ on progress on these endeavours, 
> and probably to run any final decisions past one of these two wider groups 
> for endorsement, also only briefly.  You're ambassadors for the community as 
> a whole, and while I'm sure you guys are doing great work, it's certainly 
> preferable to have the rest of the community at least nominally involved when 
> you're acting on our behalf.
> 
> To reiterate, I am really pleased to hear these things are going so well, and 
> am grateful for the work you're putting.  I just wish we already knew this, 
> and that we had been more involved.
> 
> 
> On 23/07/2019, 21:57, "Dinesh Joshi" <djo...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
>    Hi Benedict,
> 
>    I am sorry for the lack of communication. We will send out an update soon. 
> Based on GSoD's guidelines, Nate created gsod2...@cassandra.apache.org email 
> alias so that potential writers could contact the mentors for clarifications 
> regarding Cassandra tech writing projects. We were inundated with queries and 
> answered all of them. Some of the common questions were answered in bulk. 
> People also reached out over IRC and other means.
> 
>    Nate & I were simultaneously busy with ACNA 2019 CfP and coordinating with 
> ASF to organize it. We have a lot of interest in Cassandra Track at ACNA 2019 
> :)
> 
>    Thanks,
> 
>    Dinesh
> 
>> On Jul 23, 2019, at 1:46 PM, Benedict Elliott Smith <bened...@apache.org> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Glad to hear it - perhaps it would help if there were a bit more visibility? 
>>  Last I saw was Immanuel contacting the list almost a month ago and, well... 
>> (seemingly) crickets.
>> 
>> On 23/07/2019, 21:44, "Dinesh Joshi" <djo...@apache.org> wrote:
>> 
>>   Hi Benedict,
>> 
>>   Nate & I are driving this effort and a bunch of folks from the community 
>> have volunteered. We're actively working with the GSoD team. We also have 
>> responded to everyone who has reached out. Nobody was ignored. 
>> 
>>   Dinesh
>> 
>>> On Jul 23, 2019, at 1:13 PM, Benedict Elliott Smith <bened...@apache.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So, I think we need to figure out if anybody is actually willing to put in 
>>> the time to help and mentor these contributors, since the last person to 
>>> reach out was roundly ignored.
>>> 
>>> Who volunteered the project for this?  I think they need to step up and get 
>>> involved.  Right now, I don't feel comfortable picking anybody, since the 
>>> evidence is that they will have a bad time.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 23/07/2019, 21:10, "Rahul Singh" <rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  Hey guys, the deadline to pick folks is today. I looked through the 7 that
>>>  were in the last spreadsheet that Andrew sent out and liked these
>>>  applicants in no particular order.
>>> 
>>>  They had made an effort to propose a project. Others they had shown
>>>  experience in other community projects as well as API documentation.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Emmanuel Owusu Sackey :  Wants to make Apache Cassandra 4.0 docs . Helps us
>>>  get closer to release.
>>>  emmanuelcarefor...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>>  Ajinkya Dubey :  Wants to make the Cassandra operators book.
>>>  ajinkya.511...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>>  Deepak Vohra : Wants to help improve CQL/Nodetool docs.
>>>  dvohr...@yahoo.com
>>> 
>>>  Saurav Malani :  Also liked this guy but I can only pick 3. ;(
>>>  sauravmala...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>>  rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>>  http://cassandra.link
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 3:11 AM Dinesh Joshi <djos...@icloud.com.invalid>
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I have updated the document here with more project ideas:
>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Apache+Cassandra+GSoD+2019+application
>>>> <
>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Apache+Cassandra+GSoD+2019+application
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> If anybody has more ideas, please let me know. The deadline for the
>>>> proposals are April 23rd.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Dinesh
>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 5, 2019, at 6:01 AM, Rahul Singh <rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I saw the email from Sharan. Who's lead on getting the application in for
>>>>> the SOD? Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://cassandra.link
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm speaking at #DataStaxAccelerate, the world’s premiere
>>>> #ApacheCassandra
>>>>> conference, and I want to see you there! Use my code Singh50 for 50% off
>>>>> your registration. www.datastax.com/accelerate
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 1:09 AM Dinesh Joshi <djos...@icloud.com.invalid
>>>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks, Laxmikant. For those who have confluence accounts have edit
>>>>>> permissions on the page.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dinesh
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mar 19, 2019, at 3:07 AM, Laxmikant Upadhyay <
>>>> laxmikant....@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Dinesh,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am willing to help as well. Kindly add me to the group as well as i
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>> have permission to edit the list.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Laxmikant
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 12:34 PM Dinesh Joshi
>>>> <djos...@icloud.com.invalid
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks for volunteering Stefan. I have added you.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Dinesh
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 11:55 PM, Stefan Miklosovic <
>>>>>>>> stefan.mikloso...@instaclustr.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi Dinesh,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I was participant of Google summer of Code 2013 under JBoss so I can
>>>>>> help
>>>>>>>>> with this and with mentoring as I experienced it from the other side.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I wanted to add myself into that list but I can not edit that ....
>>>>>> "Right
>>>>>>>>> now everyone can view and edit this page if they've got the right
>>>> space
>>>>>>>>> permissions. "
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 17:28, Dinesh Joshi
>>>> <djos...@icloud.com.invalid
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you everyone for offering to help!
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I have put together a confluence page detailing the program and
>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>> information -
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Apache+Cassandra+GSoD+2019+application
>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Apache+Cassandra+GSoD+2019+application
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> If you do not have a confluence account, please create one. I think
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> PMCs have the ability to give you write permissions.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Please feel free to add and modify the page. I think the most
>>>>>> important
>>>>>>>>>> thing right now is to get together project ideas.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Dinesh
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 10:19 AM, Horia Mocioi <a.moc...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I can also help.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Horia
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 3:12 PM Aaron Ploetz <
>>>> aaronplo...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I’m willing to help as well.  Feel free to reach out!
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Aaron Ploetz
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2019, at 8:37 PM, Rahul Singh <
>>>>>>>> rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cool. I’m willing to help by taking sub sections of the overall
>>>>>>>> effort.
>>>>>>>>>>>> The docs need a lot of TLC. Thanks ,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rahul Singh
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Principal Architect | 1.202.390.9200 | rahul.si...@datastax.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2019, 8:58 PM -0400, Ben Slater <
>>>>>>>>>> ben.sla...@instaclustr.com>,
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Dinesh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Great idea. We should be able to find some Instaclustr people to
>>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> technical input (Stefan has already put his hand up).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’m also happy to help with the application if that’s useful.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Chief Product Officer*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 08:12, Dinesh Joshi
>>>>>>>> <djos...@icloud.com.invalid
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I came across GSoD 2019[1]. This is different from GSoC and
>>>>>> focuses
>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> improving documentation for Open Source projects. I think this
>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> beneficial for Cassandra especially with 4.0 coming up.
>>>> However,
>>>>>>>>>>>> working
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with a technical writer will require a substantial time
>>>>>> commitment
>>>>>>>>>>>> from us
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to bring them up to speed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are there any volunteers to help guide the technical writer if
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cassandra
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is picked as a project?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On a side note, we can put together the application on the
>>>>>>>> Confluence
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wiki. I will create a page and if anybody is interested in
>>>>>> helping
>>>>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> putting together the application, please feel free to
>>>> collaborate
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dinesh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1] https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline
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>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --
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