The twitter account is now created: twitter.com/ApacheDaffodil
On 10/12/18 9:52 AM, Steve Lawrence wrote:
> The project is at a stage where getting the word out and building a
> strong community is a high priority. One approach that might help with
> this effort is to get more involved with social media. Twitter seems
> like the obvious place to start and would be a good place to promote
> releases, conference talks, blog posts, and any Daffodil related
> information. For other ASF projects, it seems successful and to not be
> too much of a time drain.
>
> So, I propose that we create the @ApacheDaffodil twitter account. The
> account will be tied to the [email protected] list, allowing any PMC
> members to manage the account so that control is not restricted to a
> single person. Committers and PMC members that would like to contribute
> can be granted access. Tweetdeck will be used so the credentials do not
> need to be disseminated. Non-committers are welcome to forward
> information for consideration to be tweeted under the account if
> appropriate.
>
> Other Apache projects have created a Social Media Guidelines page with
> some of the above information as well as best practices for what and
> what not to tweet. I've taken what they have done with minor edits and
> put it on our wiki:
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/DAFFODIL/Social+Media+Guidelines
>
> Open to discussions, to be decided via lazy consensus. If there is no
> opposition by next week I'll create the account.
>
