It sounds like a good idea to me. It's not ideal that the current Slack workspace is hard for new people to join.
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:15 AM Vadim Ogievetsky <vogievet...@apache.org> wrote: > I think that the PMC should create a new Slack channel for Apache Druid and > shift the community towards using it away from the ASF Slack. I volunteer > to do this on the PMCs behalf and do all the setup/admin work. I would > share admin access with any PMC member. > > What is the motivation for this? > > As you may have heard, it’s become increasingly difficult for new users > without an @apache.org email address to join the ASF #druid Slack channel. > ASF Infra disabled the option to publicly provide a link to the workspace > to anyone who wanted it, after encountering issues with spammers. > > Per Infra’s guidance (https://infra.apache.org/slack.html), new community > members should only be invited as single-channel guests. Unfortunately, > single-channel guests are unable to extend invitations to new members, > including their colleagues who are using Druid. Only someone with full > member privileges is able to extend an invitation to new members. This lack > of consistency doesn’t make the community feel inclusive. > > There is a workaround in place ( > https://github.com/apache/druid-website-src/pull/278) – users can send an > email to druid-u...@googlegroups.com to request an invite to the Slack > channel from an existing member – but this still poses a barrier to entry, > and isn’t a viable permanent solution. It also creates potential privacy > issues as not everyone is at liberty to announce they’re using Druid nor > wishes to display their email address in a public forum. > > I propose we make our own free Slack channel for Apache Druid and encourage > people to migrate to it. Then we can have our own policy on Slack > invitations - I would like to restore the ability for anyone on the web to > join our Slack. > > This is not a 100% original idea, in fact this is what other Apache > projects have done, notably Apache Pinot (see "join our slack" on > https://pinot.apache.org/). I propose we do the same. > > Vadim > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@druid.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@druid.apache.org > >
