Thank you, Danica! These are great additions to the existing meetup guidelines. I encourage other community members to review them and share feedback. I'll reach out to a few folks directly.
Best, Kevin Liu On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM Danica Fine via dev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Reviving this thread (again) on meetup guidelines. I know there's been a > lot of discussions across the community about how to enable more meetups > while ensuring that the community continues to grow in a sustainable way > through these grassroots events. Based on some of the conversations I've > had with community members, I've drafted an update to our meetup guidelines > here <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14770>. I propose two main > additions: > > 1. Ensuring that the session selection process is > documented/transparent for any meetup, i.e. if someone from the community > wants to get involved and be considered to speak, they can easily find out > who to contact and how to submit a proposed talk > 2. Guidance for organizers on what a meetup looks like (versus a > conference/summit/etc) > > Happy to discuss more and hear everyone's thoughts! > > Danica > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Following up on this thread, we re-organized the navbar in >> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13774. And now the "Community" >> page is top-level, right between "Projection" and "Specification". The >> previous navbar items are moved into the Community page. >> See it for yourself at https://iceberg.apache.org/ >> >> [image: image.png] >> >> >> Cheers, >> Kevin Liu >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you Danica for updating the Community page! ( >>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13520) >>> It's a much needed improvement and we can continue to refine the page as >>> needed. Its already live at >>> https://iceberg.apache.org/community/#connect-with-community-events >>> >>> Best, >>> Kevin Liu >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM Russell Spitzer < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok I think we have had a general approval here, I'll put up a PR for >>>> our doc page for folks to do a final pass on >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM Danica Fine >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm picking this thread back up... >>>>> >>>>> If we're in agreement that we'd like to enable more meetups, I'd be >>>>> more than happy to start documenting the meetup guidelines (and a reminder >>>>> of the trademark guidelines that Max mentioned) to put on the community >>>>> section of the website. >>>>> >>>>> And on that note... I'd love to host an Iceberg meetup in Atlanta on >>>>> July 24th at the Snowflake office. We've had a number of community members >>>>> express interest on the Iceberg Slack, and I believe we'll have a solid >>>>> agenda of sessions! Following the format of the Seattle and Bay Area >>>>> events, we'll have a Call for Papers and have a "committee" of a few >>>>> community members select talks. I am finalizing sponsors for the event now >>>>> and will update the details as they come in. For your reference, here is >>>>> the event page on Luma <https://lu.ma/vdbjh2fc>. >>>>> >>>>> Please let me know if this aligns with our above discussions. If not, >>>>> I'm happy to make changes to comply! >>>>> >>>>> Excited to kick off more meetups globally! >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Danica >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> That was my point in my previous email on this thread, and that’s why >>>>>> I shared the trademark policy. >>>>>> >>>>>> The updated proposal (including Max and Danica updates) looks good to >>>>>> me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> JB >>>>>> >>>>>> Le jeu. 29 mai 2025 à 14:48, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> a écrit : >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2025/05/23 19:24:28 Russell Spitzer wrote: >>>>>>> > Hey Y'all >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Basically I would like to get the PMC out of the meetup approval >>>>>>> business >>>>>>> ... >>>>>>> > Please let me know what you think, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (Board hat) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A critical role of a PMC is being stewards of the project's >>>>>>> brands/marks. So while it's not necessary that the PMC micromanage each >>>>>>> individual meetup, it is important that they are *aware* of them, and >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> doing due dilligence to ensure that those brands are being used >>>>>>> appropriately. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't think that necessarily means that there is an approval vote >>>>>>> for each one. That is, indeed, too much micromanagement. But I would >>>>>>> encurage project members (whether PMC or not) who attend these events >>>>>>> to be >>>>>>> aware of the brand policy, and point out to meetup organizers when >>>>>>> they're >>>>>>> being violated (which I would expect to be very infrequent!). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That is to say, +1 in general to your proposal here, with the >>>>>>> understanding that the project as a whole owns the project's brands, and >>>>>>> should be diligent about ensuring that they are not abused. >>>>>>> >>>>>>
