Cassandra Community Development 12-Month Report

[Melissa Logan]

Everyone:

Below is a 12-month summary for Cassandra Community Development
(ComDev) work achieved in 2023 to help grow awareness and drive
interest and adoption of Cassandra. (1) It also includes ideas for
what we can collectively achieve in 2024.

We'll discuss in our March MWG meeting (2), but please feel free to
share your thoughts in the meantime, i.e. what works, what doesn't,
what should ComDev prioritize in 2024?

I look forward to another year of growth for the Cassandra community!

(1) 
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nbg6Vv3HgAX2TiQpoW82XJozW9U-88lfb0fX2ciT-Vs/edit#slide=id.g10ffa3d4c49_0_109
(2) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=240883297

-- 
Melissa Logan (she/her)
Member, Apache Software Foundation
Founder, Constantia.io

Re: Welcome Brad Schoening as Cassandra Committer

[Melissa Logan]

Awesome. Congrats, Brad!

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 1:49 AM Maxim Muzafarov  wrote:

> Congratulations!
>
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 at 10:23, Berenguer Blasi 
> wrote:
> >
> > Congrats!
> >
> > On 22/2/24 9:57, Jacek Lewandowski wrote:
> >
> > Congrats Brad!
> >
> >
> > - - -- --- -  -
> > Jacek Lewandowski
> >
> >
> > czw., 22 lut 2024 o 01:29 Štefan Miklošovič 
> napisał(a):
> >>
> >> Congrats Brad, great work in the Python department :)
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 9:46 PM Josh McKenzie 
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The Apache Cassandra PMC is pleased to announce that Brad Schoening
> has accepted
> >>> the invitation to become a committer.
> >>>
> >>> Your work on the integrated python driver, launch script environment,
> and tests
> >>> has been a big help to many. Congratulations and welcome!
> >>>
> >>> The Apache Cassandra PMC members
>

Re: Welcome Maxim Muzafarov as Cassandra Committer

[Melissa Logan]

Congrats Maxim!

On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 10:26 AM Jeremiah Jordan 
wrote:

> Congrats Maxim!  Thanks for all of your contributions!
>
> On Jan 8, 2024 at 12:19:04 PM, Josh McKenzie  wrote:
>
>> The Apache Cassandra PMC is pleased to announce that Maxim Muzafarov has
>> accepted
>> the invitation to become a committer.
>>
>> Thanks for all the hard work and collaboration on the project thus far,
>> and we're all looking forward to working more with you in the future.
>> Congratulations and welcome!
>>
>> The Apache Cassandra PMC members
>>
>>
>>

Re: Welcome Mike Adamson as Cassandra committer

[Melissa Logan]

Congratulations, Mike!

On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 11:13 AM David Capwell  wrote:

> Congrats!
>
> On Dec 8, 2023, at 11:00 AM, Lorina Poland  wrote:
>
> Congratulations, Mike!
>
>
>

Re: Voice of Apache (Feathercast) at summit?

[Melissa Logan]

Rich, thank you for the kind offer! I'm happy to help find folks to
participate - what day/time would you want to do this? Would it be a single
interview, panel style, or a few different interviews with individuals?

On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 3:29 PM Mick Semb Wever  wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 at 15:35, Rich Bowen  wrote:
>
>> Hey, folks. I'll be at Cassandra Summit next week, and was wondering if
>> any of you who might be there would be interested in doing a podcast
>> interview with me for Voice Of Apache (the podcast formerly known as
>> Feathercast - see https://feathercast.apache.org for context). Topics
>> might include something about 5.0, retrospectives on the last 13 years, or
>> whatever you think might be of interest.
>>
>> Let me know soon of anyone's interested/available, so I know to pack my
>> gear.
>>
>
>
> Yes, absolutely!  Looking forward to it  :)
>
> Recommend others to take advantage of this too.
>

Re: [CMWG] December 6 Meeting

[Melissa Logan]

Meeting notes and recording are below. Hope to see many of you next week at
Summit!

Meeting Notes:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/2023-12-06+Meeting

Recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/rb3pazIQx2wld5hG3IZVwQr1rotLFFCwaDhuVGqrbDn70fOVIrUgXhI2xjCmi7pK.Z6iR7Ut6UK3-BAlq
Passcode: N51LWfm!


On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 3:16 PM Melissa Logan  wrote:

> Tomorrow is the last Cassandra Marketing Working Group meeting of the
> year! Join us at *8:00am PT / 4:00pm UTC, Wednesday Dec. 6*.
>
> Agenda below. If you have something to add, please do so here
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_73-iSjo1ZKKFn410rOCqNctnhNJOFLvbVA225OdrXY/edit>.
> Details and how to join are in the document.
>
> Agenda
>
>-
>
>Cassandra Summit <https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/>
>+ AI.Dev <https://events.linuxfoundation.org/ai-dev-north-america/>
>-
>
>Catalyst program launched!
>-
>
>   https://cassandra.apache.org/_/cassandra-catalyst-program.html
>   -
>
>   Nominate someone or apply
>   
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQ6FJZ9Z6Jpym0q1KUXzjnzEsHJvsmjQ3R6KEs6Qs8Jg7W_Q/viewform>
>   -
>
>Should we keep using X?
>
>
> Ways to Participate
>
>-
>
>Social media promotions
>
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VhoblApDzR6o4F0PNyjZTeQqizQtJjTPsgtEJeof-X0/edit>
>-
>
>Cassandra Catalyst program
><https://cassandra.apache.org/_/cassandra-catalyst-program.html>
>
>
> Upcoming
>
>-
>
>12-13 December Cassandra Summit
><https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/>, San Jose
>-
>
>3 January CMWG
>-
>
>25 January Town Hall - AI Panel with Jon Haddad, Dinesh Joshi (others
>pending)
>-
>
>30 January Contributor Meeting - CEP-38 with Maxim Muzafarov
>
>
> Melissa
>

[CMWG] December 6 Meeting

[Melissa Logan]

Tomorrow is the last Cassandra Marketing Working Group meeting of the year!
Join us at *8:00am PT / 4:00pm UTC, Wednesday Dec. 6*.

Agenda below. If you have something to add, please do so here
.
Details and how to join are in the document.

Agenda

   -

   Cassandra Summit 
   + AI.Dev 
   -

   Catalyst program launched!
   -

  https://cassandra.apache.org/_/cassandra-catalyst-program.html
  -

  Nominate someone or apply
  

  -

   Should we keep using X?


Ways to Participate

   -

   Social media promotions
   

   -

   Cassandra Catalyst program
   


Upcoming

   -

   12-13 December Cassandra Summit
   , San Jose
   -

   3 January CMWG
   -

   25 January Town Hall - AI Panel with Jon Haddad, Dinesh Joshi (others
   pending)
   -

   30 January Contributor Meeting - CEP-38 with Maxim Muzafarov


Melissa

Introducing the Cassandra Catalyst program!

[Melissa Logan]

The Cassandra community is excited to introduce the Cassandra Catalyst
program, a new initiative that aims to recognize individuals who invest in
the growth of the community by enthusiastically sharing their expertise,
encouraging participation, and creating a welcoming environment.

This is the first PMC-led community program of its kind within the Apache
Software Foundation ecosystem and we’re honored to be the pioneer!

What does it mean to be a Cassandra Catalyst?

Catalysts are trustworthy, expert contributors with a passion for
connecting and empowering others with Cassandra knowledge. The individuals
must be able to demonstrate strong knowledge of Cassandra such as
production deployments, educational material, conference talks or other
ways. In broad terms, Catalyst can participate through Contribution and
Promotion.

Who can become a Cassandra Catalyst?

Anyone can nominate an individual to become a Catalyst or apply themselves.
This program applies to existing contributors who have been involved in
Cassandra for years or those who are newcomers to the community.

The program committee includes PMC members who will be reviewing Catalyst
applications on a rolling basis. We’ll be recognizing the first group of
Catalysts on the keynote stage at Cassandra Summit on Dec. 12-13 so apply
early and be recognized for your contributions!

Learn more and nominate someone/apply:

https://cassandra.apache.org/_/blog/Introducing-the-Apache-Cassandra-Catalyst-Program.html


If you have questions, feel free to ask here or on the #cassandra-comdev
channel.

Melissa

Nov. 30 Cassandra virtual meetup with MondayDB and PMC Chair

[Melissa Logan]

Tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 30) please join the Cassandra community for talks
from:

   - mondayDB - Crafting a Database from Scratch with Liran Brimer
   - The State of the Cassandra Development Community with Josh McKenzie,
   Cassandra PMC Chair

How to join: https://www.meetup.com/cassandra-global/events/296224296/

Now available is yesterday's contributor meeting where we discussed 5.0
features, 3.xx, and busted some Cassandra myths:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSDivLidnOg

See you soon!

-- Forwarded message -
From: Melissa Logan 
Date: Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 3:37 PM
Subject: November community meetings with mondayDB, PMC chair, and 5.0
To: , dev , <
market...@cassandra.apache.org>


Join us for our virtual community meetings in November including:

   - Tuesday, Nov. 28: 5.0 Release Preview
   - Thursday, Nov. 30: mondayDB - Crafting a Database from Scratch with
   Liran Brimer + The State of the Cassandra Development Community with Josh
   McKenzie

Register: https://www.meetup.com/cassandra-global/

Yesterday's contributor meeting with Piotr Kołaczkowski on the CQL NOT
operator is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMA1usuU888

And here is last week's Cassandra case study with Patrick Lee of Walmart:
https://youtu.be/zIHkSLYVvMM

See you in a few weeks!

Melissa

Re: Welcome Francisco Guerrero Hernandez as Cassandra Committer

[Melissa Logan]

Congrats Francisco!

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 11:34 AM Vinay Chella 
wrote:

> Congratulations Francisco !!
>
> Thanks,
> Vinay Chella
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 11:24 AM Mick Semb Wever  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 19:54, Dinesh Joshi  wrote:
>>
>>> The PMC members are pleased to announce that Francisco Guerrero
>>> Hernandez has accepted
>>> the invitation to become committer today.
>>>
>>> Congratulations and welcome!
>>
>>
>>
>> Congrats !!
>>
>

November community meetings with mondayDB, PMC chair, and 5.0

[Melissa Logan]

Join us for our virtual community meetings in November including:

   - Tuesday, Nov. 28: 5.0 Release Preview
   - Thursday, Nov. 30: mondayDB - Crafting a Database from Scratch with
   Liran Brimer + The State of the Cassandra Development Community with Josh
   McKenzie

Register: https://www.meetup.com/cassandra-global/

Yesterday's contributor meeting with Piotr Kołaczkowski on the CQL NOT
operator is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMA1usuU888

And here is last week's Cassandra case study with Patrick Lee of Walmart:
https://youtu.be/zIHkSLYVvMM

See you in a few weeks!

Melissa

Re: [CMWG] November 1 meeting

[Melissa Logan]

Here are correct links for this month's recording and meeting notes.

Meeting Notes:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/2023-11-01

Recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/B9nFjAjUPhIpy1rf6ZaXWK_quWAakMM48gkfIyf1gKqFbqQiIWi72YDnqt9YwFSf.HqxDJ50FJk1BIUG7
Passcode: ^XA=$Nx6

On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 9:14 AM Melissa Logan  wrote:

> Meeting notes and recording are below. Patrick shared awesome keynotes
> that will be at Cassandra Summit. We're in the final stretch for event
> promotions, so please share far and wide. You can use posts in the social
> doc link below to promote Cassandra Summit, community events, video content
> and other C updates.
>
> Our last meeting of the year is Wednesday, December 6 at 8:00 AM PT. See
> you then!
>
> Meeting Notes:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/2023-10-04++Meeting
>
> Recording:
> https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/rzDtDev6ZUAyl34khsY6uLhu_4UkonGP_JqY0qhoZrRlSroBBlHpcDR2yYrRXW3m.ejGlWmZHGJ5G7rA7
> Passcode: ?ngYU3W^
>
> Social Posts:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VhoblApDzR6o4F0PNyjZTeQqizQtJjTPsgtEJeof-X0/edit#heading=h.3qzwljmzv9zs
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 7:42 AM Melissa Logan 
> wrote:
>
>> CMWG meeting starts in 20 minutes.
>>
>> Join via Zoom:
>> *https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210868338?pwd=V3hrV3BUd2duVU5mVkE4RWhBNDZ3Zz09*
>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210868338?pwd%3DV3hrV3BUd2duVU5mVkE4RWhBNDZ3Zz09=D=calendar=1699112241233677=AOvVaw3R_o-uQ4BeXRh80vighA10>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 12:12 PM Melissa Logan 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Please join us this Wednesday, November 1 for the monthly Cassandra
>>> Working Group (CMWG) meeting at 8am PT / 11 ET /  3pm UTC.
>>>
>>> Add your updates or new discussions/questions to the doc:
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_73-iSjo1ZKKFn410rOCqNctnhNJOFLvbVA225OdrXY/edit
>>>
>>> If you need access to the doc, just request it (or hit reply and I will
>>> add).
>>>
>>> Draft agenda
>>>
>>>-
>>>
>>>Cassandra Summit
>>><https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/> + AI.Dev
>>><https://events.linuxfoundation.org/ai-dev-north-america/> (Patrick)
>>>-
>>>
>>>Catalyst program update (Melissa)
>>>-
>>>
>>>Meetup panel suggestions for Cassandra + AI panel (Melissa)
>>>-
>>>
>>>November 28 Contributor Meeting (Melissa)
>>>-
>>>
>>>Cassandra marketing (Melissa)
>>>
>>>
>>> Speak soon!
>>>
>>> Melissa
>>>
>>

Re: [CMWG] November 1 meeting

[Melissa Logan]

Meeting notes and recording are below. Patrick shared awesome keynotes that
will be at Cassandra Summit. We're in the final stretch for event
promotions, so please share far and wide. You can use posts in the social
doc link below to promote Cassandra Summit, community events, video content
and other C updates.

Our last meeting of the year is Wednesday, December 6 at 8:00 AM PT. See
you then!

Meeting Notes:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/2023-10-04++Meeting

Recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/rzDtDev6ZUAyl34khsY6uLhu_4UkonGP_JqY0qhoZrRlSroBBlHpcDR2yYrRXW3m.ejGlWmZHGJ5G7rA7
Passcode: ?ngYU3W^

Social Posts:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VhoblApDzR6o4F0PNyjZTeQqizQtJjTPsgtEJeof-X0/edit#heading=h.3qzwljmzv9zs


On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 7:42 AM Melissa Logan  wrote:

> CMWG meeting starts in 20 minutes.
>
> Join via Zoom:
> *https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210868338?pwd=V3hrV3BUd2duVU5mVkE4RWhBNDZ3Zz09*
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210868338?pwd%3DV3hrV3BUd2duVU5mVkE4RWhBNDZ3Zz09=D=calendar=1699112241233677=AOvVaw3R_o-uQ4BeXRh80vighA10>
>
> On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 12:12 PM Melissa Logan 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Please join us this Wednesday, November 1 for the monthly Cassandra
>> Working Group (CMWG) meeting at 8am PT / 11 ET /  3pm UTC.
>>
>> Add your updates or new discussions/questions to the doc:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_73-iSjo1ZKKFn410rOCqNctnhNJOFLvbVA225OdrXY/edit
>>
>> If you need access to the doc, just request it (or hit reply and I will
>> add).
>>
>> Draft agenda
>>
>>-
>>
>>Cassandra Summit
>><https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/> + AI.Dev
>><https://events.linuxfoundation.org/ai-dev-north-america/> (Patrick)
>>-
>>
>>Catalyst program update (Melissa)
>>-
>>
>>Meetup panel suggestions for Cassandra + AI panel (Melissa)
>>-
>>
>>November 28 Contributor Meeting (Melissa)
>>-
>>
>>Cassandra marketing (Melissa)
>>
>>
>> Speak soon!
>>
>> Melissa
>>
>

Re: [CMWG] November 1 meeting

[Melissa Logan]

CMWG meeting starts in 20 minutes.

Join via Zoom:
*https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210868338?pwd=V3hrV3BUd2duVU5mVkE4RWhBNDZ3Zz09*
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210868338?pwd%3DV3hrV3BUd2duVU5mVkE4RWhBNDZ3Zz09=D=calendar=1699112241233677=AOvVaw3R_o-uQ4BeXRh80vighA10>

On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 12:12 PM Melissa Logan 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Please join us this Wednesday, November 1 for the monthly Cassandra
> Working Group (CMWG) meeting at 8am PT / 11 ET /  3pm UTC.
>
> Add your updates or new discussions/questions to the doc:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_73-iSjo1ZKKFn410rOCqNctnhNJOFLvbVA225OdrXY/edit
>
> If you need access to the doc, just request it (or hit reply and I will
> add).
>
> Draft agenda
>
>-
>
>Cassandra Summit <https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/>
>+ AI.Dev <https://events.linuxfoundation.org/ai-dev-north-america/>
>(Patrick)
>-
>
>Catalyst program update (Melissa)
>-
>
>Meetup panel suggestions for Cassandra + AI panel (Melissa)
>-
>
>November 28 Contributor Meeting (Melissa)
>-
>
>Cassandra marketing (Melissa)
>
>
> Speak soon!
>
> Melissa
>

Fwd: Upcoming Community Meetings

[Melissa Logan]

Today is the monthly Cassandra contributor meeting at 10:00 PT / 13:00 ET /
17:00 UTC / 22:30 IST.

Piotr Kołaczkowski will share details about CEP-29: CQL Not operator

and
how to use and contribute.

How to join:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88568089250?pwd=M1dudnhDajUwbk5UWmkzYWE2MjlsUT09
Meeting ID: 885 6808 9250
Passcode: 182504

Copy the invite from the public Cassandra Community Meeting Calendar:
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=a2w5cHVoZ2s3cXRkdXFhdHRlOHRmZDVtcHNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ

See you soon!

-- Forwarded message -
From: Hugh Lashbrooke 
Date: Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 3:01 PM
Subject: Upcoming Community Meetings
To: 


Hi all,

There are two Apache Cassandra community events coming up this week and
next:

*October Town Hall
* - this month
we'll be hearing from Patrick Lee
 at Walmart about the
interesting things they're doing with Apache Cassandra at scale. This is
happening this week Thursday, October 26 at 8am PT. Find out more and register
here .

*Check out past Town Halls on the YouTube
playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqcm6qE9lgKKpeO7AgGWcLB6dsz0vS4y1
*


*October Contributor Meeting
* - this month's
Contributor meeting will be a deep dive into CEP-29: CQL Not operator

 with Piotr Kołaczkowski  giving
insight into how the development of this feature for Apache Cassandra 5.0
has been going and what we can expect to see. This is happening next week
Thursday, October 31 at 10am PT. Find out more and register here
.

*Check out past Contributor Meetings on the YouTube **playlist**:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqcm6qE9lgKKls90MlpejceYUU_0qVnWa
*


Hope to see folks there!

[CMWG] November 1 meeting

[Melissa Logan]

Hi everyone,

Please join us this Wednesday, November 1 for the monthly Cassandra Working
Group (CMWG) meeting at 8am PT / 11 ET /  3pm UTC.

Add your updates or new discussions/questions to the doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_73-iSjo1ZKKFn410rOCqNctnhNJOFLvbVA225OdrXY/edit

If you need access to the doc, just request it (or hit reply and I will
add).

Draft agenda

   -

   Cassandra Summit 
   + AI.Dev 
   (Patrick)
   -

   Catalyst program update (Melissa)
   -

   Meetup panel suggestions for Cassandra + AI panel (Melissa)
   -

   November 28 Contributor Meeting (Melissa)
   -

   Cassandra marketing (Melissa)


Speak soon!

Melissa

Re: Upcoming Town Hall

[Melissa Logan]

Hi folks:

The Cassandra 5.0 alpha preview was released a few weeks ago. In our
virtual Town Hall today at 8:00 AM PT, Aaron Ploetz will walk us through
new features including ACID transactions, SAI, Trie memtables, vector
search, and others. See you soon!

Details and how to join:
https://www.meetup.com/cassandra-global/events/295874390/


On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 12:27 AM Hugh Lashbrooke  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> The Apache Cassandra September Town Hall is coming up next week on
> September 29 at 8 am PT. This month's meeting will feature a talk from a
> name that is sure to be very familiar to most of you! Aaron Ploetz will be
> going through the features that everyone is looking forward to in Cassandra
> 5.0. More details and registration here:
> https://www.meetup.com/cassandra-global/events/295874390/
>
> The next two Town Halls are also scheduled for October and November:
>
>- October 26 @ 8 am PT: Patrick Lee from Walmart will be talking about
>the interesting work they're doing with Cassandra. Register here
>.
>- November 30 @ 8 am PT: Liran Brimer from Monday.com will do a deep
>dive into how they used Cassandra to build their custom database
>architecture, mondayDB. Register here
>.
>
> There will be no Town Hall in December due to the time of year and the
> fact that Cassandra Summit
>  is happening
> earlier in the month.
>
> As always you can catch past Town Halls on the YouTube playlist
> 
> .
>
> --
> Hugh Lashbrooke
> Director of Community, Constantia.io
> LinkedIn  | Twitter
>  | Mastodon
> 
>

Jira: Project logo with incorrect/no trademark

[Melissa Logan]

Hello:

The Cassandra logos on the ASF Project Logos page are outdated, as they
include lowercase letters and no trademark. This Jira request includes
logos to be replaced on the site, which requires a committer to publish:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-18621

The logo on the main website also has the TM vs. R trademark. PR coming for
that soon.

This will ensure compliance with ASF branding policies, as well as enabling
third parties use the correct logo.

Thanks in advance to a committer who can help!

Melissa

[CMWG] Agenda and call details for Aug. 2

[Melissa Logan]

Join us for the August Cassandra Marketing Working Group tomorrow,
Wednesday, August 2 at 8:00 AM PST.

Agenda

   -

   Sharing results from the Cassandra user survey
   
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18627E1UV-BjLyuNFgV0cgPwPmtjUHy7Th9Mk15ll1IA/edit#heading=h.oz61lxnzr84c>
   (Patrick McFadin)
   -

   Planet Cassandra Contributors (Patrick McFadin)
   -

   Update: MVP Program (Melissa Logan)
   -

   Update: Checklist for Cassandra events (Melissa Logan)
   -

   Update: How to do calendar better (Melissa Logan)


***NEW ZOOM***
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210868338?pwd=V3hrV3BUd2duVU5mVkE4RWhBNDZ3Zz09

Wiki:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=240883297
Subscribe: marketing-subscr...@cassandra.apache.org
Discuss: #cassandra-events (ASF Slack)

See you then.
Melissa

Re: Cassandra Contributor Meeting May 30

[Melissa Logan]

Video from today's meeting is here: https://youtu.be/gImCuUCwb0Q

Learn more and start testing/using it today:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/CEP-28%3A+Reading+and+Writing+Cassandra+Data+with+Spark+Bulk+Analytics

This is a great project for first-time contributors as it doesn't require
deep expertise in Cassandra or Spark.

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 9:38 AM Melissa Logan  wrote:

> The Cassandra Contributor Meeting starts soon at 10am PT. Dinesh Joshi
> will be discussing CEP-28: Reading and Writing Cassandra Data with Spark
> Bulk Analytics. See you then!
>
> Details:
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Cassandra+Contributor+Meeting
>
> How to join:
>
> Join Zoom Meeting:
> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85996789692?pwd=eFVjWE44VXVmZzIwejhFSk43emFZUT09
> Meeting ID: 859 9678 9692
> Passcode: 193585
>
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 9:31 AM Melissa Logan 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> The Cassandra community will be hosting monthly Contributor Meetings the
>> last Tuesday of each month at 10:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 17:00 UTC / 22:30 IST.
>> The purpose of these meetings is to enable real-time collaboration for
>> contributors to discuss CEPs and other issues, and ask questions.
>>
>>
>> The May 30 meeting has one topic to discuss so far, which is CEP-28:
>> Reading and Writing Cassandra Data with Spark Bulk Analytics facilitated
>> by Dinesh Joshi.
>>
>>
>> If you have an item to discuss, add it to the Confluence page. Details
>> and how to participate are here:
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Cassandra+Contributor+Meeting
>>
>>
>> Copy the invite from the public Cassandra Community Meeting Calendar:
>> https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=a2w5cHVoZ2s3cXRkdXFhdHRlOHRmZDVtcHNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ
>>
>> See you then!
>>
>> --
>> Melissa Logan (she/her)
>> Member, Apache Software Foundation
>> CEO/Founder, Constantia.io
>>
>
>
> --
> Melissa Logan (she/her)
> Member, Apache Software Foundation
> CEO/Founder, Constantia.io
>


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Re: Cassandra Contributor Meeting May 30

[Melissa Logan]

The Cassandra Contributor Meeting starts soon at 10am PT. Dinesh Joshi will
be discussing CEP-28: Reading and Writing Cassandra Data with Spark Bulk
Analytics. See you then!

Details:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Cassandra+Contributor+Meeting

How to join:

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85996789692?pwd=eFVjWE44VXVmZzIwejhFSk43emFZUT09
Meeting ID: 859 9678 9692
Passcode: 193585


On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 9:31 AM Melissa Logan  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> The Cassandra community will be hosting monthly Contributor Meetings the
> last Tuesday of each month at 10:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 17:00 UTC / 22:30 IST.
> The purpose of these meetings is to enable real-time collaboration for
> contributors to discuss CEPs and other issues, and ask questions.
>
>
> The May 30 meeting has one topic to discuss so far, which is CEP-28:
> Reading and Writing Cassandra Data with Spark Bulk Analytics facilitated
> by Dinesh Joshi.
>
>
> If you have an item to discuss, add it to the Confluence page. Details
> and how to participate are here:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Cassandra+Contributor+Meeting
>
>
> Copy the invite from the public Cassandra Community Meeting Calendar:
> https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=a2w5cHVoZ2s3cXRkdXFhdHRlOHRmZDVtcHNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ
>
> See you then!
>
> --
> Melissa Logan (she/her)
> Member, Apache Software Foundation
> CEO/Founder, Constantia.io
>


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Cassandra Contributor Meeting May 30

[Melissa Logan]

Hi folks,

The Cassandra community will be hosting monthly Contributor Meetings the
last Tuesday of each month at 10:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 17:00 UTC / 22:30 IST.
The purpose of these meetings is to enable real-time collaboration for
contributors to discuss CEPs and other issues, and ask questions.


The May 30 meeting has one topic to discuss so far, which is CEP-28:
Reading and Writing Cassandra Data with Spark Bulk Analytics facilitated by
Dinesh Joshi.


If you have an item to discuss, add it to the Confluence page. Details and
how to participate are here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Cassandra+Contributor+Meeting


Copy the invite from the public Cassandra Community Meeting Calendar:
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=a2w5cHVoZ2s3cXRkdXFhdHRlOHRmZDVtcHNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ

See you then!

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Re: Welcome our next PMC Chair Josh McKenzie

[Melissa Logan]

Josh, congratulations! Mick, thank you for all your efforts and support!

On Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 07:58 Joseph Lynch  wrote:

> Congratulations Josh! Thank you Mick!
>
> -Joey
>
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 10:56 AM Molly Monroy  wrote:
>
>> Congrats Josh - looking forward to working with you more closely! It's
>> been a pleasure, Mick!
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 8:32 AM Josh McKenzie 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Definitely want to +1 the appreciation for all the work Mick's put into
>>> the role.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to continuing to help out where I can!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023, at 9:27 AM, J. D. Jordan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Congrats Josh!
>>>
>>> And thanks Mick for your time spent as Chair!
>>>
>>> On Mar 23, 2023, at 8:21 AM, Aaron Ploetz  wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> Congratulations, Josh!
>>>
>>> And of course, thank you Mick for all you've done for the project while
>>> in the PMC Chair role!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 7:44 AM Derek Chen-Becker 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Congratulations, Josh!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 4:23 AM Mick Semb Wever  wrote:
>>>
>>> It is time to pass the baton on, and on behalf of the Apache Cassandra
>>> Project Management Committee (PMC) I would like to welcome and congratulate
>>> our next PMC Chair Josh McKenzie (jmckenzie).
>>>
>>> Most of you already know Josh, especially through his regular and
>>> valuable project oversight and status emails, always presenting a balance
>>> and understanding to the various views and concerns incoming.
>>>
>>> Repeating Paulo's words from last year: The chair is an administrative
>>> position that interfaces with the Apache Software Foundation Board, by
>>> submitting regular reports about project status and health. Read more about
>>> the PMC chair role on Apache projects:
>>> - https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#pmc
>>> - https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#pmc-chair
>>> - https://www.apache.org/foundation/faq.html#why-are-PMC-chairs-officers
>>>
>>> The PMC as a whole is the entity that oversees and leads the project and
>>> any PMC member can be approached as a representative of the committee. A
>>> list of Apache Cassandra PMC members can be found on:
>>> https://cassandra.apache.org/_/community.html
>>>
>>>
>>>

Re: Welcome Patrick McFadin as Cassandra Committer

[Melissa Logan]

Congrats, Patrick!

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 9:58 AM Benjamin Lerer  wrote:

> The PMC members are pleased to announce that Patrick McFadin has accepted
> the invitation to become committer today.
>
> Thanks a lot, Patrick, for everything you have done for this project and
> its community through the years.
>
> Congratulations and welcome!
>
> The Apache Cassandra PMC members
>


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Re: [DISCUSS] Formation of Apache Cassandra Publicity & Marketing Group

[Melissa Logan]

I appreciate the open and more structured approach to publicity & marketing
so everyone can provide input and for transparency.

I'm also happy to be a moderator.


On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 7:01 AM Patrick McFadin  wrote:

> I would be happy to be one of the moderators. Not sure if that's singular
> or plural. :D Just need to know how to do it.
>
> Patrick
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 1:44 AM Mick Semb Wever  wrote:
>
>> *To achieve this, we are proposing the formation of a Publicity &
>>> Marketing Working Group, and we are requesting your participation.*
>>>
>>
>>
>> +1 to the proposal and everything you write Patrick!
>>
>> I've submitted the request for the ML (can take 24 hours). Who would like
>> to be a moderator for the list?
>>
>> Otherwise let's give this a few days for any concerns, questions,
>> objections to be raised.
>>
>>

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Re: Thanks to Nate for his service as PMC Chair

[Melissa Logan]

Nate, appreciate everything you've done, thank you! Congrats Mick!

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 8:03 AM Mick Semb Wever  wrote:

> Thank you Nate, and Paulo and everyone!  
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 at 15:57, Ekaterina Dimitrova 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Nate and all the best with your new role Mick!
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 at 9:01, Jeremiah Jordan 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Nate! And welcome to the role Mick!
>>>
>>> On Jul 11, 2022, at 7:54 AM, Paulo Motta  wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I wanted to announce on behalf of the Apache Cassandra Project
>>> Management Committee (PMC) that Nate McCall (zznate) has stepped down from
>>> the PMC chair role. Thank you Nate for all the work you did as the PMC
>>> chair!
>>>
>>> The Apache Cassandra PMC has nominated Mick Semb Wever (mck) as the new
>>> PMC chair. Congratulations and good luck on the new role Mick!
>>>
>>> The chair is an administrative position that interfaces with the Apache
>>> Software Foundation Board, by submitting regular reports about project
>>> status and health. Read more about the PMC chair role on Apache projects:
>>> - https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#pmc
>>> - https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#pmc-chair
>>> - https://www.apache.org/foundation/faq.html#why-are-PMC-chairs-officers
>>>
>>> The PMC as a whole is the entity that oversees and leads the project and
>>> any PMC member can be approached as a representative of the committee. A
>>> list of Apache Cassandra PMC members can be found on:
>>> https://cassandra.apache.org/_/community.html
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Paulo
>>>
>>>

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Re: Apache Cassandra Marketing Meeting - 5/26

[Melissa Logan]

I'll be there but will miss the first 30 minutes. The team will be on to
share the latest on the Cassandra World Party!

On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 10:56 AM Patrick McFadin  wrote:

> For sure, and I'm glad you brought this up. We have done two contributor
> meetings previously, so I would be happy to alternate into different time
> zones. I'll work on getting that set up.
>
> Patrick
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 7:21 PM guo Maxwell  wrote:
>
>> Make a suggestion, can you consider Asian users in the future? 樂☺
>>
>

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Re: Cassandra World Party in July; CFP open!

[Melissa Logan]

It was a fun event! 1116 people attended with 49% in Americas, 26%
Asia Pacific, and 24% Europe/Africa.

Last year's playlist is here in case you missed it:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqcm6qE9lgKLi4TD3azt3soaCjfXte32m


On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 7:55 AM Patrick McFadin  wrote:
>
> I'm really looking forward to this event. Last year was great and had the 
> same casual fun as a meetup. With the addition of some in-person meetups this 
> will be a great time to get out and meet some of your fellow Cassandra 
> community members.
>
> An important footnote. This event is meant to coincide with the latest 
> release, which will be 4.1. By July it may be fully released, beta or RC, 
> doesn't matter. Hopefully we'll have a few lightning talks about some of the 
> new features. Since these are lightning talks, a perfectly valid title could 
> be "Why I'm excited about Guardrails" and proceed to talk about the time 
> someone put a secondary index on every column in a 25 column table. You might 
> get a few knowing nods from others watching. (and a few laughs)
>
> KubeCon EU was last week and I have heard that there were some organic 
> Cassandra community gatherings here and there. We have a lot to share with 
> each other and this is a chance to have a place to do it. Hope to see you 
> there.
>
> Patrick
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 3:54 PM Whitney True  wrote:
>>
>> Apache Cassandra Community,
>>
>> We are excited to announce the second annual Apache Cassandra World Party 
>> will be held Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The goal of the event is to celebrate 
>> the forthcoming release and the Cassandra community.
>>
>> Event Details:
>> The Cassandra World Party 2022 will closely mirror the 2021 Cassandra World 
>> Party (https://cassandra.apache.org/_/blog/World-Party.html) with an 
>> in-person meet up option in select cities.*
>>
>> The event will include three (3) 1-hour virtual events that consist of 
>> moderated lighting talks. In addition, multiple physical meetups would be 
>> hosted for anyone that would like to attend the virtual event with community 
>> members who are located in the area or who are interested in traveling.
>>
>> *Community sponsors will host the in-person meet ups. (If you are interested 
>> in becoming a sponsor, please email events (at) constantia (dot) io).
>>
>> The CFP is officially open and will close Sunday, June 19 at 11:59pm PT. 
>> Please submit talk proposals here: 
>> https://sessionize.com/apache-cassandra-4-1-world-party/
>>
>> We encourage and welcome contributors, end users and community members to 
>> submit fun, fast-paced, 5 minute “lightning” style talks that focus on:
>>
>> What you love about Cassandra
>> Why you’re passionate about Cassandra
>> What you’ve contributed to Cassandra - especially 4.1
>> What you’ve learned using Cassandra
>> What you’ve built with Cassandra
>> How you’ve successfully scaled Cassandra
>>
>> For those who have recently submitted an Apache Cassandra-related talk for 
>> ApacheCon 2022, please consider using this as an opportunity to present a 
>> super condensed (and fast!) version of that talk.
>>
>> Event Times:
>>
>> July 20, 2022  6 am PT / 1 pm UTC
>> July 20, 2022 2pm PT / 9 pm UTC
>> July 20, 2022 10pm PT / July 21 6 am UTC
>>
>> Event Overview:
>>
>> 15 min: opening from moderators / contributors
>> 30 min: 3-5 lightning talks on all things Cassandra
>> 10 min: discussion or interaction
>> 5 min: closing
>>
>> We are very excited for this year's event and hope you will be, too!
>>
>> -- The Constantia team



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Re: New Apache Cassandra Group on LinkedIn

[Melissa Logan]

I agree there should be an official LinkedIn page for the project hosted by
the community. It's an easy way for people to stay current.

If the goal of the new LinkedIn page is to publicly and broadly share what
the Cassandra community is doing, one solution would be to change the new
Cassandra page from a "group" page to a "company" page.

Company pages show all posts publicly by default, and admins don't have to
manage requests to join. Anyone can "follow" the page and see/share the
posts -- while only allowing community admins to publish. This would also
require less care and feeding from community admins. (What I don't know if
it's easy to "convert" a group page to company or if it requires starting
from scratch.)

Then, admins of the existing "group" page could repost any/all items from
the community page to keep people informed.

This solution could help both pages achieve their goals of spreading the
word about Cassandra.


On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 10:39 AM Patrick McFadin  wrote:

> I'm not sure if they can merge groups but from what I'm reading that
> wouldn't work either. What I'm seeing is a desire to not "promote vendors"
> which I believe is working against the project's self-interest. LinkedIn is
> the perfect place to do it. The allergic reaction the project has taken for
> vendors has made our ecosystem look weak when that's not really the case.
> Temporal, Prometheus, Feast, Orkes (to just name a few) all have Cassandra
> integrations but you would never know that by looking at any official
> Cassandra communication because ecosystem == vendor == bad. The result is
> that Cassandra looks like an island that will never help this project grow.
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 9:20 AM Jeremy Hanna 
> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to ask someone at linkedin to merge the groups together so
>> that it's managed by the PMC but with the explicit permission of the people
>> running the other group?  In the past, I know that Twitter does things like
>> that in terms of handles and followers.  Is that a desirable outcome?
>>
>> On Mar 9, 2022, at 11:00 AM, Benjamin Lerer  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Patrick,
>> Thanks for reaching out. Effectively the discussion has happened between
>> the PMC members.
>> To explain the context, we wanted to have an official group on Linkedin
>> to publish news about the project as we do through the @cassandra handler
>> on Twitter. We wanted a group that was vendor independent and focused on
>> Apache Cassandra and its ecosystem.
>> To be fully transparent, we had no idea that you were in charge of the
>> Apache Cassandra Users group as it appears managed by Lynn Bender and
>> Joanna Kapel. The group also appears to promote different vendors which is
>> something that we wanted to avoid.
>> Having to post things under Lynn's name was also an issue for us as we
>> wished the merits to go to the right persons.
>>
>> Now, I am sure that we can work out some solution that will benefit the
>> community. :-)
>>
>> Le mer. 9 mars 2022 à 15:56, Patrick McFadin  a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> I feel like this needs to be a discussion held on the public mailing
>>> list. I have been running the Apache Cassandra Users group on LinkedIn for
>>> years after taking it over from Lynn Bender.
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3803052/
>>>
>>> We have over 7500 members and had its ups and downs but it's been pretty
>>> consistent as a professional resource on LinkedIn. I'm not sure what there
>>> is to gain by creating competing groups. If we need more managers in the
>>> group that's fine but somebody just needed to ask. It's clear that this
>>> discussion happened somewhere else and this was just an announcement.
>>>
>>> Patrick
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 3:41 AM Benjamin Lerer  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>
>>>> We just created a new Apache Cassandra group on LinkedIn (
>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9159443/).
>>>>
>>>> This group will be managed by our community and will respect vendor
>>>> neutrality.
>>>> Do not hesitate to join and share your experiences or blog posts with
>>>> us :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>

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Re: Welcome Anthony Grasso, Erick Ramirez and Lorina Poland as Cassandra committers

[Melissa Logan]

Spectacular -- congrats, all!

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 11:27 AM Chris Thornett  wrote:

> Fantastic news! Congrats to you all and well deserved!
>


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Re: [DICSUSS] Marketing contributions

[Melissa Logan]

Thanks Benjamin. Regarding contributors, what you say here makes sense and
we will discuss other ways to highlight, e.g. in the monthly Changelog,
interview them for the site, etc. Same for users. Beyond the case studies
page and Changelog blog, we'll discuss other ways to thank/interact with
them.

Erick, thanks for your comment in the deck.

Others please do share input on the plan and ideas/recommendations section
so we can best support. Thanks, all!


On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 2:42 AM Benjamin Lerer  wrote:

> Sounds great. By community, do you mean both those who build and/or use C*
>> (or just the folks on dev list)? There are a number of ways we can showcase
>> this. And is there a general goal of growing the number of contributors
>> and/or committers? We worked with Ekaterina last year to get this piece
>> published and could do more of the same:
>> https://opensource.com/article/21/5/apache-cassandra.
>
>
> I see 4 circles in our community: users, contributors, committers and PMC
> members. We officially recognize the transition to the committer status or
> to the PMC member status through emails from the PMC members and some
> public announcement but we do not do anything for contributors. It is an
> area where I believe we should improve. Contributing requires some effort.
> We should officially recognize those efforts and let people know that we
> noticed and are thankful for that.
> Some simple things like mentioning first contributions in our monthly
> updates or Tweeting about them. Thanking people for their constant effort
> through time. I see some people that keep on answering questions on our
> user mailing list and we never really talk about it even if they do an
> amazing job. I see them as important contributors and it is important to
> officially recognize our contributor circle.
> Regarding our users, I feel that we need to thank them for their trust
> more often and open the door for as many exchanges as possible.
>
>
> Le jeu. 13 janv. 2022 à 19:23, Melissa Logan 
> a écrit :
>
>> Thanks, Benjamin!
>>
>> > One critical part that we should try to put more forward in 2022 is the
>> community. On Twitter people are quite responsive to it. We have a great
>> community and we should make sure that people feel that they belong to it.
>>
>> Sounds great. By community, do you mean both those who build and/or use
>> C* (or just the folks on dev list)? There are a number of ways we can
>> showcase this. And is there a general goal of growing the number of
>> contributors and/or committers? We worked with Ekaterina last year to get
>> this piece published and could do more of the same:
>> https://opensource.com/article/21/5/apache-cassandra.
>>
>> > I know that pushing content to the website has been a frustrating
>> issue. My understanding is that the problem was in fact more due to our
>> tooling and to the ongoing work on the documentation than to the
>> availability of committers. I do believe that the situation will improve in
>> the future. 爛
>>
>> In the past tooling had been a factor which continues to improve. We do
>> still see lag times and have started flagging when they come up, e.g.
>> https://github.com/apache/cassandra-website/pull/75/commits/c80cb86ea86dbde0c0d3dee98677e7e399d1a215
>>
>> > One question that I have is: would it not be possible to have our blog
>> hosted on a real blog platform? I did not manage to find any discussion
>> about that.
>>
>> Mick and Anthony will know more but generally I'd say since we invested
>> in Antora and have a process, I'm not sure how much we'd gain by switching
>> again. We'll work with whatever process the community prefers.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 2:20 AM Benjamin Lerer  wrote:
>>
>>> Melissa, Chris, Diogenese,
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for everything you did in 2021 
>>>
>>> What you propose for 2022 sounds great.
>>> One critical part that we should try to put more forward in 2022 is the
>>> community. On Twitter people are quite responsive to it. We have a great
>>> community and we should make sure that people feel that they belong to it.
>>>
>>> I know that pushing content to the website has been a frustrating issue.
>>> My understanding is that the problem was in fact more due to our tooling
>>> and to the ongoing work on the documentation than to the availability of
>>> committers. I do believe that the situation will improve in the future. 爛
>>>
>>> One question that I have is: would it not be possible to have our blog
>>> hosted on a real blog platform? I did not manage to

Re: [DICSUSS] Marketing contributions

[Melissa Logan]

Thanks, Benjamin!

> One critical part that we should try to put more forward in 2022 is the
community. On Twitter people are quite responsive to it. We have a great
community and we should make sure that people feel that they belong to it.

Sounds great. By community, do you mean both those who build and/or use C*
(or just the folks on dev list)? There are a number of ways we can showcase
this. And is there a general goal of growing the number of contributors
and/or committers? We worked with Ekaterina last year to get this piece
published and could do more of the same:
https://opensource.com/article/21/5/apache-cassandra.

> I know that pushing content to the website has been a frustrating issue.
My understanding is that the problem was in fact more due to our tooling
and to the ongoing work on the documentation than to the availability of
committers. I do believe that the situation will improve in the future. 爛

In the past tooling had been a factor which continues to improve. We do
still see lag times and have started flagging when they come up, e.g.
https://github.com/apache/cassandra-website/pull/75/commits/c80cb86ea86dbde0c0d3dee98677e7e399d1a215

> One question that I have is: would it not be possible to have our blog
hosted on a real blog platform? I did not manage to find any discussion
about that.

Mick and Anthony will know more but generally I'd say since we invested in
Antora and have a process, I'm not sure how much we'd gain by switching
again. We'll work with whatever process the community prefers.


On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 2:20 AM Benjamin Lerer  wrote:

> Melissa, Chris, Diogenese,
>
> Thanks a lot for everything you did in 2021 
>
> What you propose for 2022 sounds great.
> One critical part that we should try to put more forward in 2022 is the
> community. On Twitter people are quite responsive to it. We have a great
> community and we should make sure that people feel that they belong to it.
>
> I know that pushing content to the website has been a frustrating issue.
> My understanding is that the problem was in fact more due to our tooling
> and to the ongoing work on the documentation than to the availability of
> committers. I do believe that the situation will improve in the future. 爛
>
> One question that I have is: would it not be possible to have our blog
> hosted on a real blog platform? I did not manage to find any discussion
> about that.
>
> Le jeu. 13 janv. 2022 à 02:46, Melissa Logan 
> a écrit :
>
>> Chris Thornett, Diogenese Topper and I compiled a recap of the marketing
>> work we contributed to Cassandra in 2021. We also developed a recommended
>> approach for 2022. Our aim is to be a resource that advances the
>> community's interests, so we would greatly appreciate your input here
>> and/or in the deck:
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tPbU1CtRPvn6tlbuKcYkJL6Wzj0mFzj5OiixSkM5o_Q/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> 1. Is the recommended approach aligned with what the community wants to
>> achieve this year? If not, what would you modify?
>>
>> 2. What are the community's thoughts on items in the Ideas &
>> Recommendations section? Do you have other ideas not represented here we
>> could help with?
>>
>> 3. Generally speaking, what's working and what's not? We appreciate
>> feedback so we can best support.
>>
>> 4. One of our key challenges has been getting our website pull requests
>> (blogs, homepage updates etc.) committed in a timely manner so the
>> thousands of daily visitors see the most current info. We are grateful for
>> the ongoing support of Mick, Erick et al and wonder if others could pitch
>> in ongoing? It's typically no more than one commit per week; discussed on
>> the #cassandra-website channel. Appreciate your consideration.
>>
>> Looking forward to your input.
>>
>> Melissa
>>
>

[DICSUSS] Marketing contributions

[Melissa Logan]

Chris Thornett, Diogenese Topper and I compiled a recap of the marketing
work we contributed to Cassandra in 2021. We also developed a recommended
approach for 2022. Our aim is to be a resource that advances the
community's interests, so we would greatly appreciate your input here
and/or in the deck:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tPbU1CtRPvn6tlbuKcYkJL6Wzj0mFzj5OiixSkM5o_Q/edit?usp=sharing

1. Is the recommended approach aligned with what the community wants to
achieve this year? If not, what would you modify?

2. What are the community's thoughts on items in the Ideas &
Recommendations section? Do you have other ideas not represented here we
could help with?

3. Generally speaking, what's working and what's not? We appreciate
feedback so we can best support.

4. One of our key challenges has been getting our website pull requests
(blogs, homepage updates etc.) committed in a timely manner so the
thousands of daily visitors see the most current info. We are grateful for
the ongoing support of Mick, Erick et al and wonder if others could pitch
in ongoing? It's typically no more than one commit per week; discussed on
the #cassandra-website channel. Appreciate your consideration.

Looking forward to your input.

Melissa

[DISCUSS] Marketing contributions

[Melissa Logan]

Chris Thornett, Diogenese Topper and I compiled a recap of the marketing
work we contributed to Cassandra in 2021. We also developed a recommended
approach for 2022. Our aim is to be a resource that advances the
community's interests, so we would greatly appreciate your input here
and/or in the deck:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tPbU1CtRPvn6tlbuKcYkJL6Wzj0mFzj5OiixSkM5o_Q/edit?usp=sharing

1. Is the recommended approach aligned with what the community wants to
achieve this year? If not, what would you modify?

2. What are the community's thoughts on items in the Ideas &
Recommendations section? Do you have other ideas not represented here we
could help with?

3. Generally speaking, what's working and what's not? We appreciate
feedback so we can best support.

4. One of our key challenges has been getting our website pull requests
(blogs, homepage updates etc.) committed in a timely manner so the
thousands of daily visitors see the most current info. We are grateful for
the ongoing support of Mick, Erick et al and wonder if others could pitch
in ongoing? It's typically no more than one commit per week; discussed on
the #cassandra-website channel. Appreciate your consideration.

Looking forward to your input.

Melissa

Re: Cassandra project biweekly status update 2022-01-03

[Melissa Logan]

Josh, shall we add these details to the monthly Changelog blog that Chris T
drafts? He uses your recaps as a basis.

Shared on the #cassandra-website channel. Example:
https://cassandra.apache.org/_/blog/Apache-Cassandra-Changelog-10-October-2021.html

On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 7:21 AM Joshua McKenzie  wrote:

> Could we post these on the blog as well
>
> I always wanted to be a blogger. Sounds like now's my chance. ;)
>
> In all seriousness I think this is a great idea. I'll find out what I need
> to know to make this happen and make it so.
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 7:38 PM Patrick McFadin  wrote:
>
>> What Ellis said.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 1:48 PM Jonathan Ellis  wrote:
>>
>>> +10
>>>
>>> Could we post these on the blog as well to reach a wider audience?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 3:16 PM Mick Semb Wever  wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> /wave Happy 2022 everyone! …
>>>>> …
>>>>>
>>>>> It's been incredibly encouraging to see how active the project has
>>>>> been in 2021 and I look forward to seeing how things evolve with some of
>>>>> the upcoming significant CEP's and features this year. Thanks everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> These updates are really awesome Josh and also a big part of the
>>>> project's new activity. Thanks for keeping at them!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Ellis
>>> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
>>> @spyced
>>>
>>

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Re: Cassandra site broken links

[Melissa Logan]

Michael, thank you for bringing to attention. I'm reviewing with the folks
who created the site and I/they will reply with next steps.


On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 10:38 AM Michael Shuler 
wrote:

> I overwrote the result link - much better, no more 429s.
>
> https://12.am/tmp/cassandra.apache.org_muffet.log.txt
>
> - lots of page anchor problems
> - quite a few busted links
> - quite a few hosts that are gone
> - one link timeout
> - (a few "error" reports are each 200s, just headers)
>
> $ egrep '^\sid #' c*.log.txt |wc -l
> 1416
> $ egrep '^\s4' c*.log.txt |wc -l
> 55
> $ egrep '^\slookup' c*.log.txt |wc -l
> 20
> $ egrep '^\stimeout' c*.log.txt |wc -l
> 1
>
> Warm regards,
> Michael
>
> On 11/6/21 11:59 AM, Michael Shuler wrote:
> > FYI - I'm going to try to slow down the checks, since I just noticed a
> > bunch of the 4xx errors are "HTTP 429 Too Many Requests"
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Michael
> >
> > On 11/6/21 11:52 AM, Michael Shuler wrote:
> >> (Sending to dev@ which seems a better place to discuss; updated
> >> subject. Thanks OP!)
> >>
> >> I ran a couple link checking tools on the site and there are lots more
> >> problems than the couple noted. This seems like a good task for a
> >> non-dev to make a substantial project impact. Muffet [0] seemed the
> >> quickest way to get some decent output. I grabbed the v2.4.4 binary
> >> release [1]; tar xzvf .., and:
> >>
> >> $ ./muffet https://cassandra.apache.org/ \
> >>   | tee -a cassandra.apache.org_muffet.log.txt
> >>
> >> result (2950 lines):
> >> https://12.am/tmp/cassandra.apache.org_muffet.log.txt
> >>
> >> $ egrep '^\s4' cassandra.apache.org_muffet.log.txt \
> >>   | wc -l
> >> 841
> >> $ egrep '^\sid #' cassandra.apache.org_muffet.log.txt \
> >>   | wc -l
> >> 1401
> >>
> >> [0] https://github.com/raviqqe/muffet
> >> [1] https://github.com/raviqqe/muffet/releases
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Michael
> >>
> >> On 11/5/21 4:09 PM, Greg Stein wrote:
> >>> see below:
> >>>
> >>> -- Forwarded message -
> >>> From: *Hubert Kulas*  >>> <mailto:hubertzku...@gmail.com>>
> >>> Date: Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 1:29 PM
> >>> Subject: Not working links
> >>> To: mailto:webmas...@apache.org>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I am writing my thesis about big data and I was doing some research
> >>> about real-world use cases of Cassandra. While doing that I found
> >>> that after clicking "read more" under 'Coursera'  leads us to
> >>> DataStax website where we are greeted with "You do not have access to
> >>> view this page" message. To reproduce it just go to
> >>> https://cassandra.apache.org/_/case-studies.html
> >>> <https://cassandra.apache.org/_/case-studies.html> and then find
> >>> Coursera and click "read more".  Then after trying to find a way to
> >>> contact you guys about the problem I encountered another problem on
> >>> this part of the website
> >>> https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/3.11.5/contactus.html
> >>> <https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/3.11.5/contactus.html>
> >>> After clicking the icon leads us to
> >>> https://cassandra.apache.org/feed.xml
> >>> <https://cassandra.apache.org/feed.xml> which gives us the 404 Not
> >>> Found message.
> >>> 2021-11-05_19h26_44.png
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards,
> >>> Hubert Kulas
>
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Re: Additions to Cassandra ecosystem page?

[Melissa Logan]

mptuous and prescribe what is
> > > allowed and forbidden on a public wiki of an open source project.
> > >
> > > Two objective suggestions I'd like to make are:
> > > - Give more visibility/prominence to
> > > auxiliary/complementary/supplementary/non-competing/open-source
> > > projects/products by listing them at the top of the page, and list
> > > closed-source / SaaS / API-compatible offerings under its own category
> at
> > > the bottom of the page with maybe an additional disclaimer that not all
> > > features may be available on these offerings.
> > > - There are 3 sub-offerings from a single vendor in the "Professional
> > > Services" category, but I think it's sufficient to list each service
> > > provider once per category, since the sub-offerings can be easily found
> > by
> > > visiting the service provider website.
> > >
> > > Paulo
> > > -
> > >
> > > [1] https://spark.apache.org/third-party-projects.html
> > >
> > > Em ter., 29 de jun. de 2021 às 04:48, Benjamin Lerer <
> b.le...@gmail.com>
> > > escreveu:
> > >
> > > > If I have to choose between the four choices that you proposed I
> would
> > > then
> > > > choose (1) List no alternative offerings at all.
> > > >
> > > > Le mar. 29 juin 2021 à 09:34, bened...@apache.org <
> bened...@apache.org
> > >
> > > a
> > > > écrit :
> > > >
> > > > > I don’t think it is intractable to come up with a definition that
> we
> > > use
> > > > > for inclusion.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. List no alternative offerings at all.
> > > > > 2. List only those offerings that deploy precisely a released
> version
> > > of
> > > > > Cassandra.
> > > > > 3. List only those offerings that deploy precisely a released
> version
> > > of
> > > > > Cassandra with modifications that extend a list of public APIs.
> > > > > 4. List only those offerings that deploy precisely a released
> version
> > > of
> > > > > Cassandra with modifications that extend a list of public APIs, or
> > are
> > > > > themselves published under ASL v2.
> > > > >
> > > > > Listing a product on our website implicitly endorses that offering,
> > and
> > > > we
> > > > > should absolutely be restrictive about what we endorse. I’m -1
> > > > > unconditionally endorsing competing products, and products that are
> > not
> > > > > themselves clearly some derivative work that is accessible to the
> > > > community
> > > > > under similar terms.
> > > > >
> > > > > If we cannot agree on a set of conditions, options (1) and (2) are
> > > > simple,
> > > > > easy to administer, adequately restrictive and not inconsistently
> > > > > permissive.
> > > > >
> > > > > I don’t think this website is going to drive a lot of traffic to
> any
> > of
> > > > > these businesses, so I doubt any of them should be upset at any
> loss
> > of
> > > > > revenue. The question is simply one of principle for us as a
> project.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Benjamin Lerer 
> > > > > Date: Tuesday, 29 June 2021 at 08:10
> > > > > To: dev@cassandra.apache.org 
> > > > > Subject: Re: Additions to Cassandra ecosystem page?
> > > > > I feel that we are going into a too restrictive direction. I
> believe
> > > that
> > > > > we have more to win by being open and welcoming.
> > > > > -1 for the strict approach and for the licences.
> > > > >
> > > > > Le mar. 29 juin 2021 à 00:40, Ben Bromhead  a
> > > > écrit :
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 2:38 AM Joshua McKenzie <
> > > jmcken...@apache.org>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The obvious core responsibility of the website should be to
> ASLv2
> > > > > > > permissively licensed Apache Cassandra and secondarily to CQL
> as
> > a
> > > > > > protocol
> > > > > > > IMO. I don't think we as a project should be tracking
> derivative
> > > > works,
> > > > > > > forks, or other things built on top of the code-base and
> > certainly
> > > > not
> > > > > > > things with wildly varied licensing (AGPL, proprietary closed,
> > > etc).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > To go that route we either become fully inclusive of everything
> > or
> > > > > become
> > > > > > > Kingmakers, and either way there's the consequence of
> > inconsistent
> > > > > levels
> > > > > > > of vetting, maintenance, and dilution of what it means to "be
> > > > > Cassandra".
> > > > > > > There's plenty of other websites for other projects and
> everyone
> > > has
> > > > > > access
> > > > > > > to search engines.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This makes sense to me as a line in the sand to draw if we are
> > going
> > > > > down a
> > > > > > strict path.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It would be up to whoever wants to be added to the list to
> > > demonstrate
> > > > > this
> > > > > > is the case.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There would still be some degree of honesty required as well on
> the
> > > > > service
> > > > > > providers part.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>


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Additions to Cassandra ecosystem page?

[Melissa Logan]

Hi all,

The Cassandra community recently updated its website and has added several
new entries to the Ecosystem page: https://cassandra.apache.org/ecosystem/.

If you have edits or know of other third-party Cassandra projects, tools,
products, etc that may be useful to others -- please get in touch and we'll
add to the next round of site updates in July.

Thanks!

Melissa
Apache Cassandra Contributor

Re: Switching the website to a temporary static html version of the new design

[Melissa Logan]

Thank you Mick et al!

If you have feedback on the new site, please let us know here or on Slack
and we will address.

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 8:50 AM Michael Semb Wever  wrote:

>
>
> > tl;dr  Can we switch the website over to a temporary static-html
> > version of the new design, while work on the final antora generated
> > version continues?
>
>
> done.
>
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Re: Cassandra World Party - April 28

[Melissa Logan]

Thanks to everyone who has stepped up to present, moderate and help with
the April 28 World Party event!

The speaker lineup was officially announced on Monday (1) and shared via
Twitter (2). Community volunteers are working on an interactive quiz with
t-shirt giveaway.

Over 550 have registered so far from around the globe. If reg gets into the
thousands, we may be looking for sponsors to support the ASF to help cover
fees -- will notify this group if so.

Please use links below to share with your networks. Any questions, join the
#cassandra-events channel on Slack.

(1)
https://cassandra.apache.org/blog/2021/04/19/cass-world-party-speakers.html
(2) https://twitter.com/cassandra/status/1384558373912317958


On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 1:39 PM Melissa Logan  wrote:

> Exciting progress on RC1!
>
> Event updates and requests:
>
> 1. A few talks have been submitted and we're looking for people to join
> the Sessionize account to select. CFP closes Friday April 9; rate by Monday
> April 12. It's super easy to rate in the app. If you can help, please let
> me know by Tuesday April 6 -- we'd like to choose a couple early sessions
> to promote in a blog next week with reg link.
>
> What's been submitted so far:
> * Raising the Bar on QA
> * Building Serverless Apps with Cassandra - Fast and Easy!
> * Query-First data modeling in Cassandra
> * Cassandra- Now and for the future
> * Making Cassandra Easy
> * Security 101 for your Cassandra Database
>
> 2. Looking for emcees! One for each time zone (or you can do multiple).
> Interested? Get in touch to discuss.
>
> 3. Giveaways. We have an offer from the community to provide t-shirts as
> prizes for interactive content they're building. Would others like to
> contribute funds to this effort? We could add logos on it as in-kind
> contributors. Let me know by Wednesday April 7.
>
> Huge thanks for event support to Audra Carter, Chris Thornett, Diogenese
> Topper, as well as Mick Semb Weaver, Erick Ramirez, and Jeff Jirsa for web
> and social.
>
> Blog:
> https://cassandra.apache.org/blog/2021/03/25/world_party.html
>
> Landing page:
> https://cassandra.apache.org/worldparty/
>
> Twitter:
> https://twitter.com/cassandra/status/1374509865863839744
>
> Reg link:
> https://hopin.com/events/apache-cassandra-4-0-world-party (just made
> live; adding to landing page in a moment)
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 3:16 PM Melissa Logan 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As the community gets closer to the launch of 4.0, we're organizing a
>> celebration with the help of ASF -- a one-day, no cost virtual event on
>> Wednesday, April 28 to bring the global community together in celebration
>> of the upcoming release milestone.
>>
>> OVERVIEW
>> Cassandra World Party 4.0 is a one day virtual event on Wednesday, April
>> 28 with three, hour-long sessions so people can attend in their time zone.
>> Each session will feature 3-5 lightning talks (five minutes) on C* plus
>> interactive content (giveaways, quizzes).
>>
>> HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
>> * Submit: The CFP is open now through April 9:
>> https://sessionize.com/cassandra
>> * Review: Please help us review talks! Email me and we'll add you to the
>> platform.
>> * Moderate: We need 1-2 moderators for each time zone. Email me if
>> interested.
>> * Promote: Share the CFP with your networks.
>> * Feedback: If anything here should be amended or you want to contribute
>> in other ways, please get in touch.
>>
>> TIMES
>> 1-2pm UTC / 6-7am PDT
>> 9-10pm UTC / 3-4pm PDT
>> 5-6am UTC / 10-11pm PDT
>>
>> FORMAT
>> 10 min: opening from moderators / contributors
>> 30 min: 3-5 lightning talks on C* stories over the years
>> 15 min: discussion or interaction
>> 5 min: closing
>>
>> We'll soon publish a blog and get a registration page up.
>>
>> Questions, feedback welcome -- thank you!
>>
>> -- The Constantia team
>>
>
>
> --
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>
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>

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Re: Cassandra World Party - April 28

[Melissa Logan]

Exciting progress on RC1!

Event updates and requests:

1. A few talks have been submitted and we're looking for people to join the
Sessionize account to select. CFP closes Friday April 9; rate by Monday
April 12. It's super easy to rate in the app. If you can help, please let
me know by Tuesday April 6 -- we'd like to choose a couple early sessions
to promote in a blog next week with reg link.

What's been submitted so far:
* Raising the Bar on QA
* Building Serverless Apps with Cassandra - Fast and Easy!
* Query-First data modeling in Cassandra
* Cassandra- Now and for the future
* Making Cassandra Easy
* Security 101 for your Cassandra Database

2. Looking for emcees! One for each time zone (or you can do multiple).
Interested? Get in touch to discuss.

3. Giveaways. We have an offer from the community to provide t-shirts as
prizes for interactive content they're building. Would others like to
contribute funds to this effort? We could add logos on it as in-kind
contributors. Let me know by Wednesday April 7.

Huge thanks for event support to Audra Carter, Chris Thornett, Diogenese
Topper, as well as Mick Semb Weaver, Erick Ramirez, and Jeff Jirsa for web
and social.

Blog:
https://cassandra.apache.org/blog/2021/03/25/world_party.html

Landing page:
https://cassandra.apache.org/worldparty/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/cassandra/status/1374509865863839744

Reg link:
https://hopin.com/events/apache-cassandra-4-0-world-party (just made live;
adding to landing page in a moment)


On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 3:16 PM Melissa Logan  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As the community gets closer to the launch of 4.0, we're organizing a
> celebration with the help of ASF -- a one-day, no cost virtual event on
> Wednesday, April 28 to bring the global community together in celebration
> of the upcoming release milestone.
>
> OVERVIEW
> Cassandra World Party 4.0 is a one day virtual event on Wednesday, April
> 28 with three, hour-long sessions so people can attend in their time zone.
> Each session will feature 3-5 lightning talks (five minutes) on C* plus
> interactive content (giveaways, quizzes).
>
> HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
> * Submit: The CFP is open now through April 9:
> https://sessionize.com/cassandra
> * Review: Please help us review talks! Email me and we'll add you to the
> platform.
> * Moderate: We need 1-2 moderators for each time zone. Email me if
> interested.
> * Promote: Share the CFP with your networks.
> * Feedback: If anything here should be amended or you want to contribute
> in other ways, please get in touch.
>
> TIMES
> 1-2pm UTC / 6-7am PDT
> 9-10pm UTC / 3-4pm PDT
> 5-6am UTC / 10-11pm PDT
>
> FORMAT
> 10 min: opening from moderators / contributors
> 30 min: 3-5 lightning talks on C* stories over the years
> 15 min: discussion or interaction
> 5 min: closing
>
> We'll soon publish a blog and get a registration page up.
>
> Questions, feedback welcome -- thank you!
>
> -- The Constantia team
>


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Cassandra World Party - April 28

[Melissa Logan]

Hi all,

As the community gets closer to the launch of 4.0, we're organizing a
celebration with the help of ASF -- a one-day, no cost virtual event on
Wednesday, April 28 to bring the global community together in celebration
of the upcoming release milestone.

OVERVIEW
Cassandra World Party 4.0 is a one day virtual event on Wednesday, April 28
with three, hour-long sessions so people can attend in their time zone.
Each session will feature 3-5 lightning talks (five minutes) on C* plus
interactive content (giveaways, quizzes).

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
* Submit: The CFP is open now through April 9:
https://sessionize.com/cassandra
* Review: Please help us review talks! Email me and we'll add you to the
platform.
* Moderate: We need 1-2 moderators for each time zone. Email me if
interested.
* Promote: Share the CFP with your networks.
* Feedback: If anything here should be amended or you want to contribute in
other ways, please get in touch.

TIMES
1-2pm UTC / 6-7am PDT
9-10pm UTC / 3-4pm PDT
5-6am UTC / 10-11pm PDT

FORMAT
10 min: opening from moderators / contributors
30 min: 3-5 lightning talks on C* stories over the years
15 min: discussion or interaction
5 min: closing

We'll soon publish a blog and get a registration page up.

Questions, feedback welcome -- thank you!

-- The Constantia team

New Cassandra website for review

[Melissa Logan]

Hi all,

We are excited to share the almost-complete Cassandra website design
(CASSANDRA-16115). Huge thanks to Lorina Poland, Anthony Grosso, Mick Semb
Weaver, Josh Levy, Chris Thornett, Diogenese Topper, and a few others who
contributed to this effort.

Note: There are a few updates to be made prior to launch, but we wanted to
share to get initial input and signoff to begin the final port to Antora.

To be completed:

   - *Homepage: *The logos are placeholders -- they're being updated and
   resized (pulled from case studies page).
   - *Docs* will be added once 4.0 documentation is complete. Design
   will match new site.
   - *Case Studies * logos are being updated and resized, so ignore broken
   links.

If you have case studies or resources -- or community photos --
please reply to me and we'll add.

Site for review: https://cassandra.staged.apache.org/

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16115

Melissa Logan

Add your third-party offerings to ecosystem page

[Melissa Logan]

Hi all,

The Cassandra website design and docs overhaul is getting closer to
completion. We anticipate the first phase of the site will be available in
the next couple weeks.

We wanted to flag one new page in particular and ask you to input - a
third-party ecosystem page that was added a few months ago that includes
cloud offerings, installation tools, operators and more:
https://cassandra.apache.org/third-party/.

Please take a few minutes to ensure your third-party offerings are included
by submitting a PR here: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-website.

Thanks!
Melissa

Re: Project website analytics

[Melissa Logan]

So asf infra has given us a go ahead to do website analytics with a
self-hosted plausible.io  (with the warning that a forthcoming GDPR
policy from the ASF might revert it later on). ref INFRA-20748
> Outstanding!

It may help gauge what's needed if we have some kind of ballpark idea
for what kind of resources may be needed for this. (The irony that
having analytics here could tell us is not lost on me.)
> For monthly traffic, if what we're seeing from ASF is a 30-day moving
average, then the site sees approx. 10-15K pageviews/month if that helps.
Source: https://uls.apache.org/exports/cassandra.apache.org.yaml


On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 11:14 AM Brandon Williams  wrote:

> It may help gauge what's needed if we have some kind of ballpark idea
> for what kind of resources may be needed for this. (The irony that
> having analytics here could tell us is not lost on me.)
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 1:09 PM Mick Semb Wever  wrote:
> >
> > So asf infra has given us a go ahead to do website analytics with a
> > self-hosted plausible.io  (with the warning that a forthcoming GDPR
> > policy from the ASF might revert it later on). ref INFRA-20748
> >
> > A few folk have asked for this, and it would certainly make website
> > updates, blogs and updates much easier in the future with such real
> > numbers to work with.
> >
> > To start with the easiest approach would be to have just a no
> > credentials UI (i.e. only public stats) setup.
> >
> > Do we have interest (and any offers) for hosting this somewhere?
> >
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Re: Monthly community blog - thoughts?

[Melissa Logan]

I think this is an awesome idea, and I'm happy to help in any way that I
can.
> Fantastic, thanks!

Possible post topics:
-(new/existing) features
-common modeling practices
-community member "spotlight"
-tooling (Reaper, Medusa, K8s operator, etc...)
> Great ideas. If you have anything to add/amend in the doc, just let me
know. If you can't access, feel free to send my way and I'll merge.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 10:41 AM Aaron Ploetz  wrote:

> I think this is an awesome idea, and I'm happy to help in any way that I
> can.
>
> Possible post topics:
> -(new/existing) features
> -common modeling practices
> -community member "spotlight"
> -tooling (Reaper, Medusa, K8s operator, etc...)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 5:30 AM Horia Mocioi  wrote:
>
> > Sounds good.
> >
> > How should we send suggestions? Via email or we can do it ourselves?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Horia
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 11:58 PM Erick Ramirez <
> erick.rami...@datastax.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > What a great idea! This is a good signal on how active the community
> is.
> > >
> > > I'm happy to help with proof-reading/reviews.
> > >
> > > P.S. The section on Harry contains HTML code. :)
> > >
> >
>

Monthly community blog - thoughts?

[Melissa Logan]

Hi all,

To keep folks informed about the community's efforts, I'm proposing a
monthly blog series that summarizes recent work and shares information from
throughout the ecosystem.

Cassandra Changelog is the drafted name, but open to ideas. First one here
for input:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRIDcvjjYxS5wVxaYA6w28-dKh8C_ZWayNA0fVWS3ASCZIgBA9ubi_c9zdCwfYXyu68Hw8r6V-537e9/pub

(Doc should be public, but let me know if you can't access.)

If this idea resonates, I'd love to have someone from the community help
with proofreads and sourcing. It would be a light lift, less than 30
minutes, I wager.

Appreciate your thoughts.

Melissa

Re: [DISCUSS] Updating the C* website design

[Melissa Logan]

Thanks to those who provided input on the new site layout. #3 was the
winner with some additional comments, which we'll work to integrate.

In tandem with the new website design, page content has been updated and/or
created as new. Input would be greatly appreciated.

The content doc, plus next steps for the site, can be found in the Jira
ticket here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16115.

Thanks!


On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:42 PM Melissa Logan 
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> As there were no dissenting votes, based on lazy consensus we have moved
> forward with the project as outlined in CASSANDRA-16115:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16115
>
> If you need a break from 4.0 debugging, would really love folks’ thoughts
> on new design concepts. Elements/colors can be mixed-and-matched. See
> designs here (you have to enter email to view, but it is not retained):
> https://projects.invisionapp.com/freehand/document/7CLfsYoVb?
>
> Please share which you prefer and any comments here:
> https://doodle.com/poll/4yc369baaug5dzw7
>
> Any questions, just let me know. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 6:44 PM Rahul Singh 
> wrote:
>
>> Seems like even Antora uses another SSG called middleman for their
>> “marketing” home page.
>>
>> https://gitlab.com/antora/antora.org
>>
>> If the convenience of having both content and docs all in one SSG for
>> code maintenance is compatible with the aesthetic/ content / taxonomy
>> strategy need for the site visitors, we’ll find out soon enough.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com
>>
>> http://cassandra.link
>> The Apache Cassandra Knowledge Base.
>> On Aug 21, 2020, 8:54 PM -0400, Rahul Singh , wrote:
>> > Folks,
>> >
>> > I applaud the choice of Antora for documentation but I’m not sure it is
>> the best choice for generating an appealing site.
>> >
>> > Antora’s self professed strength is in technical documentation. Do we
>> want to stick to a “documentation” / utility look for the front facing site
>> or for a blog?
>> >
>> > https://gitlab.com/antora/antora/-/issues/444
>> >
>> > I don’t want to rehash any conclusion on choosing Antora for docs or
>> whether asciidoc is the choice for writing documentation.
>> >
>> > Could we think about using something like Gatsby or similar for the
>> front facing 5-10 pages + blog ? E. G. Skywalking uses vuepress.
>> >
>> > We can use asciidoc as the common format while using Antora for the
>> docs and something else for the rest of the content (
>> https://www.gatsbyjs.com/plugins/gatsby-transformer-asciidoc/)
>> >
>> > Something like Gatsby can use both Markdown and Asciidoc and we can
>> migrate from one to the other while still using the same tooling.
>> >
>> > Just some thoughts would love feedback!
>> >
>> > rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com
>> >
>> > http://cassandra.link
>> > The Apache Cassandra Knowledge Base.
>> > On Jul 29, 2020, 1:28 PM -0400, M Brandon Williams ,
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > web
>>
>

Re: [DISCUSS] Updating the C* website design

[Melissa Logan]

Hi folks,

As there were no dissenting votes, based on lazy consensus we have moved
forward with the project as outlined in CASSANDRA-16115:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16115

If you need a break from 4.0 debugging, would really love folks’ thoughts
on new design concepts. Elements/colors can be mixed-and-matched. See
designs here (you have to enter email to view, but it is not retained):
https://projects.invisionapp.com/freehand/document/7CLfsYoVb?

Please share which you prefer and any comments here:
https://doodle.com/poll/4yc369baaug5dzw7

Any questions, just let me know. Thanks in advance.


On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 6:44 PM Rahul Singh 
wrote:

> Seems like even Antora uses another SSG called middleman for their
> “marketing” home page.
>
> https://gitlab.com/antora/antora.org
>
> If the convenience of having both content and docs all in one SSG for code
> maintenance is compatible with the aesthetic/ content / taxonomy strategy
> need for the site visitors, we’ll find out soon enough.
>
>
>
>
> rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com
>
> http://cassandra.link
> The Apache Cassandra Knowledge Base.
> On Aug 21, 2020, 8:54 PM -0400, Rahul Singh , wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I applaud the choice of Antora for documentation but I’m not sure it is
> the best choice for generating an appealing site.
> >
> > Antora’s self professed strength is in technical documentation. Do we
> want to stick to a “documentation” / utility look for the front facing site
> or for a blog?
> >
> > https://gitlab.com/antora/antora/-/issues/444
> >
> > I don’t want to rehash any conclusion on choosing Antora for docs or
> whether asciidoc is the choice for writing documentation.
> >
> > Could we think about using something like Gatsby or similar for the
> front facing 5-10 pages + blog ? E. G. Skywalking uses vuepress.
> >
> > We can use asciidoc as the common format while using Antora for the docs
> and something else for the rest of the content (
> https://www.gatsbyjs.com/plugins/gatsby-transformer-asciidoc/)
> >
> > Something like Gatsby can use both Markdown and Asciidoc and we can
> migrate from one to the other while still using the same tooling.
> >
> > Just some thoughts would love feedback!
> >
> > rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com
> >
> > http://cassandra.link
> > The Apache Cassandra Knowledge Base.
> > On Jul 29, 2020, 1:28 PM -0400, M Brandon Williams ,
> wrote:
> > >
> > > web
>

Re: Contributing research on C* usage for blog

[Melissa Logan]

Appreciate the feedback, folks!

We'll finalize the graphics and get this up on the blog.



On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 5:49 PM Nate McCall  wrote:

> >
> >
> >
> > 901 practitioners were interviewed. I analyzed the data and summarized
> in a
> > document here:
> >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aM8muvbldPhSJdgrsM0OiLGvb5wfjwc5uutSCNfGup8/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> > If this seems broadly useful, I’m proposing that we publish to the C*
> blog.
> > New graphics will be created in the same styling as the 4.0 graphic as
> > noted in the doc.
> >
>
> This is great, Melissa! Would love to see a blog post on this.
>
> Cheers,
> -Nate
>

Contributing research on C* usage for blog

[Melissa Logan]

Hi everyone,

Several open source projects conduct regular user surveys to understand
current usage and adoption trends, e.g. OpenStack, Kubernetes, Cloud
Foundry, etc. They can be informative to the community and other end users.
It looks like the C* community may have conducted these in the past per
https://twitter.com/cassandra/status/649287871577219072.

Recently, an independent research company called Clearpath Strategies was
funded by DataStax to conduct research on C* usage and adoption, and they
would like to contribute the findings to the community.

901 practitioners were interviewed. I analyzed the data and summarized in a
document here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aM8muvbldPhSJdgrsM0OiLGvb5wfjwc5uutSCNfGup8/edit?usp=sharing

If this seems broadly useful, I’m proposing that we publish to the C* blog.
New graphics will be created in the same styling as the 4.0 graphic as
noted in the doc.

If you have questions about the data, please share here or in the doc.

Appreciate your thoughts and consideration.

Melissa

Re: [DISCUSS] Updating the C* website design

[Melissa Logan]

That all makes sense, Lorina! My thought was to add a consideration for
content/IA to the checklist Mick had shared (in addition to the UI/design),
but no need if that's already being handled.


On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 1:28 PM Brandon Williams  wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 3:06 PM Lorina Poland  wrote:
> > UI bundle, but I'm a copier of design, not a designer. To accomplish a UI
> > that is more modern, like say, https://spark.apache.org or
>
> Interesting choice, we used to look more like that in the past:
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20100511183402/http://cassandra.apache.org/
>
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Re: [DISCUSS] Updating the C* website design

[Melissa Logan]

I would offer that design is important, but content matters more -- so
would suggest adding content strategy/development and information
architecture to the checkpoints list. For example, an ecosystem page could
be highly beneficial to end users (what does C* work with?), as well as a
use case/case studies page.


On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 7:49 AM Mick Semb Wever  wrote:

> We have funds on offer to the project to hire a contractor to update
> the website.
>
> Personally I think this is a fantastic opportunity, it would be great
> to see the website afresh in coordination with the 4.0 release.
>
> With no up-front defining goals or improvements specified, if we go
> forth with the offer, how can we go about optimising such a
> contractor's time? Achieving something we all accept and own can be
> challenging. And I am aware this is a little at odds with how open
> source typically operates, the closest I can think of is code bounties
> which are usually easier to define and spec in advance. In those
> situations the bounty hunter interfaces directly with the community.
> In this situation, we want broader community involvement on something
> as touching as the landing page to the project's website, while
> optimising the contractor's time to their speciality.
>
> If we want to take this on, how can we go about it?
>
> My first suggestion to throw out there, is to tackle it incrementally
> with a few checkpoints along the way: where we can pause and discuss
> and bike-shed all we like without having to involve the contractor's
> time.  It’s also worth keeping in mind the ongoing work on converting
> the in-tree docs, its design changes and impact it will have on our
> user base…
>
> Some example of checkpoints are:
>  * Various sketches presented and a straw poll from PMC (or the
> broader dev group) (this could also be a 99design contest)
>  * Initial prototype of selected sketch
>  * Near completion of new website
>  * Sign-off of final website (weighted to those actively involved in 2-3)
>
> Do we want to do this?
> Do we think it is feasible?
> Is the above suggestion sound?
> Do we want more/less/different checkpoints?
>
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Re: Media coordination (was: [VOTE] Release Apache Cassandra 4.0-beta1)

[Melissa Logan]

Following up on marketing contributions in process:

1. Stories have begun to post on 4.0 beta (Datanami
,
SDTimes ,
CBR
),
and we're expecting a few more from folks like The Reg, Computing (specific
to 4.0 beta), and others. We were able to secure two quotes from PMC
members, and two vendors raised their hands to speak (Instaclustr,
DataStax). We'd love to expand the bench, so please let me know if you're
available/interested for this or future efforts. The more diversity of
voices, the better.

2. With regard to community blogs, three are in process and one is in
review (with us) to see if/where to place. If you'd like to sign up, please
do so here

and
let me know if you have questions.

3. Scott Hirleman suggested on another thread

that it could be useful to create docs for marketing contributions so the
process is clear. We're happy to draft something for discussion
alongside anyone else who'd like to participate. Related: The dev list may
not be the best place to share marketing efforts on an ongoing basis, but
we want to err on the side of over-communicating for now.

Feedback welcomed and encouraged.

--Melissa

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 7:20 AM Jasonstack Zhao Yang <
jasonstack.z...@gmail.com> wrote:

> sorry, my phone got unlocked accidentally in my pocket. please ignore the
> empty email.
>
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 at 18:40, Jasonstack Zhao Yang <
> jasonstack.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Blake Eggleston  于 2020年7月21日周二 01:57写道：
> >
> >> Characterizing alternate or conflicting points of view as assuming bad
> >> intentions without justification is both unproductive and unhealthy for
> the
> >> project.
> >>
> >> > On Jul 20, 2020, at 9:14 AM, Joshua McKenzie 
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > This kind of back and forth isn't productive for the project so I'm
> not
> >> > taking this discussion further. Just want to call it out here so you
> or
> >> > others aren't left waiting for a reply.
> >> >
> >> > We can agree to disagree.
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 11:59 AM Benedict Elliott Smith <
> >> bened...@apache.org>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Firstly, that is a very strong claim that in this particular case is
> >> >> disputed by the facts.  You made a very specific claim that the delay
> >> was
> >> >> "risking our currently lined up coordination with journalists and
> other
> >> >> channels". I am not the only person to interpret this as implying
> >> >> coordination with journalists, contingent on a release schedule not
> >> agreed
> >> >> by the PMC.  This was based on semantics only; as far as I can tell,
> no
> >> >> intentions or assumptions have entered into this debate, except on
> your
> >> >> part.
> >> >>
> >> >>> Which is the definition of not assuming positive intent.
> >> >>
> >> >> Secondly, this is not the definition of positive intent.  Positive
> >> intent
> >> >> only indicates that you "mean well"
> >> >>
> >> >> Thirdly, in many recent disputes about governance, you have made a
> >> >> negative claim about my behaviour, or ascribed negative connotations
> to
> >> >> statements I have made; this is a very thinly veiled example, as I am
> >> >> clearly the object of this criticism.  I think it has reached a point
> >> where
> >> >> I can perhaps legitimately claim that you are not assuming positive
> >> intent?
> >> >>
> >> >>> motives, incentives ... little to do with reality
> >> >>
> >> >> It feels like we should return to this earlier discussion, since you
> >> >> appear to feel it is incomplete?  At the very least you seem to have
> >> taken
> >> >> the wrong message from my statements, and it is perhaps negatively
> >> >> colouring our present interactions.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 20/07/2020, 15:59, "Joshua McKenzie" 
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you are criticised, it is often because of the action you took;
> >> >>
> >> >>Actually, in this case and many others it's because of people's
> >> >> unfounded
> >> >>assumptions about motives, incentives, and actions taken and has
> >> >> little to
> >> >>do with reality. Which is the definition of not assuming positive
> >> >> intent.
> >> >>
> >> >>On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 10:41 AM Benedict Elliott Smith <
> >> >> bened...@apache.org>
> >> >>wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Thanks Sally, really appreciate your insight.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> To respond to the community discourse around this:
> >> >>>
> >>  Keep your announcement plans ... private: limit discussions to the
> >> >> PMC
> >> >>>
> >> >>> This is all that I was asking and expecting: if 

Re: Media coordination (was: [VOTE] Release Apache Cassandra 4.0-beta1)

[Melissa Logan]

Thank you, Mick, Sally et al. Appreciate this discussion.

Coordinating media releases around open source releases is not something
I've seen much of, or have much experience with. I can imagine that it is
always going to be clumsy around an organic group of individuals around the
world, individuals doing their best to be independent from the companies
that employ them, companies that each have own stake in the project. We
just have to do our best! If people know of other OSS projects doing this
well it would be great to know and learn from them.
> This is a new approach for C* and our aim as a contributor is to be
transparent and follow community governance and norms. We're happy to share
what's worked marketing OSS in our experience, perhaps as an ad hoc
presentation or on an existing call -- just let me know. I've spoken to
several people in the community (from a range of companies) and everyone
shares an enthusiasm for seeing C* succeed and especially 4.0 -- from
publishing content (discussed here:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r45e124f34a05dc2871cf8b094e3f57476d651933b8a69837fda0d935%40%3Cdev.cassandra.apache.org%3E)
to hosting meetups and webinars, and more.

Sally, thank you for reiterating the guidelines and will take you up on a
review of the 4.0 messaging. Will be in touch!


On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 8:07 AM Joshua McKenzie 
wrote:

> >
> > If you are criticised, it is often because of the action you took;
>
> Actually, in this case and many others it's because of people's unfounded
> assumptions about motives, incentives, and actions taken and has little to
> do with reality. Which is the definition of not assuming positive intent.
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 10:41 AM Benedict Elliott Smith <
> bened...@apache.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Sally, really appreciate your insight.
> >
> > To respond to the community discourse around this:
> >
> > > Keep your announcement plans ... private: limit discussions to the PMC
> >
> > This is all that I was asking and expecting: if somebody is making
> > commitments on behalf of the community (such as that a release can be
> > expected on day X), this should be coordinated with the PMC.  While it
> > seems to transpire that no such commitments were made, had they been made
> > without the knowledge of the PMC this would in my view be problematic.
> > This is not at all like development work, as has been alleged, since that
> > only takes effect after public agreement by the community.
> >
> > IMO, in general, public engagements should be run past the PMC as a final
> > pre-flight check regardless of any commitment being made, as the PMC
> should
> > have visibility into these activities and have the opportunity to
> influence
> > them.
> >
> > > There has been nothing about this internally at DS
> >
> > I would ask that you refrain from making such claims, unless you can be
> > certain that you would have been privy to all such internal discussions.
> >
> > > there's really no reason not to assume best intentions here
> >
> > This is a recurring taking point, that I wish we would retire except
> where
> > a clear assumption of bad faith has been made.  If you are criticised, it
> > is often because of the action you took; any intention you had may be
> > irrelevant to the criticism.  In this case, when you act on behalf of the
> > community, your intentions are insufficient: you must have the
> community's
> > authority to act.
> >
> >
> > On 20/07/2020, 14:00, "Sally Khudairi"  wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone --Mick pinged me about this; I wanted to respond
> > on-list for efficacy.
> >
> > We've had dozens of companies successfully help Apache Projects and
> > their communities help spread the word on their projects with their PR
> and
> > marketing teams. Here are some best practices:
> >
> > 1) Timing. Ensure that the Project has announced the project
> milestone
> > first to their lists as well as announce@ before any media coverage
> takes
> > place. If you're planning to time the announcements to take place in
> > tandem, be careful with embargoes, as not everyone is able to honor them.
> > We've been burned in the past with this.
> >
> > 2) Messaging. Keep your announcement plans and draft press releases,
> > etc., private: limit discussions to the PMC. Drafting announcements on
> > public lists, such as user@, whilst inclusive, may inadvertently expose
> > your news prematurely to the press, bloggers, and others before its
> ready.
> > This can be detrimental to having your news scooped before you actually
> > announce it, or conversely, having the news come out and nobody is
> > interested in covering it as it's been leaking for a while. We've also
> been
> > burned in the past with this. Synching messaging is also helpful to
> ensure
> > that the PMC speaks with a unified voice: the worst thing that can happen
> > is having someone say one thing in the media and another member of the
> PMC
> > saying something else, even if 

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Cassandra 4.0-beta1

[Melissa Logan]

Hi all, Melissa of Constantia here (just back from PTO).

Our plan is to share the community-approved blog with reporters who have
expressed interest in Cassandra, which may result in coverage. We also
developed a 4.0 beta graphic that anyone is welcome to use.

FWIW our timeline revolves around yours. We're ready to reach out just as
soon as the beta is cut; no need to adjust anything on our behalf. If
you're available for emailed or live interviews, please shoot me a note.

We're here to help C*. I've spoken with a handful of folks already about
how to best achieve that, and the door is open - reach out anytime!

Melissa


On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 11:23 AM Mick Semb Wever  wrote:

> > If we agree to include this in beta-2, I'm OK with proceeding, but I
> think we'll need a separate super-majority vote on ignoring the agreed beta
> rules, which might be harder than just re-rolling the release?
>
>
> This position, on a release vote, by precedence sounds more like a -0. A
> valid concern has been raised, needs to be heard, but can and should be
> resolved within this thread and vote. It has my vote to be added to 4.0-
> beta2.
>
>
> I think it's worth pointing out that this ticket was never marked with a
> fix-version "4.0-alpha", so it was never visible as a blocker to the first
> beta release. Being strict here IMHO would mean reverting the commit and
> posting it to 4.1/5.0, rather blocking beta1.
>
> And… isn't the only thing that breaks API compatibility (and our beta
> rules)
> here is this one line:
>
> https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/d8993934e976d8edb94cbfe2974688dac63c5db5#diff-4805e34bd9553ede03778be66ddc06c7R268
>
>
> I can cut a new 4.0-beta1, no problems there. The bar to re-cutting a
> proposed
> release should be low enough that it's an easy enough call to request. I
> will wait a few hours before doing so, to see what eventuates here…
>

Re: Community marketing for C*

[Melissa Logan]

Lorina, lovely - thanks so much. Editing/proofing would be appreciated, and
perhaps we can add a call to action to improve docs.

And thank you, Josh! Appreciate the help. :-)

If folks have other ideas for awareness, reach out anytime.


On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 11:46 AM Joshua McKenzie 
wrote:

> Welcome Melissa! Super excited to be working with you on things.
>
> For context for everyone, I've been working with Melissa and offering what
> context and advice I have about engaging with an Apache project as an
> individual contributor. This is a new motion for our project and I'm really
> excited to see the impact this can have on our community and awareness of
> the work we're doing.
>
> I'm at your disposal. :)
>
> ~Josh
>
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 2:35 PM Lorina Poland  wrote:
>
> > Hi Melissa -
> >
> > Glad to hear about the marketing efforts! I'm working on an effort to
> > improve the Apache C* documentation, so if you have questions or
> > suggestions about that, I'd be happy to hear them. I'm also happy to do
> any
> > editing/reading of blogs before they go out.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Lorina
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:45 AM Melissa Logan <
> loganloganlo...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I’m with an open source-focused marketing firm
> > > (
> > >
> >
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__constantia.io_=DwIFaQ=adz96Xi0w1RHqtPMowiL2g=bL2UpIjL4Mm1mCbqWThJUiPD-CmTXMALsIT2Ta-KfGk=idt7YJPlj_-MlXoX_MmrNOwk02d_1YwoXwUrVeeXTVc=1dX-CHHtPCG4TsXGFb6bc31vxc6UKnduXjPRKgyNMO0=
> > > ) that works with DataStax -- we’ve been tasked
> > > by them to drive awareness of the Apache Cassandra project and
> > > community efforts. A neutral marketing “contributor” to C*, if you
> > > will.
> > >
> > > Our team has a long history with open source community marketing.
> > > Community-led software is the way to go.
> > >
> > > As 4.0 release approaches, our goal is to get people interested in C*
> > > and testing the beta. To be 100% crystal clear: this is about
> > > increasing awareness of the Apache Cassandra project, not vendors or
> > > other corporate entities associated with the ecosystem. And just like
> > > development, it works best when many participate.
> > >
> > > To start, we will be contributing C* blogs to opensource.com and
> > > others — and doing media outreach (like the recent ZDNet article).
> > > Anyone interested in lending a hand as a writer and/or spokesperson?
> > >
> > > Appreciate your consideration.
> > >
> > > Melissa Logan
> > >
> > > -
> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org
> > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org
> > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: Community marketing for C*

[Melissa Logan]

Scott, thanks for the welcome, and for your participation! We've got two so
far. :-)

Great to be here. I've been immersing myself in the community's work,
governance etc, but very much still learning so please (anyone) feel free
to guide or redirect.

For content, this sheet has a list of topics as a strawdog:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bMRNB0KJRN9WsMcfoX8BFwuFDX56QRBKpbQ0N8Zvy5k/edit#gid=0

If there are topics you'd love to write about, put your name in the Author
column. It's not intended to be prescriptive, so do add comments on what
should be added/removed. Once confirmed, we can add a Jira ticket to track.

As a good working process is ironed out, we can add to GitHub so it doesn't
get lost in the mailing list (e.g.
https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/blog-guidelines.md).

Note: I realize this comes at a time when a release is imminent and
therefore folks may be busy. Know that the offer is ongoing, so reach out
anytime.

Melissa

Melissa

Constantia Marketing - https://constantia.io/
Sexism Field Guide - https://sexismfieldguide.com/


On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:40 PM Scott Andreas  wrote:

> Melissa, welcome to the project and thank you for your email!
>
> One of Apache Cassandra’s longstanding challenges has been establishing a
> voice for itself as an open source project independent of the many
> corporate entities that support its development. Working together to build
> awareness and enthusiasm leading up to the 4.0 release sounds great.
>
> Happy to help with writing, speaking, and any way I can.
>
> Cheers,
>
> — Scott
>
> > On Jun 24, 2020, at 11:45 AM, Melissa Logan 
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’m with an open source-focused marketing firm
> > (https://constantia.io/) that works with DataStax -- we’ve been tasked
> > by them to drive awareness of the Apache Cassandra project and
> > community efforts. A neutral marketing “contributor” to C*, if you
> > will.
> >
> > Our team has a long history with open source community marketing.
> > Community-led software is the way to go.
> >
> > As 4.0 release approaches, our goal is to get people interested in C*
> > and testing the beta. To be 100% crystal clear: this is about
> > increasing awareness of the Apache Cassandra project, not vendors or
> > other corporate entities associated with the ecosystem. And just like
> > development, it works best when many participate.
> >
> > To start, we will be contributing C* blogs to opensource.com and
> > others — and doing media outreach (like the recent ZDNet article).
> > Anyone interested in lending a hand as a writer and/or spokesperson?
> >
> > Appreciate your consideration.
> >
> > Melissa Logan
> >
> > -
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org
> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org
>
> -
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org
>
>

Community marketing for C*

[Melissa Logan]

Hi all,

I’m with an open source-focused marketing firm
(https://constantia.io/) that works with DataStax -- we’ve been tasked
by them to drive awareness of the Apache Cassandra project and
community efforts. A neutral marketing “contributor” to C*, if you
will.

Our team has a long history with open source community marketing.
Community-led software is the way to go.

As 4.0 release approaches, our goal is to get people interested in C*
and testing the beta. To be 100% crystal clear: this is about
increasing awareness of the Apache Cassandra project, not vendors or
other corporate entities associated with the ecosystem. And just like
development, it works best when many participate.

To start, we will be contributing C* blogs to opensource.com and
others — and doing media outreach (like the recent ZDNet article).
Anyone interested in lending a hand as a writer and/or spokesperson?

Appreciate your consideration.

Melissa Logan

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