Thanks, Michael. I sent that before I read up on the notes. @nate , @jon , @dinesh I can help with the Documentation.
If you have any specific doc issues you want reviewed, edited, etc, please let me know. If there's a specific JQL on the JIRA board I can start with there. rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com http://cassandra.link On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 8:36 AM Michael Shuler <mich...@pbandjelly.org> wrote: > This is great, thanks, the project appreciates the effort. 2019 is over, > don't worry about the past. Moving forward in little or large steps is > the goal. :) > > If you didn't get a chance to attend the first Contributor Meeting, > there will be more. Patrick sent out a survey last week for feedback, so > I imagine these will continue at a regular interval with continued > interest and attendance. Perhaps you could schedule some in-person > meetup thing to coincide, as an idea, or just get the word out to others > that might be interested in listening in? > > (Next one has not been scheduled yet, but will show up here on dev@ list.) > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Apache+Cassandra+Contributor+Meeting > > Michael > > On 2/8/20 10:06 PM, Rahul Singh wrote: > > Folks, (Initially meant for User , but realized after I wrote it , it’s > more sausage making talk which en users probably don’t care about) > > > > I took on a bunch of work and finally starting to get my head out of the > sand and realized I failed to deliver on some promises last year I made to > myself and others to contribute to this community. I wanted to resurface a > few thoughts on which I would like to contribute. > > > > We had a conversation on here a while ago to try doing a virtual > conference.. which I think is a bit too ambitious. I also spoke to Dinesh > last year briefly about doing periodic development meetings which focused > on the development planning and execution. > > > > I’d like to help this project but I don’t know where to start. I tried > getting some Jr. members internally at Anant who had time to make fixes on > content and docs but it didn’t get looked at or reviewed so they lost > interest. There’s only so much they would want to do based on my requests. > The failure to deliver on better documentation organization was mainly mine > because I didn’t commit enough time into it. > > > > I don’t think our community does a good enough job communicating the > Cassandra value proposition to the enterprise community whether they are > developers, architects, or directors. I’ve been meeting with many folks > that haven’t touched their clusters since installing 2.1 (because it’s > pretty damn good for most people!). When I ask them why, it’s a combination > of team member churn but also because the knowledge is not as accessible. > > > > This year as January closes I am recommitting myself to some ideas and > would LOVE your feedback. If somethings like this are in progress, I will > help. > > > > > > 1. Cassandra Lunch - I’ve been seeing a colleague getting together with > his fellow practitioners for a weekly “Sitecore Lunch” and I found it a > very easy way to get people talking that normally wouldn’t be interacting > with each other in realtime. > > 2. Coordinated Remote Meetup - I think this would be way easier to > organize and get cross promoted as a quarterly event with the help of local > organizers. I’m currently organizing DC / Chicago and have been cross > promoting virtual talks to both and have gotten a good show with people > curious about Cassandra. > > 3. Documentation - I know I said I’d help last year. I underestimated my > free time and over estimated my capacity to focus. That being said , this > is one of my passions and I help a lot of orgs get their [blank] together > on how to manage their people, process, info and systems and the first > thing is always knowledge management. If there’s someone I can shadow and > apprentice under to help with Cassandra.Apache.org I really want to help > revitalize our site. > > > > > > These may still be overestimating my capacity but I’m willing to fail > and try again. :) > > > > > > rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com > > > > http://cassandra.link > > The Apache Cassandra Knowledge Base. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >
