Ok I think we have had a general approval here, I'll put up a PR for our doc page for folks to do a final pass on
On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM Danica Fine <danica.f...@snowflake.com.invalid> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm picking this thread back up... > > If we're in agreement that we'd like to enable more meetups, I'd be more > than happy to start documenting the meetup guidelines (and a reminder of > the trademark guidelines that Max mentioned) to put on the community > section of the website. > > And on that note... I'd love to host an Iceberg meetup in Atlanta on July > 24th at the Snowflake office. We've had a number of community members > express interest on the Iceberg Slack, and I believe we'll have a solid > agenda of sessions! Following the format of the Seattle and Bay Area > events, we'll have a Call for Papers and have a "committee" of a few > community members select talks. I am finalizing sponsors for the event now > and will update the details as they come in. For your reference, here is > the event page on Luma <https://lu.ma/vdbjh2fc>. > > Please let me know if this aligns with our above discussions. If not, I'm > happy to make changes to comply! > > Excited to kick off more meetups globally! > > Best, > Danica > > > > On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> > wrote: > >> That was my point in my previous email on this thread, and that’s why I >> shared the trademark policy. >> >> The updated proposal (including Max and Danica updates) looks good to me. >> >> Regards >> JB >> >> Le jeu. 29 mai 2025 à 14:48, Rich Bowen <rbo...@apache.org> a écrit : >> >>> >>> >>> On 2025/05/23 19:24:28 Russell Spitzer wrote: >>> > Hey Y'all >>> > >>> > Basically I would like to get the PMC out of the meetup approval >>> business >>> ... >>> > Please let me know what you think, >>> >>> (Board hat) >>> >>> A critical role of a PMC is being stewards of the project's >>> brands/marks. So while it's not necessary that the PMC micromanage each >>> individual meetup, it is important that they are *aware* of them, and are >>> doing due dilligence to ensure that those brands are being used >>> appropriately. >>> >>> I don't think that necessarily means that there is an approval vote for >>> each one. That is, indeed, too much micromanagement. But I would encurage >>> project members (whether PMC or not) who attend these events to be aware of >>> the brand policy, and point out to meetup organizers when they're being >>> violated (which I would expect to be very infrequent!). >>> >>> That is to say, +1 in general to your proposal here, with the >>> understanding that the project as a whole owns the project's brands, and >>> should be diligent about ensuring that they are not abused. >>> >>
