Great proposal Scott & Elizabeth. +1 this could be amazing for the community. Have run similar things with other Apache projects like Hudi and the virtual format helps with global reach.
Would be happy to help with anything related to this. Cheers! Dipankar Mazumdar Director, Data & AI Developers On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM Scott Haines <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Elizabeth, > I like what you've proposed, especially the format (10 min community > announcements, 20-30 technical, 15 open discussion), the monthly cadence, > and the strict no-marketing guidance. +1 > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM Elizabeth Garrett Christensen < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I have been thinking about this too. I organize something similar in >> Postgres and think it could be great for Iceberg. I had collected some >> notes and also talked to Kevin Liu about the best way to get this started. >> >> Here's my current notes, feel free to add to this: >> >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qpSWM4PtaFcI_at2LuKc0Cd2xblOannaAGIgJrAvICU/edit?usp=sharing >> >> Let me know what you think and let's make this happen! >> >> Elizabeth >> >> On 2026/08/04 19:27:45 Scott Haines wrote: >> > Hey everyone. Given the number of conferences, and in-person meetups >> > happening every week, it could be nice to start up a virtual series like >> > what the folks in the Datafusion community have been doing. >> > >> > They've been using github issues ( >> > https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/22963) to plan and get the >> word >> > out. >> > >> > Would anyone be interested in doing something similar? Does this already >> > exist? >> > >> > -- >> > *Scott Haines* >> > OSS Engineer >> > 408.768.3799 >> > >> > > > -- > *Scott Haines* > Engineer / Hacker > 408.768.3799 > >
