Nice initiative. +1 for the proposal On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM Dipankar Mazumdar <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> >>
