Thanks, Kevin and Russell. This is helpful. I had already checked with the hosts of the September Iceberg meetup, and they were supportive of us hosting another one and suggested I check with the dev list as well. That said, it sounds like the events may be a little too close together if people regularly travel between SF and Silicon Valley for these, so we’ll push ours out rather than risk competing for the same audience. October is already pretty booked for us with in-person events, so we’ll look to plan this for November instead. I’ll keep everyone posted once we have the co-hosts/sponsors locked down and a landing page ready to promote. Thanks again for the guidance!
Colby Foss Marketing Director VeloDB Website<https://www.velodb.io/> | Docs<https://docs.velodb.io/cloud/4.x/getting-started/overview> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/velodb> | Slack<https://dxctnp04.na2.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/RN+113/dxCTNp04/VWLj7S5VCJ06W4801zV89-qPgW8Ny6Rt5GyTczN4313Hl5nXHCW5BWr2F6lZ3lLW5VlLDH3Lnj1ZW6RxQRh7W4Qn8W4t9W1n5tF5wJW2_x6Fw4bndzqW1FL14t2TKpBJW3t7RTx6DsG9WW1RNhKB8mJDD3W5TxG2r4lSrpbW8dPFh1925XHnVrPh8D1V90TQW2mffN842yktMW2y5MYh4QdTnjW8cDcQN36v0p8W1FpHy67Kg0zjVsXwyn4h4S3DW1H1BMd36S-s0W105qht1PfxrSW5_Qm2g5YsT27W58b94B7k89ZxW7_W3yj1nTt9xVMpXvj1D9x8ZW5f5_BX2zC_4qW6w9njh2Sl8jTW66cyh-6BXH04W6FWBfc7bcjGmW6s0cp-8YGD1HW1zf79T54t-08W3FCJgs2LJWM9W67_Y4n6KsswtW607VBz2bPQqQW8-FGmX1VxLTpW6SV0r84PVNd6W1q2FDb27n58cW83-BxY79FSLDf8B17sR04> [cid:e8fd8e54-647e-4175-b96c-56c6b073b244] ________________________________ From: Kevin Liu <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2026 2:35 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] SF Iceberg meetup in late September I'm also not in the SF / bay area but I do know folks travel up and down the peninsula for meetups and events. My suggestion would be to coordinate with the other hosts and see if there's general interest from the community. I also want to reiterate the community guideline for meetups for anyone looking to host: https://iceberg.apache.org/community/#hosting-an-apache-iceberg-meetup Cheers, Kevin Liu On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM Russell Spitzer <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: As the PMC, I think we should probably stay out of this sort of thing. It's probably best if you reach out to the hosts directly and see if they are ok with it. Our goal with the blanket approval was to ensure no event would be so large that this would really be an issue. Personally, I would probably try to space them out a bit. When I was in my 20's I could handle multiple meetups a week, now I am tired and have children and once a month is more than enough for me :) I also don't live in the bay area anymore so YMMV. On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 3:13 PM Colby Foss <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, I’m looking at hosting an Apache Iceberg meetup in San Francisco during the last week of September, potentially with a few partners who weren’t able to participate in the meetup already scheduled the week prior in Silicon Valley. Since the events would be in different parts of the Bay Area, my assumption is that they’d likely draw somewhat different audiences, but I wanted to check with the community and PMC before moving forward given the close timing. Is there appetite for another meetup in San Francisco that week, or any concerns with having the two events scheduled in back-to-back weeks? Thank you, Colby Foss Marketing Director VeloDB Website<https://www.velodb.io/> | Docs<https://docs.velodb.io/cloud/4.x/getting-started/overview> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/velodb> | Slack<https://dxctnp04.na2.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/RN+113/dxCTNp04/VWLj7S5VCJ06W4801zV89-qPgW8Ny6Rt5GyTczN4313Hl5nXHCW5BWr2F6lZ3lLW5VlLDH3Lnj1ZW6RxQRh7W4Qn8W4t9W1n5tF5wJW2_x6Fw4bndzqW1FL14t2TKpBJW3t7RTx6DsG9WW1RNhKB8mJDD3W5TxG2r4lSrpbW8dPFh1925XHnVrPh8D1V90TQW2mffN842yktMW2y5MYh4QdTnjW8cDcQN36v0p8W1FpHy67Kg0zjVsXwyn4h4S3DW1H1BMd36S-s0W105qht1PfxrSW5_Qm2g5YsT27W58b94B7k89ZxW7_W3yj1nTt9xVMpXvj1D9x8ZW5f5_BX2zC_4qW6w9njh2Sl8jTW66cyh-6BXH04W6FWBfc7bcjGmW6s0cp-8YGD1HW1zf79T54t-08W3FCJgs2LJWM9W67_Y4n6KsswtW607VBz2bPQqQW8-FGmX1VxLTpW6SV0r84PVNd6W1q2FDb27n58cW83-BxY79FSLDf8B17sR04> [X]
