Mu, Thanks for putting that together!
- Carin On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 6:32 PM Mu Li <[email protected]> wrote: > Great to see so many of yours like it. > > I create a template with some contents I'm familiar with. Need you help to > put more cool staffs in. I have them in a google doc > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AAy_EPdbEZqYvm6EfwgCzd6aEqcdH-v8tz2PYE6vMQ4/edit#heading=h.6zbltt894ho4 > > > to > ease to write together. (Maybe wiki is a better choice, I'm open to make a > change). > > This report aims for a concise summary to existing mxnet users and, more > importantly, attracting new users. So it's difference to Chaitanya's > proposal focusing on MXNet activity summary, which should be very useful > for MXNet developers. > > After we agreed on the contents, I'll coordinate to set up the email list > and also publish on the channels suggested by Carin. > > Best > Mu > > Draft link: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AAy_EPdbEZqYvm6EfwgCzd6aEqcdH-v8tz2PYE6vMQ4/edit?usp=sharing > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 12:43 PM Carin Meier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Other channels that might be beneficial for it to be published would be: > > > > - Twitter https://twitter.com/apachemxnet > > - MXNet forum https://discuss.mxnet.io/ > > - MXNet Medium https://medium.com/apache-mxnet > > > > maybe even somewhere more general like Reddit Machine Learning > > https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/ ? > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 10:50 AM Aaron Markham <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > This is great. It will help drive traffic to the site, create content > for > > > the site, and increase engagement. MailChimp is pretty good too. I can > > help > > > set that up. I have one tiny nagging question though... I don't recall > > > doing any GDPR compliance stuff on the site, so I'm wondering what kind > > of > > > EULA or popup thing we might need for the cookies and emails that come > > > along with this feature. Did anyone get blessed with this task recently > > and > > > know what needs to be done? > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 07:13 Carin Meier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I strongly support this as well - Let us know when the wiki draft > page > > is > > > > ready. The Clojure MXNet contributors have some cool stuff to share > :) > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 1:49 AM Junru Shao <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Mu, > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for proposing this! Strongly agree with the newsletter - > this > > > > would > > > > > be the most economically efficient way to enhance community > > > involvement. > > > > > > > > > > In addition to the draft wiki pages, should we send posts like > "Call > > > for > > > > > newsletter articles" to dev@ list with some frequency? This could > > help > > > > > maximize the community awareness and help active community members > > get > > > > more > > > > > exposure - Community building is important. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Junru > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 6:57 PM Chaitanya Bapat < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Mu, > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for bringing this topic. I had thought about a > Weekly > > > > Digest > > > > > > for MXNet (weekly newsletter) - which is on similar lines (can be > > > made > > > > > into > > > > > > Monthly if it sounds good). > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's the quip doc - > > > > > > https://chaitanya.quip.com/BT6RAcAigHM9/MXNet-Weekly-Digest > > > > > > > > > > > > I have talked about the Background, Motivation, Features and a > > mockup > > > > of > > > > > > Newsletter. > > > > > > > > > > > > Would love to hear our community's thoughts as well as yours on > the > > > > same. > > > > > > > > > > > > Please find attached a snapshot of the Weekly digest I came up > > with. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Chai > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 19:59, Mu Li <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Dear Community, > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I propose to send a monthly summary to users to broadcast the > > recent > > > > > >> progresses in the community. It will not only include new > features > > > > added > > > > > >> into MXNet, but also various community activities. Here is an > > > example: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Tutorials > > > > > >> - 10 new lectures teaching at UC Berkeley > > > > > >> - Video record for "Deploying with Java" at Java World 19 > > > > > >> Computer Vision > > > > > >> - GluonCV 0.4 release supports pose estimation and improves 10 > > > > existing > > > > > >> models > > > > > >> - Insightface added a new model XY > > > > > >> NLP > > > > > >> - GluonNLP 0.5.1 release improves BERT training > > > > > >> New Projects > > > > > >> - A MXNet implementation for paper XY > > > > > >> MXNet > > > > > >> - Enhanced Java binding preview > > > > > >> - Numpy frontend reaches milestone 1 > > > > > >> Incoming Events > > > > > >> - Meetup at Palto Alto on 4/2 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> The publishing procedure is we first create a draft wiki page so > > > > > everyone > > > > > >> will have a chance to review and add staffs. After that we will > > send > > > > it > > > > > >> through an email list. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I'm considering to use a 3rd party service such as > mailchimp.com > > so > > > > > that > > > > > >> every user can subscribe it easily and we can do some marketing > > > > analysis > > > > > >> as > > > > > >> well. But I'm happy to re-use [email protected] if it > > provides > > > > > >> simliar > > > > > >> functionalities. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I'd like to hear your feedback for how to make the newletter > more > > > user > > > > > >> friendely. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Best > > > > > >> Mu > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > *Chaitanya Prakash Bapat* > > > > > > *+1 (973) 953-6299* > > > > > > > > > > > > [image: https://www.linkedin.com//in/chaibapat25] > > > > > > <https://github.com/ChaiBapchya>[image: > > > > > > https://www.facebook.com/chaibapat] < > > > > > https://www.facebook.com/chaibapchya>[image: > > > > > > https://twitter.com/ChaiBapchya] < > https://twitter.com/ChaiBapchya > > > > > >[image: > > > > > > https://www.linkedin.com//in/chaibapat25] > > > > > > <https://www.linkedin.com//in/chaibapchya/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
