Hi Danica, Sounds like a fantastic idea! This actually came up during the Seattle Iceberg meetup, and a lot of folks in the Iceberg community were really excited about it. I think the Polaris community would find it helpful too, and I’d be happy to participate!
Best, Kevin Liu On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM Danica Fine <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Ahead of graduation (fingers crossed!), it would be great if we could grow > the Polaris community, encourage more contributions, and bring folks > together to ideate and collaborate in person. I was specifically inspired > by what I've seen over the years in the Jupyter Community > < > https://jupytercon2025.sched.com/event/28H6G/community-sprints-pre-registration-required?iframe=no > > > where they regularly schedule time for 10-20+ folks to gather together for > a day to roadmap and work on open issues. It's also a great way to > encourage PRs from net-new contributors. > > Is this something that the community would be interested in? > > If so, I can work with the PPMC to get official approval to put something > on the calendar in the coming months! > > Best, > Danica >
