So, the "Solr" (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1557747/) is a public group now. I did some purging by removing job postings and unrelated topics.
On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM David Smiley <dsmi...@apache.org> wrote: > Nobody on the PMC expressed an appetite for having a formal relationship > with a LinkedIn group. That's good because it basically reduces > barriers/concerns. > > I suggest that we embrace the group with the highest number of members: > https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1557747/ named "Solr" currently at 5815 > members. BTW we can reasonably expect that number to drop a lot as members > who joined forever ago that aren't using Solr today are likely to leave. I > posted the Solr 9.8 release announcement there yesterday. Jan inquired > there about making the group public (which I definitely think we should > do). Nazerke, I'll try and add you as an admin; thank you for your > initiative here! > > ~ David > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM David Smiley <dsmi...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Shane Curcuru shared the following advice, > > > > This is partly a branding question (in terms of what name to use, > >> especially if there is any perceived direct relationship between the > >> social media group and the PMC. Some guidelines to review to help you > >> decide are: > >> > >> https://apache.org/foundation/marks/socialmedia > >> > >> > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PRESS/Publicity+Guidelines+for+Top-Level+Projects#PublicityGuidelinesforTopLevelProjects-socialguidelines > >> > >> Also, has the PMC discussed this and have a rough consensus (or at least > >> enough discussion to show there's no objections)? There certainly are > >> plenty of affinity groups named after our projects on LinkedIn and > >> similar places. The great majority are fine, because readers understand > >> they're affinity groups, not official project areas. > >> > >> The real issues to watch out for are: > >> - Making sure that groups like this note in their descriptions they are > >> not official parts of the project or PMC. > >> - Keeping the discussion focused on the project and technology, and not > >> letting it become merely a place for vendor ads or other brand > >> infringement. > >> > > > > I'll reach out internally in our PMC to see if we need an official > project > > relationship or whether an "affinity group" would be fine. > > So far it appears both LinkedIn Group owners are willing to share > > ownership :-D > > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM David Smiley <dsmi...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> I sent a question to Apache ComDev last night. I'll forward their > >> response. > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM Nazerke S <sn1.naze...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Surprised about this existing "Solr" group and didn't know its > existence. > >>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1557747/. > >>> > >>> Also found this group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10319666/ named > >>> "Apache Solr". The owner of this group agreed to give/have control over > >>> the > >>> group. > >>> > >>> Agree, the first "Solr" group seems appealing to get started with, > simply > >>> with more followers. > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM Alessandro Benedetti < > >>> a.benede...@sease.io> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > +1 to contact the administrator and use the 6k user base to resurrect > >>> the > >>> > group and get more traction. > >>> > > >>> > Cheers > >>> > -------------------------- > >>> > *Alessandro Benedetti* > >>> > Director @ Sease Ltd. > >>> > *Apache Lucene/Solr Committer* > >>> > *Apache Solr PMC Member* > >>> > > >>> > e-mail: a.benede...@sease.io > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > *Sease* - Information Retrieval Applied > >>> > Consulting | Training | Open Source > >>> > > >>> > Website: Sease.io <http://sease.io/> > >>> > LinkedIn <https://linkedin.com/company/sease-ltd> | Twitter > >>> > <https://twitter.com/seaseltd> | Youtube > >>> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDx86ZKLYNpI3gzMercM7BQ> | Github > >>> > <https://github.com/seaseltd> > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 at 22:50, Jan Høydahl <jan....@cominvent.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > > Guess some PMC members could reach out and ask to be added as > admins > >>> of > >>> > > the group. Then advocate for crafting some group rules and make it > >>> more > >>> > > about Solr again. Perhaps convert til to a public group for more > >>> > visibility? > >>> > > > >>> > > Jan Høydahl > >>> > > > >>> > > > 16. jan. 2025 kl. 19:34 skrev Alessandro Benedetti < > >>> > a.benede...@sease.io > >>> > > >: > >>> > > > > >>> > > > There is a Solr group on Linkedin actually: > >>> > > > https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1557747/ > >>> > > > > >>> > > > it's administered by someone I don't know and who's not involved > >>> as a > >>> > > > committer or PMC in any way (as far as I know): Patrick Plaatje ( > >>> > > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickplaatje/). > >>> > > > > >>> > > > Its main contributor is a gentleman who has polluted the group > with > >>> > posts > >>> > > > that have hardly any relationship with Solr at all. > >>> > > > You can find probably a handful of posts vaguely related to Solr > >>> in the > >>> > > > last year or so. > >>> > > > > >>> > > > I thought I posted there occasionally, but couldn't find any of > my > >>> > posts > >>> > > in > >>> > > > the last couple of years so I may be wrong. > >>> > > > > >>> > > > The group seems decently dead to me, not sure if recoverable, > maybe > >>> > it's > >>> > > > worth starting afresh? > >>> > > > It has a good follower base though (roughly 6k). > >>> > > > > >>> > > > Cheers > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > -------------------------- > >>> > > > *Alessandro Benedetti* > >>> > > > Director @ Sease Ltd. > >>> > > > *Apache Lucene/Solr Committer* > >>> > > > *Apache Solr PMC Member* > >>> > > > > >>> > > > e-mail: a.benede...@sease.io > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > *Sease* - Information Retrieval Applied > >>> > > > Consulting | Training | Open Source > >>> > > > > >>> > > > Website: Sease.io <http://sease.io/> > >>> > > > LinkedIn <https://linkedin.com/company/sease-ltd> | Twitter > >>> > > > <https://twitter.com/seaseltd> | Youtube > >>> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDx86ZKLYNpI3gzMercM7BQ> | > >>> Github > >>> > > > <https://github.com/seaseltd> > >>> > > > >>> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@solr.apache.org > >>> > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@solr.apache.org > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > >> >
