Following up: The "Solr" LinkedIn Group should be the only group. I convinced the "Apache Solr" group owner to delete that group.
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM Nazerke S <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > > 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 < > > >>> [email protected]> > > >>> 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: [email protected] > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > *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 <[email protected]> > > >>> 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 < > > >>> > [email protected] > > >>> > > >: > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > 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: [email protected] > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > *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: [email protected] > > >>> > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > > >> > > >
