Hello all - Thank you to everyone who joined our Publicity and Marketing Group kick off meetings last month. We're excited to continue the conversation in March. *Our next Apache Cassandra Publicity & Marketing Group meetings are coming up this Wednesday, March 1 @ 8a PT (EMEA, UK, LATAM, NA) and March 15 @ 4p PT (APAC).*
This is a working group open to community members who have the insight and skills to help define Cassandra’s public narrative and participate in our marketing strategy and execution. The group will meet monthly for an hour to discuss important marketing topics (we host 2 separate meetings with a shared agenda to accommodate timezones). MEETING INVITE: To join us, add the recurring meeting to your calendar here: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=N2FxdTNucWZ1NDNmcms1Y[…]puhgk7qtduqatte8tfd5mps%40group.calendar.google.com&scp=ALL <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=N2FxdTNucWZ1NDNmcms1YTB2anRpZm9mZHJfMjAyMzAzMDFUMTYwMDAwWiBrbDlwdWhnazdxdGR1cWF0dGU4dGZkNW1wc0Bn&tmsrc=kl9puhgk7qtduqatte8tfd5mps%40group.calendar.google.com&scp=ALL> AGENDA: Our working agenda is linked below. We will spend time discussing Cassandra Forward, and other topics suggested by last month's attendees. This is meant to be a collaborative agenda, so add suggested topics or ping me with your ideas for this and upcoming meetings. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/8JtbDg GET INVOLVED: I'm sharing today's meeting reminder broadly since we are still in the forming stages. We will be moving the conversation to our dedicated ML and Slack group. Here's where to find us and how to get involved: - *Join our monthly meetings.* We meet the 1st Wed of the month at 8a PT and the 3rd Wed at 4p PT to accommodate timezones. Agendas are the same across the two meetings. - Find us on Slack at *#cassandra-events* - *Join our mailing list: market...@cassandra.apache.org <market...@cassandra.apache.org>**.* (Send an email to marketing-subscr...@cassandra.apache.org from the email address you want subscribed). - *Check out our meeting updates on Confluence.* If you are not able to join a meeting, we post detailed recaps here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/YZZbDg Look forward to seeing many of you at this month's meetings. Molly On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 4:42 PM Patrick McFadin <pmcfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the positive reception on email and slack. > > We are going to have our first gathering next Wednesday at 8AM PT > > Link to calendar event: > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MDVoY3VucnMwaWViaXA1amFmdXAzcnN0dTYga2w5cHVoZ2s3cXRkdXFhdHRlOHRmZDVtcHNAZw&tmsrc=kl9puhgk7qtduqatte8tfd5mps%40group.calendar.google.com > > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 3:35 AM Mick Semb Wever <m...@apache.org> wrote: > >> The market...@cassandra.apache.org list is created. >> >> To subscribe send an email to marketing-subscr...@cassandra.apache.org >> from >> the email address you want to subscribe from. >> >> If you are a committer you can alternately use Whimsy: >> https://whimsy.apache.org/committers/subscribe >> >> regards, >> Mick >> >> >> On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 00:31, Patrick McFadin <pmcfa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > *Hello Cassandra Community!We are at a pivotal moment for the Cassandra >> > community, with the first Cassandra Summit in 7 years coming up on March >> > 13th, and a major release coming later this year with Cassandra 5.0. It >> is >> > important that we come together to set the publicity strategy and >> direction >> > for these important moments, and that we work together to define how >> > Cassandra shows up across the technology industry.To achieve this, we >> are >> > proposing the formation of a Publicity & Marketing Working Group, and we >> > are requesting your participation.What is the Publicity & Marketing >> Working >> > Group?This is a working group open to community members who have the >> > insight and skills to help define Cassandra’s public narrative and >> > participate in our marketing strategy and execution. The group will meet >> > once a month for an hour to discuss important marketing topics. You can >> > find us on #cassandra-events. We also propose adding a mailing list, >> > marketing@cassandra.a.o, to handle day-to-day marketing needs and async >> > communication. Our publicity and marketing partners from Constantia - >> Molly >> > Monroy <mo...@constantia.io> and Melissa Logan <meli...@constantia.io> >> - >> > will work with us to build this working group. What will this group be >> > responsible for?Our initial vision for this group is to accelerate how >> we >> > do marketing & publicity for Cassandra. We will refine and advance >> > Cassandra’s public perception of the tech industry, to show how >> Cassandra >> > has grown, innovated, and revitalized itself as a community. We will do >> > this through: - Participating in marketing strategy for major moments >> (in >> > particular, C* Summit in March and Cassandra 5.0 release later this >> year)- >> > Expanding our local meetup and events presence- Sourcing end-user case >> > studies for marketing and PR collateral- Making sure the Cassandra >> > community shows up at third-party events- Contributing content - from >> blogs >> > to documentation - to ensure we have a robust stream of content for our >> end >> > usersOur first two orders of business will be: 1. Jointly determine >> > operating model and governance, and get input and alignment on the above >> > goals/responsibilities. 2. Discuss marketing for Cassandra Summit, >> > primarily defining the news we will share at the event from the project >> > directly and from our sponsors. This is coming up quickly and we will >> need >> > community assistance to achieve our publicity goals. As this is a >> > community-driven group, please share ideas and feedback on the purpose >> of >> > this group and what we need to achieve. When is the meeting?We are >> > proposing the meetings take place on the 4th Wednesday of each month. We >> > will alternate times of the day to try to accommodate. We can adjust >> based >> > on member attendance. - Jan, March, May, July, Sept, Nov. - 4th Wed of >> > the month, 8a PT- Feb, April, June, August, October, Dec - 4th Wed of >> the >> > month, Wed 4p PTWe will create a centralized document to share and >> document >> > information about the working group, including meeting minutes, monthly >> > tasks, and priorities. Decisions will be discussed and finalized using >> the >> > project mailing list. Patrick* >> > >> >
