Re: @postgresql is now live

"Jonathan S. Katz" <[email protected]> Sat, 6 Jan 2018 11:40:23 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.advocacy
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

> On Jan 5, 2018, at 7:25 PM, Stephen Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> * Justin Clift ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) wrote:
>> On 2018-01-05 22:45, Joe Conway wrote:
>>> On 01/05/2018 02:41 PM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>>>>> On Jan 5, 2018, at 4:11 PM, Joe Conway <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> On 01/05/2018 06:21 AM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>>>>>> The Twitter account will contain a mix of automated and manual
>>>>>> postings
>>>>>> that are all community-oriented.  We’re excited to have another way
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> us to better engage with our users as we continue to modernize our
>>>>>> advocacy efforts.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shouldn't this be sent to announce? (I'm behind working through my
>>>>> postgres mail, so perhaps I haven't seen it yet?)
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe: we’ve been focused on getting it up and developing content,
>>>> that in all honesty it did not cross my mind.  Is there precedent
>>>> for an announcement of this nature?
>>> 
>>> I'm not sure, but it seems that since this twitter account is explicitly
>>> a community resource, it should not be an issue to use another community
>>> resource (namely the announce list) to drive adoption.
>> 
>> +1 :)
> 
> +1, it's been discussed before and I agree that we should send something
> to -announce, just need to figure out when/how.

We’re targeting an announcement for Monday, just having some language
finalized as it will be coming from the PostgreSQL Global Development Group :-)

Thanks,

Jonathan