Re: [microprofile-wg] [DISCUSSION] Sponsoring Community Day for Java Dev

[Reza Rahman <reza_rahman@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is to confirm that the steering committee agreed to approve the $3K 
sponsorship for Community Day for Java Developers at EclipseCon. 
Discussion is always welcome regardless, especially for folks not in 
attendance.

On 6/26/2023 6:02 PM, Reza Rahman wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> This email is to start a discussion on sponsoring Community Day for 
> Java Developers at EclipseCon 2023 for $3K. It is the precursor to 
> hopefully a very short proposal approval vote.
>
> As you may be aware, we have been trying to leverage Community Day for 
> the past few years to try to advance MicroProfile and Jakarta EE 
> messaging. If you are unaware, this should provide more context: 
> https://microprofile.io/2022/12/16/jakarta-ee-and-microprofile-at-eclipsecon-community-day-2022/. 
> This year, the objective is to take things to the next level by more 
> carefully organizing and promoting the event under hopefully the more 
> compelling moniker "Community Day for Java Developers" and also adding 
> Java SE/JDK related content via the Adoptium working group. Both the 
> Jakarta EE and Adoptium working groups are key sponsors already and 
> iJUG is the key organizer. The meta objective here is to create an 
> event in Europe that serves as a catalyst for promoting Adoptium, 
> Jakarta EE and MicroProfile - where there is a certain level of 
> control over content and messaging. This will be a make or break year 
> that can serve as the basic template for this longer term plan.
>
> I believe this is something very important for the MicroProfile 
> working group to support via a $3K sponsorship with an outlook 
> congruent to a long term investment. As a result, the effort will be 
> positioned as something that is supported jointly by the Adoptium, 
> Jakarta EE and MicroProfile working groups. There is some level of 
> agreement between Microsoft, IBM, Payara and Tomitribe on this 
> proposal (though all members should clearly speak for themselves 
> here). There is some context in the marketing meeting minutes: 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Fqp_N4HYjEXs-jbdkGTPDJceHu0GKJMkUD5kd6nJvc/edit?usp=sharing. 
> The Jakarta EE and Adoptium working groups very warmly welcome help 
> and contribution from the MicroProfile working group towards this effort.
>
> Can folks kindly share their thoughts on putting this to vote for 
> approval? A simple +1 suffices and is nonetheless helpful for folks 
> short on time. I am hoping to start the vote later this week. This is 
> somewhat time sensitive as Community Day for Java Developers is 
> already moving forward. Please help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Reza
>
> P.S.: As a matter of fine print, the Jakarta EE and Adoptium working 
> groups are putting in a lot more than $3K (about three times more in 
> fact). This will have no bearing in positioning the event as a joint 
> effort between the Adoptium, Jakarta EE and MicroProfile working 
> groups. I think it's obvious this works significantly in favor of this 
> working group. It's a very good value proposition.