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authorjonasrosland <jrosland@vmware.com>2019-06-26 16:36:25 -0400
committerjonasrosland <jrosland@vmware.com>2019-06-26 16:36:25 -0400
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Add more marketing lead info and cleanup of best practices
Signed-off-by: jonasrosland <jrosland@vmware.com>
-rw-r--r--events/events-team/best-practices.md51
-rw-r--r--events/events-team/marketing/README.md46
2 files changed, 67 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/events/events-team/best-practices.md b/events/events-team/best-practices.md
index 630aad6d..b8aaa338 100644
--- a/events/events-team/best-practices.md
+++ b/events/events-team/best-practices.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Best pracices for running a Kubernetes Contributor Summit
+
New home for best practices, process documentation, and other artifacts that detail out the 'how to' of running a Kubernetes contributor summit.
//TODO
@@ -5,7 +7,23 @@ general clean up; style guide check
add more reference links
potentially separate into multiple docs or re-organize
-## Kick Off
+- [Kickoff](#kickoff)
+- [Project Management](#project-management)
+- [Registration](#registration)
+- [Badges](#badges)
+- [Venue](#venue)
+- [Social / Celebration](#social-celebration)
+- [Communication and Advertising](#communication-and-advertising)
+- [Sponsorship](#sponsorship)
+- [Swag / T-Shirts](#swag-t-shirts)
+- [Day of Event Staff](#day-off-event-staff)
+- [Transparency](#transparency)
+- [Signage](#signage)
+- [Contributor Awards](#contributor-awards)
+- [Survey](#survey)
+- [Resources](#resources)
+
+## Kickoff
Event lead will start the event strategy doc that will outline goals and content
strategy with content team. This doc should first be circulated within contributor experience for
the [event OWNERs] to review and for the SIG to weigh in. Next, steering committee
@@ -14,10 +32,10 @@ content for most of different types of contributors that we have.
[Seattle 2018 doc]
-A GitHub page in the events section will be created to capture history, the team, and other basic information. [(example)] This will not be used as the event website.
+A GitHub repo in the events section will be created to capture history, the team, and other basic information. [(example)] This will not be used as the event website.
## Project Management
-Each event will have a [project board] created. The incoming team will need to create a label `area/cityfoo-summit` and any issue or PR related to all summits will have the label `area/contributor-summit`.
+Each event will have a [project board] created. The incoming team will need to create a label `area/regionfoo-summit` and any issue or PR related to all summits will have the label `area/contributor-summit`.
The event team can decide if they want a dedicated project manager role at the time of planning.
@@ -40,17 +58,17 @@ Accessibility
If the event is being held during KubeCon/CloudNativeCon it's important to get a space that is not with other co-located events to avoid confusion like we have had in the past.
-## Social
-Hallway Track is listed as the favorite track at every event. The social is a longer hallway track that doesn't interfere with content. The social should have fun activities!
+## Social / Celebration
+The Hallway Track is listed as the favorite track at every event. The social/celebration is a longer hallway track that doesn't interfere with content. The social should have fun activities!
## Communication and Advertising
-kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com is our artery for contributor communication and should be the main news network for contributor events.
+[kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com][k-dev] is our artery for contributor communication and should be the main news network for contributor events.
Other channels:
-Slack - #contributor-summit, #kubecon, #kubernetes-dev
-Twitter
-Kubernetes blog
-discuss.kubernetes.io
-Thursday Community Meetings
+Slack - [#contributor-summit], [#kubecon], [#kubernetes-dev]
+[Twitter]
+[Kubernetes blog]
+[discuss.kubernetes.io]
+[Weekly Thursday Community Meetings][community-meetings]
## Sponsorship
We like to keep our events clear from sponsorships as it distracts from the mission.
@@ -58,8 +76,9 @@ We like to keep our events clear from sponsorships as it distracts from the miss
## Swag / T-Shirts
What messaging do we want to convey with the swag?
thockin has designed all contributor summit NA shirts and jberkus for Shanghai; both have done an EU shirt
+
Best practices:
-Order shirts 10 days before the event to make sure everyone gets the size that they want unless there are custom/shipping issues.
+Order shirts well in advance before the event to make sure everyone gets the size that they want in case there are custom/shipping issues.
Past brand that works well: Dakota. Previous brands had odd sizing and community feedback matched that.
## Day of Event Staff
@@ -98,3 +117,11 @@ Links to docs that aren't a fit for markdown:
[blog post example]: https://kubernetes.io/blog/2018/10/16/kubernetes-2018-north-american-contributor-summit/
[welcome slides]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11eDR_0Dl_MBbeoMDF_mQaJC3shnnd6buhIVei2Ke0SM/edit#slide=id.p
[project board]: https://github.com/orgs/kubernetes/projects
+[k-dev]: (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-dev)
+[#contributor-summit]: (https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/contributor-summit)
+[#kubecon]: (https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/kubecon)
+[#kubernetes-dev]: (https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/kubernetes-dev)
+[Twitter]: (https://twitter.com/kubernetesio)
+[Kubernetes blog]: (https://kubernetes.io/blog/)
+[discuss.kubernetes.io]: (discuss.kubernetes.io)
+[community-meetings]: (https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/events/community-meeting.md)
diff --git a/events/events-team/marketing/README.md b/events/events-team/marketing/README.md
index 5a667354..455441e5 100644
--- a/events/events-team/marketing/README.md
+++ b/events/events-team/marketing/README.md
@@ -1,29 +1,39 @@
-Marketing Lead Handbook
-(and supplemental marketing documentation needed to run a Contributor Summit)
+# Marketing Lead Handbook
+
+This document defines marketing planning and activities needed to run a Contributor Summit.
+
+- [Overview](#overview)
+- [Skills and Qualifications](#skills-and-qualifications)
+- [Responsibilities](#responsibilities)
+- [Documentation](#documentation)
## Overview
-TODO
+As Marketing Lead, you are responsible for the overall marketing communications timeline. The role also includes ensuring all non-technical content (web, mail, physical prints) is correct and informative, and supporting the other roles (registration, content) as needed.
+
+- Time Commitment
+ - 1-3 hours a week from 0-1.5 months in
+ - 2-5 hours a week from 1.5 months-to event
## Skills and Qualifications
-TODO
+- Good grasp on general marketing activities surrounding events
+- Understanding of common forms of marketing communications
+- Event planning experience
+
+## Responsibilities
-## Activities
+- Create a communication schedule - what, when, how, who
+- Manage online presence - website, social media strategy
+- Potentially recruit a social media coordinator role
+- Provide updates on social media, mailing lists, and Slack throughout pre-, during-, and post-event
+- Assist with GitHub event repo adds and edits
+- Work with Event Lead on a recap blog
+- Determine signage needs and copy, coordinate with CNCF on explicit needs
+- Create/update deck templates for curated talks and/or other purposes
-Create a communication schedule - what, when, how, who
-Figure out online presence - website, social media strategy
-Potentially recruit a social media coordinator role
-Provide social updates throughout pre-during-and post event
-Assist with GitHub page
-Work with lead on a recap for blog
-Determine signage needs and copy, coordinate with cncf on explicit needs
-Create a deck template for curated talks and/or other purposes
-## Time Commitment
-1-3 hours a week from 0-1.5 months in
-2-5 hours a week from 1.5 months-to event
-## Misc Info, Docs to link, etc.
+## Documentation
-TODO
+[Email comms used for Contributor Summit Barcelona, 2019](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/events/2019/05-contributor-summit/communications.md)