sergioarmgpl commented 2 years ago

KCD Details

Event Location: Guatemala, Venue Campus Tec
Event Date and Time: Postponing to August 18 & 19
Event type: Hybrid
Expected Number of Attendees: 400

Organizers

Organizer 1: Sergio Méndez, CNCF, Ambassador, sergioarm.gpl@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username Sergio Méndez
Organizer 2: Jefferson Molina, San Carlos University, Student, jeffersogmb7@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username
Organizer 3: Diana Menéndez, Capital valley tech, Developer, dcmc2297@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username
Organizer 4: Kevin Villatoro, Wallmart, SRE, villatorokevin@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username
Organizer 5: Salvador López, Telus, Senior Applications Developer, shlopezm4@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username
Organizer 6: Alvin Estrada, CNCF, Ambassador, adawolfs@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username

-- Sponsors

Organizer 7: Douglas López, Company, Role, lopez.douglas@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username

-- CFP and Bevy Admin

Organizer 8: Jossie Castrillo, Canella S.A. & Edutek, Senior Developer/Instructor, bkcastrillo@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username: Jossie Castrillo
Organizer 9: Juan Pablo García, USAC, Analista de sistema, pablo2011euro@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username
Organizer 10: Jossemar Cordero, CTO.ia, Senior Lead Platform Engineer, jossemargt@gmail.com, CNCF Slack Username

Submission checklist for organizers:

Please check each of these as you complete them:

[x] No other Kubernetes Community Day event in the same region
[x] Minimum of 3 organizers from 3 different organizations
[x] Every organizer has an account on Cloud Native Community Groups
[x] Each organizer lives in or just outside of the KCD location
[x] At least one organizer is a CNCF member employee, CNCF ambassador, or CNCF project maintainer
[x] All organizers agree to follow the event guidelines and CNCF Code of Conduct
[x] Monthly check in with KCD Core Organizer scheduled
[x] All organizers have taken Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation (LFC102)
[x] Minimum of 3 sponsors committed (not required for virtual only events)
[x] Identified fiscal sponsor that can accept payments such as from sponsorships and pay out expenses
[x] Agree to offer (at minimum) 3 complimentary tickets to increase diversity for the event
[x] Agree to use Cloud Native Community Groups for registration, scheduling, and event website
[x] Reviewed the Bevy Virtual Conference Overview, the full course can be had for free upon request
[x] Agree to use SM Apply for CFP
[x] Event date and time has been chosen
[x] Agree that there will not be an all male speaker lineup
[x] Added usernames for CNCF Slack for all organizers so that we can add you to the #kcd-organizers channel
[x] Create a Twitter handle specific to your KCD event (except for countries like China and Korea where Twitter is not used)
[x] Provided CNCF access to all event social handles

CfP open and close dates: Website launch date: End of February

Submission checklist for CNCF:

[x] Organizer email alias has been created: organizers-guatemala@kubernetescommunitydays.org
[x] Region created in Bevy
[x] Added to Bevy header: chapter vs event since there are 2 events. 1 dedicated to students, and 1 to the professional community
[x] CfP created

Post Event checklist:

[x] Removed from Bevy header
[x] CfP deactivated
[x] Videos uploaded to Youtube and linked to event page

Sponsor 1

Sponsor 2

Sponsor 3

Fiscal sponsor that will accept payments

k8tgreenley commented 2 years ago

Hi @sergioarmgpl I see you have requested a KCD Guatemala. I noticed that you are still pulling together a few additional details and team members for the KCD. Would you like to have a meeting now to discuss? Or wait until you have all the additional information?

sergioarmgpl commented 2 years ago

@k8tgreenley sorry for the late reply, well we can talk on CNCF if you want, my plan is to organize this for this semester with my students, the same as we did last year :) so we have to wait maybe 15 days to start the organization maybe.

k8tgreenley commented 2 years ago

@sergioarmgpl do you want to plan to connect on the event in mid-July? Will you be hosting virtually or in-person?

sergioarmgpl commented 2 years ago

@k8tgreenley Hi, yes, sure, let's talk in July, the event will be virtually.

sergioarmgpl commented 2 years ago

Hi @k8tgreenley I think that we can schedule a call next week, my time zone is GMT-6, or chat on the CNCF slack

k8tgreenley commented 2 years ago

Hi @sergioarmgpl great, please book time for us to chat using this link: https://calendly.com/kgreenley/katie-greenley

AudMonte01 commented 2 years ago

NOTES FROM 8/17/22 MEETING:

Event will be anywhere from Nov 26 - the first week of January
First order of business is @sergioarmgpl to get his organizer committee together by next meeting
Set next meeting for September 14
Some students will present
Audra to look into whether Sergio needs to retake the Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation
If possible - Audra suggests Sergio give away digital copies of his book at this virtual event: https://www.amazon.com/Edge-computing-K3os-k3s-technologies-ebook/dp/B0B2PSZ1BK/

sergioarmgpl commented 2 years ago

Retaking our KCD

AudMonte01 commented 2 years ago

Hi @sergioarmgpl - have you decided on a date for KCD Guatemala yet?

sergiopsyalo commented 2 years ago

@AudMonte01 yes, March 24-25th, now I am talking with the graph designer

AudMonte01 commented 2 years ago

That seems like good timing. The only KCD that is close to that is KCD Los Angeles with is March 9-10

sergioarmgpl commented 2 years ago

I think that later doesn't work for us. 2 week after LA its okay for us. Different languages so I think that works, in April is the KubeCon, and in May mmm maybe... but not sure if works the students are in final projects. But May could be an option if April is not available for KCD.

AudMonte01 commented 2 years ago

I think you will be fine given the point about different languages used for KCD Guatemala and KCD LA. Also, both are in-person events, so the element of travel and convenience in location for regional people will help prevent competition.

sergioarmgpl commented 1 year ago

We had a good advance with the logo this Christmas @AudMonte01 its almost done, just play with letter styles.

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

MEETING NOTES FROM 2/3 CHECK-IN

Date

Moving to first week of June (2nd and 3rd)
NOTE: KCD Colombia will be June 5, so

Organizers

Sergio is hosting a meetup with students this evening to gauge interest in who wants to help organize the event

Social Media

Guatemala and Central America uses Facebook
A lot of the younger generations are using Discord

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

Hi @sergioarmgpl - please add the student organizers that are confirmed to help organize this event, by simply adding them in the original issue above. Also, can you confirm Brad McCoy is helping organize this as well?

bradmccoydev commented 1 year ago

I confirm my participation and attended the community meeting today.

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

I confirm my participation and attended the community meeting today.

Awesome! I see all the organizers have now been added! @k8tgreenley - can you please create an organizer email alias for KCD Guatemala?

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

Hi @k8tgreenley - can you please update the organizers-guatemala@kubernetescommunitydays.org alias with the above new organizers?

k8tgreenley commented 1 year ago

The email alias has been updated

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

UPDATE

Sergio spoke with KCD Colombia and El Salvador organizers and coordinate a better date for KCD Guatemala which is now August 18 & 19

Chain of announcements

Speakers are aware
Bevy pages are updated
CNCF internal documents are updated

To-Dos

Header image to be updated by Sergio by this Thursday the 25th
KubeWeekly newsletter will go out with new dates (Audra) on Friday
Email blast to attendees will go out Friday morning
Social media blasts over the weekend

Team

A new marketing person has joined
Bart is to helping with recording speaker videos
Brad McCoy is the CNCF Ambassador for this event

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

JUNE 2 MEETING NOTES

Agenda

This Sunday EOD deadline for speaker to confirm the new dates work

New organizer

Argentinian marketing contributor
Experience is online events
Action: Sergio to invite to next meeting

Action items

Audra to set some time with Nicole, Bevy expert to learn a know-before-you go

Sponsorships

UBG University is a partner
Press Kit created for other partnerships

Streaming

Action: Sergio to speak to Pedro Galvan from Mexico
Last time used Streamyard

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

JUNE 16 MEETING NOTES

Streaming

Spoke to Pedro Galvan from Mexico at KCD Colombia, and he said yes to streaming, but a contract needs to be secured

Things to focus on

Publish agenda
Secure new graphic designer
Create slide template for speakers
Talk with Samantha from KCD Colombia to be a community partner and help promote

CNCF Actions

[x] Audra to send training and sticker voucher codes

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

JUNE 27 CHECK-IN

@k8tgreenley - can you double check this alias organizers-guatemala@kubernetescommunitydays.org has all of the above email addresses on it? It wasn't working for Sergio when he tested it.

Event agenda

Day 1 schedule is to go LIVE this week

Venue

Will confirm if day 2 is in-person or not

Live-streaming

Once venue is confirmed, team can secure Pedro's streaming services

k8tgreenley commented 1 year ago

Confirmed all the emails above are on the list, and must be something in the recipients' email that might be blocking the forward

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

JULY 10 MEETING NOTES

In-person option

Venue Campus Tec -- parking is discounted for the event -- you can take the bus there if need be
9-10 local speakers presenting in-person
Another room dedicated to virtual
Dinner on the 19th at a near-by restaurant at 6pm or 7pm

Marketing

Sergio to put together video of in-person interviews from KCD Colombia

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

JULY 18 MEETING NOTES

Marketing

Announcing to attendees this week, about the hybrid option, including a list of companies and communities

Dinner + Venue sponsorship = $1,000 USD

[x] Audra to give Sergio template

Final in-person speakers

Collecting title of sessions

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

JULY 28 MEETING NOTES

Sponsorship Prospectus

Spanish version is ready
[x] Audra to send recommendation letters to prospecting companies per LF -- Official CNCF-supported event

Content

Yes - session titles have been added to the banner graphic
Kong is sponsoring the dinner, and wants to have meetup in exchange
The agenda feature is still not showing up when someone is logged out - Audra followed up with Bevy
Streaming strategy talk with Pedro Galvan and his team

Other marketing

Social media needs to be more active (LinkedIn at least)
Use the CNCF #socialmedia channel more for CNCF to amplify: https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C12MRQ97A

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

AUGUST 7 MEETING NOTES

Nearly 300 attendees across both events Stickers should arrive this week

Marketing

[x] Sergio to post promotional video from KCD Colombia on social media. Audra to amplify in KubeWeekly newsletter

Sponsorships

[x] Sergio to add 5 sponsors on KCD website

Want to meet with Bevy professional, Nicole?

[ ] Sergio to reach out to Audra on Wednesday to let know how to the test run goes

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

FINAL CNCF CHECK-IN AHEAD OF EVENT

Test run last Wednesday went well, but still need to test virtual booth

Audra reached out to Bevy expert to see if she can meet with Sergio and team
Using Pedro Galvan's team for streaming platform

Housekeeping slides

Audra shared mentor and mentee resources, as well as CNCG and CNCF landscape QR codes

Stickers arrived on time!

AudMonte01 commented 1 year ago

RETROSPECTIVE MEETING NOTES

Pros

Great collaboration of two Guatemalan community groups. They will come together as one
In-person was nice for engagement
Potential sponsors for next year already expressing interest for next year
A Costa Rican company decided to newly shape their company around open source
People stuck around all day in-person. Good adoption and awareness rate

Improvement for next year

Con: the day 2 virtual event fell short because all the focus was on in-person
Make both days in person?

Total registered versus total checked in

Day 1 had 254 registered and had 150 check ins (59% check-in rate and 26% greater than last year)
Day 2 hybrid had 253 (156 virtual and 97 in-person) and 99 check ins (about 50 in-person)
About 50 at the in-person dinner

Total speakers

31 speaker in total (13 on day 1 and about 20 on day 2)

Total sponsors with insight into profit or loss

7 sponsors
Possible profit to use towards 2024

Action items

[x] Sergio to work with team on transparency report Audra already shared via Canva
[x] Audra to create YouTube playlist on the CNCF channel from https://m.youtube.com/@CloudNativeGuatemala/streams
[ ] Blog post from organizers. Share with audra@cncf.io once ready for review
[x] Credly badges for speakers. If the team wants to take advantage of this, please following instructions here under the "CNCF Support" heading

AudMonte01 commented 11 months ago

YouTube Playlist created: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2NXtL5GdtOJwIEuxHlYEO7F&si=Kwl1rR5JDbmHBfTe

AudMonte01 commented 9 months ago

Blog Post published last week: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2024/02/02/a-kcd-lead-by-the-next-generation-of-cloud-native-engineers/

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KCD Guatemala 2023 (August 18 - 19) #437

KCD Details

Organizers

Submission checklist for organizers:

Submission checklist for CNCF:

Post Event checklist:

Sponsor 1

Sponsor 2

Sponsor 3

Fiscal sponsor that will accept payments