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[Tracking Event] CNCF Global Week of Cloud Native Sustainability #95

Closed leonardpahlke closed 9 months ago

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

Hello, I would like to consolidate a topic that we have been discussing for some time in the TAG and other CNCF community channels. I now have enough input from the community to put it into a more complete form.

The topic cloud native environmental sustainability is still an upcoming topic in the industry and open source space. Therefore we need to focus in particular on understanding where we at, the landscape in short. Understanding the landscape happens by engaging with the community and industry and general. We are doing a great job at it but could potentially organize an event to support our engagement even more. Before KubeCon / CloudNativeCon EU 2023 and in particular during the conference this idea of an event shaped up.

The document explains the event in more detail.

Event Abstract

The CNCF Global Week of Cloud Native Sustainability leverages the structures of CNCF community groups to host a week of Cloud Native Sustainability events around the globe. In conjunction, TAG ENV will host a virtual event to talk about the group, goals, vision, projects, members and host TAG ENV external talks.

Event details

During the second week of October 2023, the broader Cloud Native community will organize meetups in their cities. Anyone can organize a Cloud Native Sustainability themed meetup that week and support this effort. During this week, TAG ENV will host a virtual meetup.

I've been sharing on a channel with community group organizers about interest in organizing events. There are some interested and I can imagine that more will follow.

Goals

Next steps

cc @k8tgreenley (community group event), @onlydole (ecosystem related) cc @catblade @caradelia @mkorbi & myself (TAG ENV leads)

berryq460 commented 1 year ago

I love this initiative 😍 and will take time to digest and respond. This goes hand in hand with my events suggestion yesterday too. Count me in to help ideate and execute at whatever capacity I can

AntonioDiTuri commented 1 year ago

Thanks a lot for proposing this! I also think in-person events work better. Have you ever organized events before? I am not sure about the agenda cause I just joined recently, but I would be happy to help organizing one. Can we do it in Munich?

nikimanoledaki commented 1 year ago

This is an awesome idea!

Regarding the local event that I could help to organise here in Barcelona: a couple of folks and I are trying to revive the Cloud Native Barcelona community here that has been dormant since 2019 due to the pandemic. Hopefully we will be able to revive it and organise this here in person through that 😄

There are a couple of events that have done a similar international/local community format that we could learn from:

Does that sound like what you have in mind, @leonardpahlke?

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

Yes! Thanks for the input @nikimanoledaki :)

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

Just putting it out there: How about we target the second week of October (W41)?

nikimanoledaki commented 1 year ago

That would be between OSS Europe (September 19-21) and KubeCon NA (November 6-9) - not sure if that gives us enough time to prepare for everything 🤔

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

That would be between OSS Europe (September 19-21) and KubeCon NA (November 6-9) - not sure if that gives us enough time to prepare for everything

Yes, could be a little tight but I think we can make it. Most local chapters organize these kind sig events a couple of months a head (these are not KCDs).

Earlier? I was thinking earlier than October is not possible (time needed to discuss and prepare) and later ... would mean we push it to February or so.

End of the year: Kubecon NA is early Nov. I don't know if it's best to organize events in December (holiday season).

Early next year: If our event is in February most of the organisation's work is done in December and January and that's the time most folks are off for a couple of weeks at least.

KubeCon EU is in March. And then one year passed and we are in the same boat scheduling wise 😅

@nikimanoledaki which other time window do you think could work?

nikimanoledaki commented 1 year ago

+1 on this timeline - I was thinking the same 😅 We are probably looking at either October 2023 or all the way into Spring 2024.

Given my limited experience with organising events/conferences, it is difficult for me to estimate how much time it would take to plan or how much time ahead we should plan this. What about you? It may be good to get an opinion from someone with experience in organising this scale of event to help plan the timeline :)

I'm also wondering if GSF is planning another Global Summit since another option could be to reach out to collaborate and incorporate our ideas there. That way we increase our scope and don't have to reinvent the wheel, in the spirit of collaborating more with other LF groups. 😄 WDYT?

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

Given my limited experience with organising events/conferences, it is difficult for me to estimate how much time it would take to plan or how much time ahead we should plan this.

We should start planning soon and submit a more complete plan to the chapters. If we do this about 3 months in advance, we will have enough time.

@nikimanoledaki FYI did you checked out this page? https://github.com/cncf/communitygroups/blob/main/best_practices.md

I'm also wondering if GSF is planning another Global Summit since another option could be to reach out to collaborate and incorporate our ideas there.

For this initiative I would like to engage our network within the CNCF. In general ofc, we are happy to collaborate if the GSF or any other foundation is planning something.

sergioarmgpl commented 1 year ago

Sounds pretty nice, count with me

ar4mirez commented 1 year ago

@leonardpahlke I'll love to support, count with me. I agree with February dates, its kind spaced out with the major events which give some room to attend in person without breaking anyone bank.

divya-mohan0209 commented 1 year ago

Huge +1 to this idea. I'd be happy to help in anyway I can. If we are going with the currently proposed timelines and form of event, putting on my organizer hat, I can confirm that there will be challenges wrt budget & sponsorship. Additionally, my proposal would be to have it as a co-located event at KubeCon EU, gauge the response, and then branch it out instead of starting it separately. This would serve more than a couple of purposes:

RinkiyaKeDad commented 1 year ago

I'd be interested in helping support this as well!

avillela commented 1 year ago

Definitely interested in supporting this great cause. Not sure how much time I can commit as I don't want to stretch myself too thin. That said, I would love to help, even if it's in a small way!

wojtekidd commented 1 year ago

Great proposal. I won't be able to organize an event, but I'll start talking to local cloud native organizers in Poland. If I can connect with anyone and form a team, then I'll let u know.

krol3 commented 1 year ago

Great initiative 💯 , congrats for that @leonardpahlke , I would be happy to help in my local community too.

ramrodo commented 1 year ago

I love the idea! Count on me to participate in the TAG environmental week in our local meetup.

pichuang commented 1 year ago

Great idea. The topic of Cloud Native Sustainability is indeed innovative and I believe it would be suitable for presentation within Cloud Native Taiwan User Group.

kaspernissen commented 1 year ago

Love the idea, @leonardpahlke 🙏 I'm sure we can help out in the realm of Cloud Native Nordics as well.

SamYuan1990 commented 1 year ago

I like this idea. Keep eye on this for now.

guidemetothemoon commented 1 year ago

I totally support this idea and I would like to help in all the aspects, both in terms of tasks related to the TAG, the virtual event and organizing a local meetup here in Norway. I'm one of the co-organizers of Cloud Native and Kubernetes Oslo meetup group where we host monthly/bi-monthly meetups. This sounds like a great opportunity to arrange one where local companies and speakers can present on the sustainability related topics. I have a few companies in mind already and can take it up with the other co-organizers as soon as we get some more details clarified here.

When it comes to the timeline, I would agree that having a few months to prepare would be nice. If we go for February then it's a winter holiday month at school in Norway so for arranging our local meetup we would need to choose the dates that are outside of the winter holiday time span, which falls on 19.-23.February 2024.

I also liked the idea of having a global week of sustainability as part of KubeCon+CloudNativeCon EU to reach a broader audience but I would imagine that a strong backing from CNCF would be needed here to actually make room in schedule for attendees to prioritize. At the early stages of raising awareness for sustainability we see that not so many people choose to prioritize content related to this topic (yet).

Collaboration with like-minded organizations like GSF is also worth considering. They seem to have a solid base of speakers that have sessions related to sustainability which can be beneficial both for the virtual event and for the local events depending on where the speaker is located. It will also help us reach even broader audience and strengthen relationship with other groups that are working towards the same goals as we do😊

Anyway, will be happy to be involved in making this event happen!

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

When it comes to the timeline, I would agree that having a few months to prepare would be nice.

Yes 💯, I think the schedule for the second week of October that we have communicated now is best. We have enough time, there are no big conferences and we still have time - it doesn't fall in the peak travel season, etc.

I also liked the idea of having a global week of sustainability as part of KubeCon+CloudNativeCon EU to reach a broader audience but I would imagine that a strong backing from CNCF would be needed here to actually make room in schedule for attendees to prioritize.

I think that is a great idea. I can imagine that for one of the next KCCNs we could organize a cloud native sustainability side track / cloud native sustainability day. This would be separate from this event.

Collaboration with like-minded organizations

Yes! I am in contact with two foundations, one in France and one in Finland. More collab is welcome.

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

We have created a document that explains the event in more detail: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s28lqqc3IBAMw4T7n13zfyAuUEEc3I4_xhPxCLA4_dk/edit?usp=sharing. Please take a look and use the comment/suggestion in Google Docs 🙏 Thank you.

I think this is great and am very happy that so many people are interested in supporting this effort 😊

Vinothini10 commented 1 year ago

Hi Team/ @k8tgreenley Greetings from CNC Chennai (https://community.cncf.io/chennai/), we are also interested in hosting.

sysnet4admin commented 1 year ago

@leonardpahlke Released KO(almost draft) version for sustainability landscape to share and sync-up in local team.

Bamistand commented 1 year ago

Nice Idea! I am interested in supporting this

seokho-son commented 1 year ago

Hi @leonardpahlke :) I have shared this activity with a Korean K8s contributor group (K8s SIG-Docs Korean localization team). Along with @sysnet4admin and myself, Virusuki (Nam Uk Kim) is interested in Cloud Native Sustainability. He is willing to assist in organizing a local meetup in Korea.

nikimanoledaki commented 1 year ago

It's so exciting to see all the international / local support for this initiative 😍 👏 🌍 🌎 🌏

There is some progress with reviving the local meetup in Barcelona so we should be able to support and host it as well. 🥳 🌱

Thinking of what could be the next step for organising this. A couple of suggestions:

cc @staceypotter & @immavalls who may also be able to advise since they have a ton of experience with these things 💜

divya-mohan0209 commented 1 year ago

cc @rohitg00 @saiyam1814

rohitg00 commented 1 year ago

cc @rohitg00 @saiyam1814

Sounds amazing!

ams0 commented 1 year ago

Amsterdam will be very keen on hosting a EnvSus-focused event (larger Meetup, perhaps with a workshop attached), we are now planning for September/October timeframe. It could be tricky to sync all events on the same week, but perhaps we can just select one of the weeks and we can all focus on finding the right location and speakers. Is there any global event that we can also attach to? Like the World Environment Day in June (source: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/events).

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

❤️ to everyone, great to see that, so many are excited about this.

It could be tricky to sync all events on the same week

Yes! That will be a challenge, but how great it would be. The second week of October 🌱 🚀 skyrocket cloud native sustainability.

I have created several issues for this effort. If you are organizing a local meetup, you do not need to look into this, but your support is greatly appreciated. These issues are aimed more at the general organization of the event. For example, one issue is about issuing badges, another is about creating welcome slides that everyone can use at their local meetups, etc.

Created issues:

Some of you are interested in helping with the overall organization. This is greatly appreciated as it is a lot of work 😁. We will meet this Thursday (June 22, see calendar invite) to coordinate on the topics.

I am excited about this!

Leo

sergioarmgpl commented 1 year ago

I will participate with Cloud Native Guatemala :)

Nancy-Chauhan commented 1 year ago

I will love to host with Women in Cloud Native 🎉

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

Hello all,

Things are in motion 🌊. We are working on getting the event shaped up and organized. If you are curious about that, you can take a look at this project board. We’re planning a sync (like two sessions to cover all time zones) in early August to discuss the event and share info, so you’ll all know what’s going on before you plan your meetups.

If you have any questions now, feel free to drop a comment on this issue (catch all question issue) or any one of the ones linked at the project board.

We have an initial website page about the event, which we will polish over the coming weeks. Please take a moment to look at the table with all the meetups we have already captured. If the information is incorrect or out of date, please open a PR to update it (or let me know, so I can make the updates as I go). If you know someone who might be interested in hosting a meetup, they can just add themselves via a PR.

Have a great rest of the week all, talk soon 🙌

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

Hello everyone, Next week, on Thursday, August 10, we will organize two meetings to discuss the event with all of you, the local meetup organizers, to clarify questions and so on. It would be great if you could make it, if not, that’s not a problem, we will upload the recording to YouTube afterward.

Meeting details:

I will share a link to the calendar invite as soon as it's added. Thanks all, talk to you soon 🙌

adityasonittyl commented 1 year ago

I will love to host with CNCF Jaipur Chapter !! @leonardpahlke will connect Tom meeting on the same.

leonardpahlke commented 1 year ago

Thanks, everyone, for attending today's meetings! You can find the slides here: 2023-08-10 cloud-native-sustainability-week-sync.pdf YT recording https://youtu.be/m9uf9m5rI9k

humblec commented 12 months ago

@leonardpahlke I would like to host this chapter in Kerala, India as part of Cloud Native User Group here!

leonardpahlke commented 12 months ago

@humblec sounds great! Could you please open up a PR to add your meetup to the list. 🙌

leonardpahlke commented 12 months ago

Hello everyone, In about one week, on Thursday, September 28, we will organize two meetings to discuss the event with the local meetup organizers, to brief y’all on everything we have been working on. It would be great if you could make it, if not, that’s not a problem, we will upload the recording to YouTube afterward.

Meeting details:

Thanks all, talk to you soon :raised_hands:

SamYuan1990 commented 12 months ago

Hello everyone, In about one week, on Thursday, September 28, we will organize two meetings to discuss the event with the local meetup organizers, to brief y’all on everything we have been working on. It would be great if you could make it, if not, that’s not a problem, we will upload the recording to YouTube afterward.

Meeting details:

Thanks all, talk to you soon 🙌

In quick, it will conflicts with KubeCon China.... and the local holiday for China. @rootfs could you please help attend it and let's sync up after Chinese national holiday? As in Beijing and Shanghai, we scheduled the meet up in November, hence I suppose(personally) we can catch up the meeting after local holiday.

marceloamaral commented 11 months ago

The Kepler blog post is live on the cncf blog page: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2023/10/11/exploring-keplers-potentials-unveiling-cloud-application-power-consumption/

leonardpahlke commented 9 months ago

Thanks everyone, for helping with the cloud native sustainability week 💚. It was great to see how we all can collaborate on this topic together. We had way over 1000 in-person attendees at our meetups. And thousands of virtual attendees 🎉. Overall, we received a lot of good feedback and good ideas to further improve the event.

I have opened up an issue (https://github.com/cncf/tag-env-sustainability/issues/290) to kick off the planning for the cloud native sustainability week 2024. We are looking for a main organizer for the event. 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣

Until the end of this year we will publish a blog post https://github.com/cncf/tag-env-sustainability/issues/279 to look back at the cloud native sustainability week 2023 and discuss our learnings :)