MySQL User Groups and Community
Sheeri K. Cabral
Oracle User Group Leader's Conference
Jan 2012
Twitter: @sheeri
Slides are at
http://bit.ly/mysqlcomm2012
About me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheeri_Cabral
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Are you?
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
- Lurkers
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
- Lurkers
- Casual Google users
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
- Lurkers
- Casual Google users
Bloggers
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
- Lurkers
- Casual Google users
Bloggers
Forum, E-mail list, IRC posters
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
- Lurkers
- Casual Google users
Bloggers
Forum, E-mail list, IRC posters
Software developers
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
- Lurkers
- Casual Google users
Bloggers
Forum, E-mail list, IRC posters
Software developers
- MySQL patches and forks
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
- Lurkers
- Casual Google users
Bloggers
Forum, E-mail list, IRC posters
Software developers
- MySQL patches and forks
- third party tools, FLOSS or otherwise
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
- Lurkers
- Casual Google users
Bloggers
Forum, E-mail list, IRC posters
Software developers
- MySQL patches and forks
- third party tools, FLOSS or otherwise
Bug filers
Who is part of the MySQL community?
Anyone who uses MySQL
- Lurkers
- Casual Google users
Bloggers
Forum, E-mail list, IRC posters
Software developers
- MySQL patches and forks
- third party tools, FLOSS or otherwise
Bug filers
User Group Attendees
Book authors
What community resources have historically been out there?
Developer site
Books
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
MySQL forums
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team
MySQL Forge
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team
MySQL Forge
minimal software
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team
MySQL Forge
minimal software
Conferences
- April MySQL Users Conference in Santa Clara
What community resources have historically been out there?
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team
MySQL Forge
minimal software
Conferences
- April MySQL Users Conference in Santa Clara
- Part of other conferences - open source conferences, developer conferences, sysadmin conferences
How did MySQL AB get customer feedback?
Customers do not have to be paying customers!
Support requests, including bugs
Forum, e-mail, IRC feedback
E-mail/talking to the right person
Blog posts
Conference surveys
In which of these ways does Oracle usually get customer feedback?
Support requests, including bugs
Forum, e-mail, IRC feedback
E-mail/talking to the right person
Blog posts
Conference surveys
Under New Management
Under New Management
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
Under New Management
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
Under New Management
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
Community Bugs
Under New Management
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
Community Bugs
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
Under New Management
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
Community Bugs
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
Under New Management
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
Community Bugs
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team -
Double the size in North America! [max 6]
Under New Management
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
Community Bugs
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team -
Double the size in North America! [max 6]
MySQL Forge
- not widely used, spam trap, stuff that is used being moved to wikis.oracle.com
Under New Management
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
Community Bugs
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team -
Double the size in North America! [max 6]
MySQL Forge
- not widely used, spam trap, stuff that is used being moved to wikis.oracle.com
minimal software
Lots of software
Under New Management
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
Community Bugs
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team -
Double the size in North America! [max 6]
MySQL Forge
- not widely used, spam trap, stuff that is used being moved to wikis.oracle.com
minimal software
Lots of software
Conferences
-
April MySQL Users Conference in Santa Clara
- not sponsored by Oracle
- Part of other conferences - open source conferences, developer conferences, sysadmin conferences
New Resources
OurSQL: the MySQL Database Community Podcast
New Resources
OurSQL: the MySQL Database Community Podcast
Meet the MySQL Experts Podcast
New Resources
OurSQL: the MySQL Database Community Podcast
Meet the MySQL Experts Podcast
IOUG MySQL Council
New Resources
OurSQL: the MySQL Database Community Podcast
Meet the MySQL Experts Podcast
IOUG MySQL Council
OTN Developer Days for MySQL
New Resources
OurSQL: the MySQL Database Community Podcast
Meet the MySQL Experts Podcast
IOUG MySQL Council
OTN Developer Days for MySQL
MySQL Tech Tours
What's missing?
MySQL developer site
OurSQL: the MySQL Database Community Podcast
Meet the MySQL Experts Podcast
IOUG MySQL Council
OTN Developer Days for MySQL
MySQL Tech Tours
Planet MySQL
- blog aggregate
MySQL User Groups
and videos on youtube
MySQL Bugs Database
Community Bugs
MySQL forums
MySQL e-mail lists
#mysql on irc.freenode.net
MySQL Community Team -
Double the size in North America! [max 6]
MySQL Forge
- not widely used, spam trap, stuff that is used being moved to wikis.oracle.com
minimal software
Lots of software
Conferences