My Journey to PostgreSQL & the PGCA Board of Directors | Claire Giordano | PGConf NYC 2024 Lightning Talk

Presented as a 5-minute lightning talk at PGConf NYC 2024 in midtown Manhattan, these 21 slides tell an illustrated short story about Claire's lifelong journey to the PostgreSQL open source database project—and to serve on the PGCA Board of Directors.

Transcript

1. Claire Giordano @clairegiordano My Journey to PostgreSQL & the PGCA Board of Directors @clairegiordano@hachyderm.io
2. So where did my journey into Postgres begin?
3. When I studied Applied Math & CS in college?
4. Probably began in San Francisco, in 2017, with Citus Data Photo by Gabriella Giordano ~Sep 2024
5. PGConf Lisbon 2018 where I first met some of you!
6. Fast forward to 2018...
7. Fast forward a few years... Dodecanese! Cyclades! Dodecanese!
8. Fast forward a few years...
9. Working with PGCA to secure a Trademark license for the rename of my podcast.... aka.ms/TalkingPostgres
11. Jonathan Katz sent me an email.... asking if I have time to meet with him.... Uh-oh?
12. Welcome to the PostgreSQL Community Association (PGCA) non-profit (NPO)
13. Wait what? What is the PGCA?
14. Yesterday Elizabeth Christensen talked here about PgUS, another non-profit
15. PGCA 3 Postgres non-profits to know about... PgEU
16. PGCA Mission Maintain & protect assets for the PostgreSQL project e.g. trademarks & domain names
17. Why PGCA matters Ensures fair use of PostgreSQL brand assets Keeps PostgreSQL free and open source
18. What does the PGCA actually do? Canada, United States, European Union Trademarks Postgresql.org, … Domain names Provides no-cost licenses to organizations who wish to use PostgreSQL brand assets outside of fair use Trademark licenses
19. What do you need to know about PGCA? 2 takeaways from this talk There is a Postgres trademark policy! 1
20. PGCA is fundraising 2
21. Enjoy YOUR Postgres Journey postgres.ca/donate >