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My Journey to PostgreSQL & the PGCA Board of Di...

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.

Claire Giordano

October 17, 2024
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  1. Probably began in San Francisco, in 2017, with Citus Data

    Photo by Gabriella Giordano ~Sep 2024
  2. Working with PGCA to secure a Trademark license for the

    rename of my podcast.... aka.ms/TalkingPostgres
  3. Jonathan Katz sent me an email.... asking if I have

    time to meet with him.... Uh-oh?
  4. Why PGCA matters Ensures fair use of PostgreSQL brand assets

    Keeps PostgreSQL free and open source
  5. 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
  6. What do you need to know about PGCA? 2 takeaways

    from this talk There is a Postgres trademark policy! 1