PostgreSQL Community in Japan
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The document discusses the history and current state of the Japan PostgreSQL Users Group (JPUG), a non-profit organization that promotes PostgreSQL usage in Japan. It describes how JPUG was founded 15 years ago after an active mailing list emerged in the late 1990s. Currently, JPUG focuses on providing PostgreSQL information, educating users through meetups, and connecting the community. It has over 50 members and 9 regional branches that hold conferences and events to advance PostgreSQL in Japan and connect with other Asian communities.
PostgreSQL Community in Japan
- 1. PostgreSQL Community in Japan Past, Present and Future Japan PostgreSQL Users Group Satoshi Nagayasu snaga@uptime.jp @pgcon china 2014
- 2. Satoshi Nagayasu • 2004 – NTT DATA • 2005 – JPUG PR Director • 2009 – Uptime Technologies (CEO) • 2010 – JPUG Chairperson • 2013 – MinaCare (CTO)
- 3. Satoshi Nagayasu • Database Engineer • Data Center Engineer • ITSM Specialist • Data Steward • System Architect • Co-founder • CTO
- 4. What I Did in PostgreSQL • pgstatindex • pageinspect • xlogdump – ... and lots of rejected patches! • Patch review • PostgresForest, Postgres-XC – at my prev jobs
- 5. Japan PostgreSQL Users Group
- 6. Japanese PostgreSQL Communities • Japan PostgreSQL Users Group – A Non-profit Organization by Individuals and Supporting Companies. – Founded 15 Years Ago • PostgreSQL Enterprise Consortium – A Kind of Business Alliance for Enterprise Users (Corporations) – Founded A Few Years Ago
- 8. Japan PostgreSQL Users Group (JPUG) • A Non-profit Organization by Individuals and Supporting Companies. • Founded 15 Years Ago. • To Promote and Evangelize PostgreSQL
- 9. JPUG Mission • Promote PostgreSQL usage in Japan • To be acknowledged OSS RDBMS • Research and development on PostgreSQL • Release PostgreSQL information • Promote personal exchange in the society
- 10. Past
- 11. Brief History of JPUG • 1996/12 pgsql-jp (ML) started • 1999/7 JPUG (a private org.) • 2006/2 JPUG (authorized NPO) • 2009/11 10th Anniv. Conf. • 2014/12 15th Anniv. Conf.
- 12. To Build the Community, We Did... • Create a mailing list. • Make events, meet each other, and invite experts and developers. • Translate documents. • Outreach by presenting at tech events and writing articles/books.
- 13. Before JPUG • pgsql-jp, a mailing-list, was started in 1996 before JPUG. • Mailing-list was very popular for software engineers in Japan. • Hundreds of e-mails per month.
- 14. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October January April July October 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 pgsql‐jp Monthly Traffic Pgsql-jp statistics
- 18. Fruitages
- 19. Study Meetups
- 20. PostgreSQL Conference 2009 Japan
- 21. Expansion (as of Oct.2009) • Authorized as an nonprofit organization by Tokyo Metropolitan Local Government in 2005 • 54 official members, 24 directors, and 3,600 web members • Established 9 branches covering major cities • Established 3 working groups for specific interests
- 22. Present
- 23. Focuses & Activities • Providing PostgreSQL Information – Translating the official docs into Japanese – The “Letʼs Postgres” Web Site – Sending speakers to several tech events • Educating Users – Holding study meetups • Connecting People – Holding several own events/meetups – Providing basic infrastructure, such as web&ML.
- 24. Organization
- 25. Years Old Branches Working Groups Supporting Companies Individuals (on ML)
- 26. Finance • Disclosure – JPUG discloses audited financial statements required by the law. • Revenue – 4.4M JPY (FY2014) – From Supporting Companies, Conference Sponsors and Conference Registration Fee • Expenses – 3.4M JPY (FY2014) – Conference, Speakers Travel Allowance
- 27. Branches • Hokkaido • Tohoku • Niigata • Nagoya • Kansai • Chugoku • Shikoku • Kyusyu • Okinawa
- 28. Working Groups • Architecture & Internal Study WG • Web Admin WG • Documentation & Translation WG • Study Meetup WG
- 29. Events • Annual Conferences – Internals, Architecture and Technical – Case Studies • Meetups – By Branches – By WGs • Unconfernces • Study camp • Outreach at several OSS related events – OSC (Open Source Conference) Series
- 30. Unconferences
- 31. Unconferences • Build a program in a collaborative way. (No program committee) • Encourage to share own interests & experiences in the community. (We welcome junior engineers!) • Extremely Interactive! (Enjoy the discussions!)
- 32. Study Meetups
- 34. Let’s Postgres
- 35. Future
- 36. What I Focus On Right Now • Looking for new heroes – Encourage younger/junior engineers, and push them onto the stage! • Having Global Perspective – Strongly interested in Asian countries. • Connecting Communities – Letʼs start from persons, but communities matter.
- 37. Global Perspective Selena Deckelmann, Magnus Hagander “PostgreSQL User Groups”
- 38. Connecting Communities • PostgreSQL Conference 2014 Japan – Was held in Japan last week • Speakers from Asian/APAC countries – From China, India, Indonesia, Australia – Was a first challenge for JPUG • Time to consider pan-Asian PostgreSQL Conference? – Wish to connect more communities!
- 39. PostgreSQL Conference 2014 Japan
- 41. Thank you! 谢谢！