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CNCF Marketing Committee Chair

Role, as defined in the CNCF Charter

Overview

The CNCF Marketing Committee (MC) Chair is a crucial partner to the CNCF marketing team, providing a unique member perspective and enabling other member marketers. The MC Chair is a member of CNCF and has a strong understanding of the CNCF member programs and can serve as a mentor to other members within the MC, as well as lead the monthly calls. The ideal MC Chair has a strong marketing background, is collaborative, and has strong public speaking skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and moderate monthly MC meetings with the support of CNCF staff
  • Encourage networking and collaboration across the MC
  • Meet with new MC members and guide them on how to utilize CNCF resources successfully via office hours
  • Have a good understanding of all CNCF member marketing benefits and be able to discuss them with existing members
  • Provide guidance and assistance to Subcommittees and other initiatives that emerge from the MC (as needed)

Requirements

To be nominated for MC Chair you must have the following:

  • Be a member company of CNCF for at least 1 year
  • Have attended at least 75% of MC meetings in the past year

Time commitment

Minimum 3 hours a month

  • 1 hour MC meeting
  • 2 hours of meeting preparation and follow up

Term

  • The Marketing Committee Chair shall serve a 1 year term.

Voting requirements

  • Votes may only be cast from members
  • 1 vote per member company will count
  • Employees of The Linux Foundation are disqualified from voting to allow for community voice

Benefits

  • Build your thought leadership in the cloud native community
  • Network with other marketing contacts across CNCF members
  • Boost your knowledge of open source and the CNCF community
  • CNCF Swag Basket
  • Free registration to attend either KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America or Europe

Past MC Chairs

  • 2024: Carla Gaggini
  • 2023: Lori Lorusso
  • 2022: Carla Gaggini
  • 2021: Lexi Nadolski + Kaitlyn Barnard

Marketing Committee Chair Election Timeline

  • Call for nominations: November 15
  • End of call for nominations: November 26
  • Presentation to MC committee: December 4
  • Voting occurs: December 4-11
  • The election will end on December 11
  • New MC chair makes their debut in January 2025

Contact CNCF Marketing with questions.