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### GitLab Customer Advisory Boards
**Purpose:** To help foster DevOps transformation and adoption we are establishing a Customer Advisory Board, where we focus on sharing DevOps best practices and lessons learned with each other. We believe that transparency and sharing  is a key way to help encourage the success of DevOps transformations.  The GitLab customer advisory board is intended to be home to learning and collaboration so we can all experience success through DevOps transformation.

**Members** Executives/Champions for DevOps within their organizations

**Frequency:**  We meet virtually the first Wednesday of the month at 11 a.m. Eastern

**Membership:** Approximately 15 - 20 customers, GitLab

**Meeting Recordings** Meetings are recorded for internal and member use. Members can seek these recordings by emailing CAB@gitlab.com

**Recurring Content** We will frequently ask for GitLab Product Managers to join to [present the vision for their assigned DevOps stage](/product/#customer-advisory-board-meetings).
When doing so we will distribute a recorded video of their [stage direction](/handbook/product/product-management/process/#section-and-stage-direction) in advance.

**Meeting Schedule**

***Kickoff Meeting-September 5, 2018***
- Member introductions-9 members in attendance
- Group goals  
- Top DevOps challenges

***GitLab Road Map review-September 26, 2018***
- Member introductions- 7 members in attendance
- Road Map review
- Within Depth, what is holding you back the most from adopting existing features/capabilities?
- Within Breadth, what are you most excited about?
- Within Roles, what are you most excited about?

***GitLab Plan review-October 17, 2018***
- Member introductions- 8 members in attendance
- Review of Plan Roadmap
- Customer Sharing

***GitLab Create review-November 7, 2018***
- Member introductions
- Customer Sharing
- Review of Create

***GitLab Release review-December 5, 2018***
- Member introductions
- Review of Release
- Year-end check up and member discussion

***GitLab Manage review - January 9, 2019***
- Member introductions - 11 members in attendance
- Review and feedback around Manage
- Customer Sharing

***GitLab Geo review-February 6, 2019***
- Member introductions
- Customer Sharing
- Review of Geo

***GitLab Configure review- March 6, 2019***
- Member introductions
- Customer Sharing
- Review of Configure

***In-Person CAB Meeting- April 18-19, 2019***
- Yankee Stadium
- Bronx, New York
- Number of attending customers - 17

***GitLab In-Person CAB Review -May 1, 2019
- Member introductions
- Review of In-Person Customer meeting
- Discussion around future of CAB and project to work on together

***GitLab Verify direction update - June 5, 2019***
- Member introductions - 11 members in attendance
- Review of Verify direction
- Customer Sharing

***GitLab Product Roadmap review - July 10, 2019***
- Member introductions -
- Stage discussion
- Customer Sharing

*** GitLab Product Roadmap Review - August 7, 2019***
- Member introductions
- Stage discussion
- Customer Sharing

***GitLab Product Roadmap Review - September 4, 2019***
- Member introductions
- Stage discussion
- Customer Sharing

***GitLab In-Person CAB Meeting - October 15 & 16, 2019***
- Space Needle
- Seattle, Washington



### GitLab Special Interest Group

***Purpose:*** We are forming Special Interest Groups to foster specific and focused discussions about how to apply DevOps practices and GitLab capabilities in specific domains such as planning, development,  CI/CD, security, etc. These Special Interest Groups will encourage sharing and collaboration of DevOps best practices and lessons learned between users and GitLab.

We believe that transparency and sharing is a key way to help us all learn and improve how we deliver for our customers. GitLab special interest groups are intended to be home to learning and collaboration.

***Members*** Technical utilizers and advocates of GitLab

***Frequency:***  We will try to meet virtually every 6 to 8 weeks

***Membership:*** Approximately 8-15 users, GitLab Product Manager