I was told the same thing, and when i asked what an "account team" in this context was, I got radio silence. I clearly remember agreeing to an NDA when i signed up for access to the upcoming changes forum on the old CCC page, so i don't understand why that NDA didn't carry forward, or a similar easy to agree to NDA can't be provided here. It seems that google simply doesn't care about letting SMB organizations get ahead of changes anymore.
Most annoyingly, i was told that as an "alternative" i could access the information on the google workspace updates blog or the whats new calendar. This is better than nothing, i suppose, but it's all just publicly available information (that i already knew about). It still severely cuts down our lead time to prepare for changes that will affect everyone in our organization.
@Jessica_CM, do you have any further input on this development? Right now, it seems only a few of us have received an unsatisfactory response, and everyone else is still in the dark. If this is going to be Google's position with no room for compromise, we obviously can't do anything about that, but it would at least be nice if an official statement was made publicly somewhere. Ideally this would include clear documentation of who is able to get access and who is not able to get access to the upcoming visible changes updates, as well as an application form, again, with clear instructions on what is required.
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