Hi Nathan,

Here is a very rough draft of the announcement which is going to be released 
next monday. It is more a discussion starter than a draft. Feel free to modify 
at will :-) It includes the names and affiliations of all founding members. 
There may be more in the days to come and I'll add to it when I receive new 
applications:

http://pad.ceph.com/p/user-committee-announce

It basically is a re-iteration of what has been said during the past few weeks. 
I added two sentences about the scope, in a attempt to say that it is not just 
about companies but also academics, individuals and non profit ( there are no 
governmental agencies yet). And that it's not just technical and that the legal 
environment in which Ceph can prosper is something we should also care about 
(not just software patents but also the endless amendments to copyright law 
that may be detrimental to Free Software in general ). Not being a native 
english speaker it's difficult to get it right ;-)

As for the personalized version of the announcement for each founding member, I 
would love to have one to remember this date. The graphics used 
http://www.slideshare.net/Inktank_Ceph/erasure-codeceph are under a Free 
Software license and you're welcome to use them if you want. I can send you 
high resolution versions.

Cheers

On 02/12/2013 15:52, Regola, Nathan (Contractor) wrote:
> I'm looking forward to working with everyone involved with the Ceph User
> Committee 
> (http://wiki.ceph.com/01Planning/02Blueprints/Firefly/Ceph_User_Committee#D
> etailed_Description). I believe that all of the members of the Ceph User
> Committee should have received an email from Loic asking them to confirm
> their organization's interest in being named a founding member. The formal
> announcement is currently being planned for 10 December and we are working
> on drafting it.
> 
> Would members prefer a single general announcement or a personalized
> announcement? A personalized announcement would probably be something like
> an automatically generated PDF file containing a letter (with the member's
> name/affiliation) so that members could distribute it. We are open to
> suggestions. If you have a preference for a general announcement listing
> all of the members or a personalized announcement welcoming the user
> (which obviously could include a list of all members), please reply.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Nate Regola
> 
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-- 
Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre

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