This is great Giles. Thanks for doing this.
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Draft number 3 > Revisions from version 2 are: > > Chip: ..... reorder building a community and governance > Chip: I've added in some further stuff about new members & warm welcomes. Any > more and we'll be promising to hug new contributors > Matt: around Citrix donation > > > Things I didn't revise (and why) > > Chip -havent added location & date, will let Sally handle/control > Matt -language is still UK. I'm not the best person to "translate". Can > somebody in US run it through your spellchecker and correct where necessary ? > - or maybe Sally is happy to do this (if this is only a draft) > Matt: your first comment arose because a CRLF hadn't copied over > . > > > > > ==========PRESS RELEASE================= > > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache CloudStack Has Become A > Top-Level Project > > Mature, open source turn-key platform for delivering scalable, full-featured > Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. > > [release location/date] > The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, > and incubators of nearly 150 open source projects and initiatives, announced > today that Apache CloudStack has graduated from the Apache Incubator to > become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying that the project's community and > products have been well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and > principles. > > "When CloudStack first became an Apache Incubator project, it was a > well-established cloud management platform, so its codebase was already > mature," said Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "Our work > in the Incubator has focused on growing a really strong community around the > code and establishing the governance practices expected of a top level > project within the Apache Software Foundation." > > Formerly the product of Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in 2011, > CloudStack was donated by Citrix to ASF and submitted to the Apache Incubator > in April 2012. It is a well-established cloud management platform, already > widely in production use by many organisations. It is used to deliver > Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in both private-cloud, > public and hybrid cloud environments. It has been proven to be both stable > and highly scalable, underpinning production clouds more than 30,000 physical > nodes, in geo-distributed environments. > > Asked to comment on the importance of becoming a Top-Level Project, Chip > commented "CloudStack had the advantage of having many long-term, large > deployments which had proven the stability and scalability of the technology. > This helped us concentrate on adopting the 'Apache way' of governance, which > is well understood and open, delivering so many great pieces of software over > the years" > > "We know that Infrastructure -as-a-Service is the next generation of IT > infrastructure and that people will demand open standards and open governance > for such an important layer in their IT stack. That is why the CloudStack > project meeting the rigorous standards of ASF governance is so significant. " > > When asked to comment on the Apache CloudStack community itself, Chip said: > "we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open community around > CloudStack. New members receive a really warm welcome and we make sure that > all contributors are on an equal footing, whether they are writing code or > helping with any other aspect of the project. Anybody thinking of getting > involved in the project would quickly find what a great community we are. As > well as online involvement, we've already had a global collaboration > conference and there are many CloudStack groups established in many different > countries. " > > About Apache CloudStack > Apache CloudStack is a complete software suite for creating > Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. Target environments include > service providers and enterprises. It is used widely by service providers to > set up an on-demand, elastic cloud computing services and by enterprises to > set up a private cloud for use by their own employees. Apache CloudStack is > also available to individuals and organizations that wish to study and > implement an IaaS for personal, educational, and/or production use. > > Further information on Apache CloudStack can be found at [website URL] > > About Apache Software Foundation > The Apache Software Foundation, a US 501(3)(c) non-profit corporation, > provides organizational, legal, and financial support for a broad range of > over 140 open source software projects. The Foundation provides an > established framework for intellectual property and financial contributions > that simultaneously limits potential legal exposure for our project > committers. Through a collaborative and meritocratic development process > known as The Apache Way, Apache(tm) projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely > available software products that attract large communities of users. The > pragmatic Apache License makes it easy for all users, commercial and > individual, to deploy Apache products. > > For further info, contact [contact info] > > ====ENDS======== > > > > > > > Kind Regards > Giles > > D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mathias Mullins [mailto:mathias.mull...@citrix.com] > Sent: 19 March 2013 22:20 > To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: press release draft > > Been watching the thread and wanted to give some outsider points as it got > closer. Might be more copy editing. > > Matt > > > On 3/20/13 6:29 AM, "Giles Sirett" <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > >>Press release draft 2 >> >>I've tried to incorporate everybody's comments. I'm going offline now >>for 12 hours. As per Chips last post, if we're aiming for Monday, then >>I'll pick up all comments tomorrow and look at them all together. This >>will help me get the inevitable draft 3 together >> >>Writing a press release for a meritoric bunch of software developers >>who all seemed to major in English - what could go wrong ? >> >>========================PRESS RELEASE=========== >> >>The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache CloudStack Has Become A >>Top-Level Project Mature, open source turn-key platform for delivering >>scalable, full-featured Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. > "Has Become A Top-Level Project Mature," Seems odd wording to average reader. > Also as a headline A shouldn't be capitalized. These seem like better > reading, but maybe I'm missing a reason behind this. > > "Has Become a Top-Level Mature Project" or "Has Become Top-Level Project > Mature" > >> >> [release location/date] >>The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, >>stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 open source projects and >>initiatives, announced today that Apache CloudStack has graduated from >>the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying >>that the project's community and products have been well-governed under >>the ASF's meritocratic process and principles. > > Start of Chip's Quote should be a new Paragraph I believe. >>"When CloudStack first became an Apache Incubator project, it was a >>well-established cloud management platform, so its codebase was already >>mature," said Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "Our >>work in the Incubator has focused on the governance of the project and >>building a really strong community around Apache CloudStack." >> >>Formerly the product of Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in >>2011, CloudStack was submitted to the Apache Incubator in April 2012. > > While it was "submitted" I think there is a need to mention the donation > here. I know we're not promoting Citrix here, but a Corporate entity doesn't > buy something and it just magically appears in open-source later on, > especially in ASF. There's a link missing in the chain. > > "Formerly the product of Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in 2011, > CloudStack was donated by Citrix to ASF and submitted to the Apache Incubator > in April 2012." > >> It is a well-established cloud management platform, already widely in >>production use by many organisations. > > Interesting question here. Are we going with British English or American > English on this? No offense of course Giles, but my Spell checker is going > off on "organisations" vs. "organizations" and such. If this is coming out of > the US, we may have to copy edit this for US at some point. > >>It is used to deliver Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud >>computing in both private-cloud, public and hybrid cloud environments. >>It has been proven to be both stable and highly scalable, underpinning >>production clouds more than 30,000 physical nodes, in geo-distributed >>environments. >> >>Asked to comment on the importance of becoming a Top-Level Project, >>Chip commented "CloudStack had the advantage of having many long-term, >>large deployments which had proven the stability and scalability of the >>technology. This helped us concentrate on adopting the 'Apache way' of >>governance, which is well understood and open, delivering so many great >>pieces of software over the years" > No End Quote if the Quote is continuing on into the next paragraph. > >>"We know that Infrastructure-as-a-Service is the next generation of IT >>infrastructure and that people will demand open standards and open >>governance for such an important layer in their IT stack. That is why >>the CloudStack project meeting the rigorous standards of ASF governance >>is so significant. " >>When asked to comment on the Apache CloudStack community itself, Chip >>said: "we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open >>community around CloudStack. New members receive a really warm welcome >>and we make sure that all contributors are on an equal footing, >>whether they are writing code or helping with any other aspect of the >>project. As well as online involvement, we've already had a global >>collaboration conference and there are many CloudStack groups >>established in many different countries. " > > You can use IaaS here because you already referenced it in the above section. > Would be I believe, ""We know that (IaaS) is the next generationŠ" > > >>About Apache CloudStack >>Apache CloudStack is a complete software suite for creating >>Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) > > "Infrastructure-as-a-Service" instead of "Infrastructure as a Service" - Has > to remain consistent or just use IaaS. > >>clouds. Target environments include service providers and enterprises. >>It is used widely by service providers to set up an on-demand, elastic >>cloud computing services and by enterprises to set up a private cloud >>for use by their own employees. Apache CloudStack is also available to >>individuals and organizations that wish to study and implement an IaaS >>for personal, educational, and/or production use. >>Further information on Apache CloudStack can be found at [website URL] >>About Apache Software Foundation The Apache Software Foundation, a US >>501(3)(c) non-profit corporation, provides organizational, legal, and >>financial support for a broad range of over 140 open source software >>projects. The Foundation provides an established framework for >>intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously >>limits potential legal exposure for our project committers. Through a >>collaborative and meritocratic development process known as The Apache >>Way, Apache(tm) projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available >>software products that attract large communities of users. The >>pragmatic Apache License makes it easy for all users, commercial and >>individual, to deploy Apache products. >> >>For further info, contact [contact info] >> >> >>=======ENDS====================== >> >> >> >>Kind Regards >>Giles >> >>D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] >>Sent: 19 March 2013 18:40 >>To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org >>Subject: Re: press release draft >> >>On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 06:21:44PM +0000, Giles Sirett wrote: >>> I'm about to create 2nd draft based on comments received from >>>Joe,Chip,Noah & David If anybody else has any other comments, please >>>let me know in the next 30 minutes to I can work into the draft. >> >>Go for it Giles! >> >>This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are >>intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. >>Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do >>not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. >>If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither >>take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. >>Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in >>error. >>Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. 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