Hello all! Apache Brooklyn 1.0.0 is nearing release (the next RC is building as I write this), and with 1.0.0 being a nice round number it's a good opportunity to get some free press out of our release :-)
I've approached the ASF's media team and our VP of Marketing and Publicity, Sally Khudairi, is happy to help us write a press release and will issue it through the ASF's media channels. The recommendation is to issue it on a Tuesday - if I get this RC out tonight, I'd be closing the vote on next Monday morning and we'd get the release published in time for a press release Tuesday next week! Sally suggests we look at https://s.apache.org/HK21 and https://s.apache.org/aznB for examples of The ASF's house style for project press releases. We'll need to pull together an introductory section and key points about our project/release. Then it's followed by quotes from the PMC Chair (are you up for this Geoff, or happy for someone to ghost-write for you?) and possibly others in the PMC, and quotes from community members - typically from tech companies that are using the project. My employer, Cloudsoft, is a big user of Apache Brooklyn and will likely supply a quotation, but quotes from other people and companies will be very valuable. I'll put together a draft for the first part of the press release and share it for comments, but I'd like to appeal to our community - do you use Apache Brooklyn and would you like to contribute a quote for our press release? If so please let me know as soon as possible! Thanks Richard
