>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?)
I'll be more than happy to put together a couple of remarks Richard! On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 at 22:09, Richard Downer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
