Hi Megan: Thanks for the well documented request. As an all-volunteer organization it will likely take us several days to get you a meaningful response; but I wanted to at least acknowledge the request. I appreciate the respect you folks are showing towards the ASF marks.
--David On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Megan Bucks <megan.bu...@lucidworks.com> wrote: > > I am writing to request approval of the use of Apache marks in support of > Lucene/Solr Revolution. > > * ORGANIZER: Lucene/Solr Revolution is organized by LucidWorks. > > * DATE: The event is scheduled for November 11-14 in Washington DC > > * PMC INVOLVEMENT: LucidWorks has on its staff 9 Lucene and/or Solr > committers who are actively involved in the planning of the event and > educational program. The Lucene/Solr Revolution's educational program > submissions are initially reviewed by a committee of both LucidWorks and > non-employee committers. > > * MARKS REQUESTED: We are requesting approval for use of "Lucene" and > "Solr." > > * ASF COMMUNITY PARTNER LISTING: The event obtains sponsorships from > partner technology companies and implementation/educational companies. > Additionally, media/publishing companies are listed when they provide an > in-kind sponsorship of educational materials on site (ex: Manning books). All > sponsors are listed on the sidebar of every page of lucenerevolution.org. The > ASF would be listed on that sidebar as a community sponsor. > > * EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SELECTION: The event has an open CFP process > and all submissions are reviewed by a committee of the above-mentioned PMC > members on the LucidWorks staff as well as other community members employed > elsewhere (the committee typically consists of 6-8 individuals). The > committee reviews all submissions for relevance and strength and then > recommends the submissions that are then included in a community voting > review to determine the final set of presentations. > > * PROFIT/NON-PROFIT: The event is not for profit. LucidWorks hosts > this event as an investment in and contribution to the continued vibrancy of > the Lucene/Solr community and typically incurs a small loss from the event. > > Thank you very much for your consideration, and please do not hesitate to > contact me if you have questions or would like additional information. I look > forward to your reply. > > Best regards, > > Meg > > Megan Bucks | Marketing | LucidWorks > (415) 601-3632<tel:%28415%29%20601-3632> (mobile) > megan.bu...@lucidworks.com<mailto:megan.bu...@lucidworks.com> >
