Thanks, Joe. I'll get cracking on this shortly.
Chat soon, Sally ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> > To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:44 > Subject: Re: REVISED (was Re: Talking Points for Graduation) > > Hi Sally, > > That's our final. Thanks! > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com> > wrote: >> Thanks, Joe. >> >> Please let me know when you're close to the final draft so I can start > the ASF edit process. >> >> Cheers & chat soon, >> Sally >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Joe Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> >>> To: Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com>; Chip Childers > <chip.child...@sungard.com> >>> Cc: cloudstack-market...@incubator.apache.org; Sally Khudairi > <s...@apache.org>; pr...@apache.org >>> Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:37 >>> Subject: Re: REVISED (was Re: Talking Points for Graduation) >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013, at 09:23 AM, Sally Khudairi wrote: >>>> Fab --thanks, Chip! I'm standing by for a draft whenever > y'all are >>> ready. >>> >>> Sorry, thought you were CC'ed on the entire discussion - but > probably >>> just as well you didn't have to wade through all that. :-) >>> >>> Below: >>> >>> - Start - >>> >>> 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<http://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 organizations. 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, >>> Childers added "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, >>> Childers >>> 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 >>> by many 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] >>> >>> ### >>> >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> jzb >>> -- >>> Joe Brockmeier >>> j...@zonker.net >>> Twitter: @jzb >>> http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >>> > > > > -- > Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ > http://twitter.com/jzb >
