On May 20, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote:
> PING. Are my emails getting through? > yes it's getting through just now See some tentative answers in-line below: > Is anyone able to help here? > > Thanks, > Sally > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >> To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; Apache CloudStack Marketing >> <[email protected]> >> Cc: ASF Marketing & Publicity <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, 18 May 2014, 12:43 >> Subject: Re: Introduction; assistance with CloudStack outreach >> >> >> >> Hi folks --just making sure my message got through; there have been some >> hiccups with the Apache mail servers over the past week. >> >> >> Is someone available to help me with my request below? >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Sally >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >>> To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <[email protected]> >>> Cc: ASF Marketing & Publicity <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 10:52 >>> Subject: Introduction; assistance with CloudStack outreach >>> >>> >>> >>> Hello everyone --I hope this note finds you all well. >>> >>> >>> >>> For those who don't know me: I am the VP of Marketing & Publicity at The >>> Apache Software Foundation, and have been overseeing the ASF's >>> publicly-facing initiatives since its incorporation 15 years ago. >>> >>> >>> I understand that CloudStack is one of the small handfuls of Apache >>> projects with dedicated individuals who are focused on marketing the >>> project. This is a Very Good Thing. Your efforts are much needed and >>> appreciated. Thank you! >>> >>> >>> I've subscribed to this list to become better acquainted with your >>> day-to-day activities, as well as to liaise with any opportunities for >>> Apache CloudStack from the Foundation level. The interest in >>> Project-specific marketing is slowly growing and I'd love to be able to >>> point to CloudStack as one of our success stories. >>> >>> >>> To that end, please let me know if there any specific issues that require >>> my attention, as well as any project milestones where we can dovetail our >>> efforts in helping get the word out. >>> >>> >>> For my edification, and to bolster my outreach activities, if you can >>> please provide (or point me to) the following, that would be of help: >>> >>> >>> - Apache CloudStack boilerplate --is there more than one version? Who owns >>> this editorially? The community, so no-one in particular. Since you are joining this list, you are welcome to take it on :) >>> - How we use it --demonstrate deployments of CloudStack that can be >>> presented publicly. Do we have any whitepapers? Use cases? We have a few case studies but definitely need more, any help with that would be great: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Case+Studies In general, I think this group as struggle with being respectful of the apache trademarks and promoting our use cases of cloudstack. For instance there was some discussions earlier that we should put the case study on the wiki and not on the website because it would imply that we endorse the company using cloudstack. Any help clearing out the trademark guidelines and how we can help our users and ourselves would be great. >>> - Partners --testimonials, presentations from those who use CloudStack >>> across different use cases/perspectives: software provider, service >>> provider, end-user >>> loads of it here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU2OcwpQkYCyPx_cwJxyOK0YKSM86Mj9n >>> - What does CloudStack mean to you? --5 word descriptors A bunch of java that tries to create an ec2 clone (…long day…) >>> >>> - How is CloudStack better than other solutions? --who are the other >>> players, both usual suspects as well as up-and-comers >>> >>> openstack, eucalyptus, opennebula, ganeti….vcloud director (proprietary). But basically openstack, we are getting hammered because Apache has no promotion/marketing program or resources (except you) to help it's projects. Openstack is a ~$10M marketing foundation. >>> >>> >>> Thanks so much for your help with this. Feel free to drop me a note via the >>> Marketing & Publicity list at [email protected] or directly to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Cheers & chat soon, >>> Sally >>> >>> = = = = = >>> vox +1 617 921 8656 >>> aux +1 917 725 2133 >>> skype sallykhudairi >>> >>> >>
