Hello Jan (bcc PMC) --I noticed that the draft press release I had forwarded remains untouched. How can I help? -Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi
From: Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com> To: Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org>; marketing@couchdb.apache.org; Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 4:01 PM Subject: Re: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PR Thanks, Jan. That's fine. I don't want to step on any toes or mis-manage expectations, so I'll be standing by for your next steps. Kind regards,Sally [From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, spelling/spacing errors, and brevity] ----- Reply message ----- From: "Jan Lehnardt" <j...@apache.org> To: <marketing@couchdb.apache.org>, "Sally Khudairi" <s...@apache.org> Subject: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PR Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 15:27 Sally, thanks for the context here, this is obviously not our world ;) I think the earliest we can kick off the vote is ~24 hours from now. I’ve just sent the “getting real” email to dev@, I’ll keep you posted. Best Jan -- > On 08 Sep 2016, at 19:06, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hey Jan --in this instance, they want to see the draft press release for > context. > As I've mentioned earlier, some companies are very strict about this. I've > seen in it the majority of the press releases at ASF. > Those companies who don't mind just give us their experience and move on. > Others need the draft to determine a) if they can participate, and b) what to > say. > We've also had folks pull out of providing a quote because of the other > participants. And, in some instances I've pushed folks to get in the game > because their competitors are in our press release and they're not. > So as I understand it, our position is "no draft until Monday. Announcing > Tuesday." Yes? > > Thanks, > Sally > > > From: Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> > To: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> > Cc: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <marketing@couchdb.apache.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 1:02 PM > Subject: Re: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PR > > > > On 08 Sep 2016, at 18:15, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> wrote: > Thanks, Jan. > It's nothing beyond giving them (and any other corporates/users) some time to > prepare/respond/provide a testimonial. > In the case of our friends at IBM, there's a chance that they won't be able > to give us a quote considering how their long it takes for legal clearance on > their end. > > I’m not sure what we need to do here, though. If they need to get in quotes, > why don’t they do so now? > BestJan-- > > > > > Don't worry about curbing. You may be aware of my PhD in "Bad Cop-itis" :-) > I'll take care of it. > To confirm, we're still aiming for Tuesday, yes? > Cheers, > Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi > > From: Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> > To: marketing@couchdb.apache.org > Cc: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org>; "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 12:04 PM > Subject: Re: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PR > > Heya Sally, > we can’t make any extra effort for IBM PR. If _they_ need extra time, that’s > nothing we can help with. > If you need help curbing them, let me know, I’m well trained in shooting > things down ;D > BestJan-- > > On 08 Sep 2016, at 13:11, Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com.INVALID> > wrote: > Thanks, Jan. > > Normally, working on the press release over the weekend is do-able for me > (although my request in every Board report is 2 weeks), but since we have the > IBM-ers also wanting to announce in tandem, this makes things a bit more > challenging. > > Again, giving ourselves an extra day to hammer out details may work in our > favor, and that way I can let the IBM PR folks that we'll have the draft for > Monday. > > Thoughts? > > [From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, spelling/spacing errors, and > brevity] > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Jan Lehnardt" <j...@apache.org> > To: <marketing@couchdb.apache.org> > Cc: "Sally Khudairi" <s...@apache.org>, "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org> > Subject: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PR > Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 04:51 > > On 08 Sep 2016, at 10:19, Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com.INVALID> > wrote: > Thanks so much, Jan.To confirm I've understood this correctly, should we be > able to get all the ducks in a row vote-wise to announce this upcoming > Tuesday (13 September), would we be ready with things like supporting > testimonials?I ask because it usually takes a while for folks to get those in > to us. And, many of them need to see a draft of _something_ (some don't > care/mind either way, which is good too). > > I hadn’t considered testimonials. I’m not in a position to coordinate those > before we can make the call. Anyone else on marketing@c.a.o that could jump > in here? > Also, I will need to lock in the copy ~12 hours before announcing on the > newswire service. > > ...so Wednesday might possibly be a better option....and getting copy in > place before the weekend would be helpful for those not working after close > of business Friday (not us!) > > Based on your previous 12 hrs requirement, my thought was “start vote on a > Thursday, work on the PR over the weekend, send to you early Monday, release > Tuesday”, but if you say pre-weekend is better, we should get something going > soon. Anyone? :) > > Best > Jan > -- > > > Cheers and chat soon,Sally[From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, > spelling/spacing errors, and brevity]----- Reply message -----From: "Jan > Lehnardt" <j...@apache.org>To: <marketing@couchdb.apache.org>, "Sally > Khudairi" <s...@apache.org>Cc: "Sally Khudairi" <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com>, > "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org>Subject: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PRDate: > Thu, Sep 8, 2016 04:10Sally: still on hold, sorry about that. I think we can > make the call tonight (EU time) whether we are in shape to start a vote (and > a subsequent “next Tuesday” release announcement, or if we bump the whole > thing by another week.I’m purposefully not working on the PR before all the > other bits are done, just to keep me honest to actually not forget anything > ;)Thank you for you patience, and let me know if we can help in curb the > IBM/Cloudant PR excitement ;)BestJan--On 07 Sep 2016, at 22:41, Sally > Khudairi <s...@apache.org> wrote:[ASF only]Jan? Rest of PMC? Where are we at > with this? The draft I started at > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-bjRGoRC4i5PFIemJfsueXIuBTAEr5D_UH2DhhgajEM/edit?usp=sharing > remains untouched.The IBM PR team are also getting a bit itchy for details, > as they're planning a podcast and video blog to go out in tandem with our > press release. I have no details to share with them.Thanking you in advance > for your help with this.Warmly,Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656gvox +1 > 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi From: Sally Khudairi > <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com> To: Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org>; > marketing@couchdb.apache.org; Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> Cc: Douglas S > Flora <dsfl...@us.ibm.com>; Joseph Gallo <jga...@us.ibm.com>; James W Young > <jwyo...@us.ibm.com>; Joanna L Varvoutis <jlvar...@us.ibm.com>; Lawrence J > Weber <lawrence.we...@us.ibm.com>; "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2016 1:27 PM Subject: Re: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 > PRThanks so much, Jan.[From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, > spelling/spacing errors, and brevity]----- Reply message -----From: "Jan > Lehnardt" <j...@apache.org>To: <marketing@couchdb.apache.org>, "Sally > Khudairi" <s...@apache.org>Cc: "Douglas S Flora" <dsfl...@us.ibm.com>, > "Joseph Gallo" <jga...@us.ibm.com>, "James W Young" <jwyo...@us.ibm.com>, > "Joanna L Varvoutis" <jlvar...@us.ibm.com>, "Lawrence J Weber" > <lawrence.we...@us.ibm.com>, "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org>Subject: > Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PRDate: Thu, Sep 1, 2016 13:19Hey all,we’re not likely > ready to ship on Tue/6th, let’s bump the Press Release date to the > Tues/13th.I’ll keep you posted with the progress and a PR draft over the next > days.BestJan-- On 31 Aug 2016, at 23:30, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> > wrote:Thanks, Joseph and Doug.I toggle between Manhattan and Boston, and am > happy to meet you both when our schedules ease up a bit :-)I'll share the > draft press release once I have content from the PMC. Right now, my copy that > I've shared with them isn't where they're editing at present, so I, too, am > on standby.With respect to a call on Friday, 11AM-12Noon is great. Do let me > know if you'd prefer to set it up.Warmest regards,Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 > 921 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairiFrom: Douglas S Flora > <dsfl...@us.ibm.com>To: Joseph Gallo <jga...@us.ibm.com>; s...@apache.org Cc: > James W Young <jwyo...@us.ibm.com>; Joanna L Varvoutis <jlvar...@us.ibm.com>; > Lawrence J Weber <lawrence.we...@us.ibm.com>; marketing@couchdb.apache.org; > press@apache.orgSent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 4:48 PMSubject: Re: Upcoming > CouchDB 2.0 PRHi Sally, I am also available at 11am ET on Friday. Side note - > I am located in Boston, if you wanted to meet in person. Thanks!DougDoug > FloraPortfolio Marketing - Cloud Data ServicesIBM AnalyticsE-mail: > dsfl...@us.ibm.comOffice: +1 617 528 1249Mobile: +1 901 289 7954 ----- > Original message -----From: Joseph Gallo/New York/IBMTo: Sally Khudairi > <s...@apache.org>Cc: Douglas S Flora/Boston/IBM@IBMUS, James W > Young/Boston/IBM@IBMUS, Joanna L Varvoutis/Boston/IBM@IBMUS, Lawrence J > Weber/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS, "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" > <marketing@couchdb.apache.org>, "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org>Subject: > Re: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PRDate: Wed, Aug 31, 2016 4:36 PM Hi Sally - I'm in > IBM Communications team, focusing on the analytics business (including our > Analytics Platform Services team). Once you have a draft of the announcement, > I'd love to see it and see how we can help support it (with a quote, a tweet, > blog post, something).I'm based in NY (so ET like you) and can talk between > 11-12. Thanks! | JOSEPH C. GALLOExternal Communications ManagerIBM Analytics > || || Phone: 917-421-8834 | Mobile: 646-588-9642E-mail: > jga...@us.ibm.comFind me on: | 51 Astor PlNew York, NY 10003United States > |Sally Khudairi ---08/31/2016 04:04:41 PM---Thanks so much, Doug. I'm > actually waiting for the preliminary draft from the PMC, so I don't have > aFrom: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org>To: Douglas S > Flora/Boston/IBM@IBMUSCc: "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org>, > "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <marketing@couchdb.apache.org>, Lawrence J > Weber/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS, James W Young/Boston/IBM@IBMUS, Joanna L > Varvoutis/Boston/IBM@IBMUS, Joseph Gallo/New York/IBM@IBMUSDate: 08/31/2016 > 04:04 PMSubject: Re: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PRThanks so much, Doug.I'm actually > waiting for the preliminary draft from the PMC, so I don't have anything to > share just yet.Having said that, we are soliciting quotes from the community, > and definitely welcome one from IBM! Please refer to > https://s.apache.org/z9pk as a resource on how our testimonials should look > like.Should you wish to issue a standalone "Hurrah, Apache CouchDB!" press > release/blog/tweet/*, that would be fantastic as well. Let's discuss to > coordinate tactics and further details. I'm in Boston over the next week and > can call/Skype this Friday between 11AM-12.30PM and 2.30-4PM.Warmly,Sally = = > = = = vox +1 617 921 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi From: > Douglas S Flora <dsfl...@us.ibm.com>To: s...@apache.org Cc: pr...@apache.org; > marketing@couchdb.apache.org; Lawrence J Weber <lawrence.we...@us.ibm.com>; > James W Young <jwyo...@us.ibm.com>; Joanna L Varvoutis <jlvar...@us.ibm.com>; > Joseph Gallo <jga...@us.ibm.com>Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:58 > PMSubject: Upcoming CouchDB 2.0 PRHi Sally, I'm with the IBM Cloudant > marketing team (other members copied here). I wanted to reach out in regards > to the forthcoming Apache CouchDB 2.0 press release after Labor Day. I was > hoping to find out more about what the ASF is planning PR-wise. We'd be happy > to make some of the prominent IBM committers available for comment to the > press, where relevant. If you've already reached out to some of them about > this, apologies in advance - I just wanted to see if we could get a better of > idea of what is currently in plan so that we can align our own efforts and > editorial calendar accordingly. Additionally, we are planning to wrap the > CouchDB 2.0 news into an announcement blog post, and include in proactive > media outreach, around upcoming Cloudant product / service updates - likely > in late September or October. Could we set up some time to discuss this with > Joe Gallo (also copied here) from IBM external comms? Look forward to hearing > back. 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