Hi Sally, I think they are great as they are. Thanks a lot!
Cheers, Uli > Am 15.03.2015 um 22:37 schrieb Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com>: > > Thanks, Uli! > > I'll incorporate your suggestions and forward the revised draft shortly. > > How do you feel about your proposed quotes? > > Chat soon, > Sally > > [From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, spelling/spacing errors, and > brevity] > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Ulrich Stärk" <u...@spielviel.de> > To: <dev@community.apache.org>, "Greg Stein" <gst...@gmail.com> > Cc: "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org>, "Sally Khudairi" <s...@apache.org> > Subject: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code > 2015 > Date: Sun, Mar 15, 2015 17:14 > > Thank you Sally, > > my two comments are inline. > > Cheers, > > Uli > > On 2015-03-15 17:37, Sally Khudairi wrote: > > Hi everyone --as promised, below is the draft announcement. > > > > Please review and forward any additions/corrections no later than 5PM ET > > tomorrow (Monday) in > > order for us to announce on Tuesday. Should we be able to finalize before > > then (by 9PM ET TODAY), > > we can go live Monday morning if you'd like. Also, if someone can please > > update the ASF > > boilerplate at > > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2015/apache to the one > > at the > > bottom of the draft announcement (below), that would be great. > > Will do. > > > > > Thanks so much, Sally > > > > = = = > > > > > > DRAFT :: NOT FOR DISSEMINATION > > > > The Apache Software Foundation Accepted as a Google Summer of Code 2015 > > Mentoring Organization > > > > > > Hundreds of students mentored in "The Apache Way" of community-driven > > development since the > > program's inception in 2005. > > > > Forest Hill, MD –17 March 2015– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the > > all-volunteer > > developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects > > and initiatives, > > announced today that it has been accepted as a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) > > mentoring > > organization for the 11th consecutive year. > > > > The Google Summer of Code program offers student developers stipends to > > write code for various > > Open Source projects over a three month period. This year, students will be > > paired with mentors > > from 137 Open Source, free software, and technology-related groups that > > include CERN, GNU > > Project, KDE, MIT Media Lab, WikiMedia Foundation, and many more. > > > > The ASF was amongst the initial 39 organizations selected to participate in > > the very first GSoC > > in 2005, and has participated every year since. At the ASF, the GSoC > > program is overseen by the > > Apache Community Development project, which comprises volunteers who help > > guide newcomers to The > > Apache Software Foundation, provide insight and advice on The Apache Way of > > meritocratic > > development, including how to contribute to Apache projects and to the Open > > Source community > > at-large. > > > > "Over the summer, Apache Committers will mentor students that are sponsored > > by Google and will be > > working on many of our projects," said Ulrich Stärk, Vice President of > > Community Development at > > the ASF. "The program helps us to not only get some great code written, but > > also to introduce > > students into Open Source development and hopefully recruit some new > > long-term Committers." > > > > Now through 27 March, students are encouraged to discuss ideas with > > mentoring organizations and > > begin drafting proposals for those projects of interest. Coding will begin > > 25 May and end 21 > > I'd make it more clear that March 27 is the student application *deadline*. > To me "begin drafting" > sounds like they could start only then (but then I'm not a native speaker so > it could totally be OK > to write it like that). > > > August. Thus far, 33 ideas have been proposed for Apache projects in Big > > Data, Cloud, Enterprise > > Integration, Enterprise Search, Project Management, Semantic Web & Linked > > Data, along with other > > categories. The complete Apache "Ideas Page" is at http://s.apache.org/cDg > > That sounds a bit as if students have already submitted ideas for projects, > which is not the case. > We (our mentors) have created a list of project ideas (the official URL is > http://s.apache.org/gsoc2015ideas) from which students may choose (or better > yet, come up with > something on their own). Currently that list has 129 entries. > > > > > "GSoC gives students the chance to work on industry-leading Open Source > > projects, collaborate > > with diverse communities, and gain real world experience related to their > > academic pursuits," > > added Stärk. "We are proud to have mentored so many talented students over > > the years, and > > furthered our mission of providing software products for the public good. > > It's a rewarding > > experience both for the students and the Apache community at-large." > > > > Since the program's inception, GSoC has brought together over 8,500 > > successful student > > participants from over countries and over 8,000 mentors from 109 countries > > worldwide to produce > > over 55 million lines of code. > > > > "Being accepted once again as a Google Summer of Code mentoring > > organization reinforces The > > Apache Software Foundation's leadership in community-driven development," > > said ASF Vice Chairman > > Greg Stein, who, in 2005 co-created the GSoC program while working at > > Google. "Hundreds of > > students have been mentored in 'The Apache Way' --many have continued on to > > become long-term code > > committers on a variety of Apache projects, with some active program > > participants elected as ASF > > Members." > > > > Information on the ASF's participation in Google Summer of Code is > > available at > > http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html > > > > About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Established in 1999, the > > all-volunteer Foundation > > oversees more than 350 leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP > > Server --the world's > > most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's meritocratic process > > known as "The Apache > > Way," more than 500 individual Members and 4,500 Committers successfully > > collaborate to develop > > freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users > > worldwide: thousands of > > software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the > > community actively > > participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, > > the Foundation's > > official user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) > > charitable organization, > > funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including Budget > > Direct, Cerner, Citrix, > > Cloudera, Comcast, Facebook, Google, Hortonworks, HP, IBM, InMotion > > Hosting, iSigma, Matt > > Mullenweg, Microsoft, Pivotal, Produban, WANdisco, and Yahoo. For more > > information, visit > > http://www.apache.org/ or follow https://twitter.com/TheASF > > > > © The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "Apache HTTP Server", and > > "ApacheCon", are trademarks > > of The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the > > property of their > > respective owners. > > > > > > # # # > > > > [MEDIA CONTACT:SALLY] ________________________________ > > > > From: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> To: Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> > > Cc: Ulrich Stärk > > <u...@spielviel.de>; "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org>; > > "dev@community.apache.org" > > <dev@community.apache.org> Sent: Saturday, 14 March 2015, 18:44 Subject: > > Re: ASF accepted as a > > mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2015 > > > > > > > > Thanks, Greg! > > > > That works --better to be a bit wordy and clear vs. brief and vague <g> > > > > We can always write "QUOTE," said Greg Stein, ASF Vice Chairman (and > > co-creator of the GSoC > > program, while working at Google in 2005). > > > > > > Now for the quote itself... I'll put that in the draft that I'll be sending > > over later. > > > > Cheers & chat soon, Sally > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ From: Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> To: > > Sally Khudairi > > <s...@apache.org> Cc: Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de>; "pr...@apache.org" > > <pr...@apache.org>; > > "dev@community.apache.org" <dev@community.apache.org> Sent: Saturday, 14 > > March 2015, 18:36 > > Subject: Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of > > Code 2015 > > > > > > > > Sure, that sounds great! … are you looking for something like "co-creator > > of the GSoC program, > > while working at Google in 2005" ?? That's a bit of a mouthful, but is > > that the direction you're > > thinking? > > > > And please go ahead an draft up a quote. I'm not quite sure the angle > > you're looking at, so best > > if you go first :-) > > > > Thx, -g > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Greg, > >> > >> I'd like to put a placeholder for a quote for you in the announcement as > >> well (the lead quote > >> will be coming from Uli). > >> > >> How would you like to have your attribution described in relation to GSoC? > >> "ASF Vice Chairman > >> and @@WHATEXACTLY" > >> > >> Of course, I'll be happy to get a quote directly from you (vs. having to > >> de-Sally-fy my > >> proposed blurb) :-) > >> > >> If you don't want to be quoted, that's OK; I can use Ross as backup. > >> > >> Thanks so much, > >> > >> Sally > >> > >> ________________________________ From: Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> To: > >> Sally Khudairi > >> <s...@apache.org> Cc: Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de>; "pr...@apache.org" > >> <pr...@apache.org>; > >> "dev@community.apache.org" <dev@community.apache.org> Sent: Friday, 13 > >> March 2015, 17:22 > >> > >> Subject: Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of > >> Code 2015 > >> > >> > >> > >> The very first year was 2005. Thus, 2015 would be the 11th GSoC. > >> > >> As one of the two people to launch/create GSoC, you can call me > >> authoritative on the dates :-P > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >> Whaaaaat? > >>> > >>> Really? I had it in the "Did You Know?" section last week as 10th also. > >>> > >>> > >>> AND, more importantly, if my calculations are off, then in > >>> > >>> https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/date/20141119 > >>> > >>> > >>> the 2013 entry as "eighth consecutive year" is wrong too. > >>> > >>> Who has the correct count? It really is 11? Not that I don't trust you, I > >>> now am feeling > >>> quite lost. > >>> > >>> Cheers, Sally > >>> > >>> ________________________________ From: Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de> > >>> To: "pr...@apache.org" > >>> <pr...@apache.org> Cc: dev@community.apache.org; Sally Khudairi > >>> <s...@apache.org> Sent: Friday, > >>> 13 March 2015, 17:09 > >>> > >>> Subject: Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer > >>> of Code 2015 > >>> > >>> > >>> Hey Sally, > >>> > >>> I just read the announcement and it says "The ASF has been accepted as a > >>> Google Summer of > >>> Code mentoring organization for the 10th consecutive year". > >>> > >>> If I'm not mistaken it's the 11th year ;) > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> Uli > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 2015-03-12 18:42, Sally Khudairi wrote: > >>>> Thanks, Uli. I did post about it in our weekly news round-up. Happy to > >>>> work with you on a > >>>> press release. Who is the ASF lead on GSoC. You? Who from ComDev will be > >>>> at ApacheCon? Are > >>>> you planning to do something special there? Cheers,Sally From: Ulrich > >>>> Stärk > >>>> <u...@spielviel.de> To: "pr...@apache.org" <pr...@apache.org>; Sally > >>>> Khudairi > >>>> <s...@apache.org> Cc: "dev@community.apache.org" > >>>> <dev@community.apache.org> Sent: Thursday, > >>>> 12 March 2015, 13:31 Subject: Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring > >>>> organization for Google > >>>> Summer of Code 2015 > >>>> > >>>> And again recycling this. I think we missed 2014 so I want to make sure > >>>> to get an > >>>> announcement out this year. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> > >>>> Uli > >>>> > >>>> On 2013-04-09 14:11, Ulrich Stärk wrote: > >>>>> Recycling last years email on the topic. All dates and links updated. > >>>>> It would be cool if > >>>>> we could get this out asap. Is there anything else you need? > >>>>> > >>>>> Uli > >>>>> > >>>>> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Apache Software Foundation > >>>>> accepted as a > >>>>> mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2012 Date: Sat, 17 Mar > >>>>> 2012 23:21:40 > >>>>> +0100 From: Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de> To: pr...@apache.org CC: > >>>>> dev@community.apache.org > >>>>> > >>>>> Hey Sally & Co., > >>>>> > >>>>> this year we won't forget to provide you with some infos on our GSoC > >>>>> endeavours. > >>>>> Yesterday, we have been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google > >>>>> Summer of Code > >>>>> 2015 [1],[2]. This means that over the summer, our committers will > >>>>> mentor students that > >>>>> are sponsored by Google and will be working on our projects. The > >>>>> program helps us not > >>>>> only to get some code written but also to introduce students into open > >>>>> source development > >>>>> and hopefully recruit some new long-term committers. More information > >>>>> on the program is > >>>>> available at [3]. Students are now encouraged to discuss ideas with the > >>>>> respective > >>>>> projects and begin drafting proposals. An extensive list of already > >>>>> existing project > >>>>> ideas is available at [4]. The actual application phase is from March > >>>>> 16 until March 27, > >>>>> coding will take place from May 25 to August 21. See [5] for the > >>>>> detailed timeline. > >>>>> > >>>>> Can you please run any press release past us (dev@community.apache.org) > >>>>> before > >>>>> publishing? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> > >>>>> Uli > >>>>> > >>>>> [1] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 [2] > >>>>> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2015/apache [3] > >>>>> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2015/help_page > >>>>> > >>>>> [4] http://s.apache.org/gsoc2015ideas [5] > >>>>> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>
