Rob, mentors had this issue discussed with PPMC, so I believe the situation will be corrected moving forward. Thanks for keeping an eye on it!
Cos On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 05:25PM, Rob Vesse wrote: > No problem > > We understand that the Incubation process is often daunting and confusing, > it is easy to break rules you didn't even know existed. Having been > through Incubation with a project myself I am well aware of this fact. > > Cheers, > > Rob > > On 25/03/2015 15:37, "Max Herrmann" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention, and we apologize; > >unfortunately this email was sent out prematurely without the proper > >reviews. We will make every effort to ensure that future promotional > >emails from GridGain, including for this webinar, will promote Ignite in > >a vendor-neutral manner. > > > >Regards, > > > > > >Max Herrmann, EVP Marketing > >GridGain Systems > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Rob Vesse [mailto:[email protected]] > >Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 7:35 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Vendor Neutrality > > > >All > > > >Just got the following email (forwarded below) in regards to a GridGain > >run webinar about Apache Ignite > > > >While promotional activities are perfectly normal and acceptable within > >the confines of relevant Apache policies [1,2] please be aware that > >Apache is a vendor neutral organisation. In particular the language "get > >the details of this exciting new Apache project directly from the source" > >implies GridGain as the source in the email rather than the ASF. > > > >You should either promote Ignite in a vendor neutral manner (which this > >email does not IMO) or promote GridGain as a product while appropriately > >attributing it as being powered by Ignite. > > > >Part of the duty of the PMC is to enforce and protect the Ignite brand > >and being vendor neutral is a key part of this. > > > >Regards, > > > >Rob > > > >[1]: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/branding.html > >[2]: http://apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html > > > >Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2015 14:02 > >Subject: Webinar: Apache Ignite(TM) (incubating) Coding Examples > > > >> Thank you for attending our introduction to Apache Ignite™ > >> (incubating) webinar recently with GridGain co-founder and EVP > >> Engineering, Dmitriy Setrakyan. We know that many of the attendees > >> wanted to see coding examples, which we weren't able to do in that > >> presentation. So we have scheduled a follow-up webinar to focus > >> specifically on coding examples for Apache Ignite™ (incubating). > >> > >> In this one hour webinar Dmitriy will briefly review the essentials of > >> Apache Ignite before taking a deep dive into several coding examples > >> that show just how easy it is to implement this robust in-memory data > >> fabric. There will be plenty of time for Q&A as well, so this is the > >> perfect opportunity to get the details of this exciting new Apache > >>project directly from the source. > > > > > > > > > >
