Thanks so much, Sebastien. We've had that issue with the ASF mail servers a week ago, and so I wanted to make sure that I wasn't kicked off the list or my messages weren't stuck in moderation for some reason.
I appreciate the pointers below, and will get started on pulling some speaking points together. Cheers & chat soon, Sally >________________________________ > From: Sebastien Goasguen <[email protected]> >To: [email protected]; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >Cc: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; ASF Marketing & Publicity ><[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 11:59 >Subject: Re: Introduction; assistance with CloudStack outreach > > > >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 >>>> >>>> >>> > > >
