I think the tone should indicate continued momentum of the ACS project just because the boilerplate format sometimes makes it hard to stand out.
> - Apache CloudStack (the project), where the format would follow what I had > created for the CloudMonkey news release; or Regards, Mark On Jul 30, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there --just checking in to see if there's been any discussion/decision on > this, as it will help drive the proper "tone" for the announcement. > > Thanking you in advance, > Sally > > = = = = = > vox +1 617 921 8656 > skype sallykhudairi > > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Mark > R. Hinkle <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > Cc: Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]>; Daan Hoogland > <[email protected]>; Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>; > ASF Marketing & Publicity <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 14:54 > Subject: Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press > release for 4.4] > > Just to clarify --we can issue this as an announcement from either: > > - Apache CloudStack (the project), where the format would follow what I had > created for the CloudMonkey news release; or > - The ASF, where the format would follow our "major Apache project > milestones" outline, so the content will have more formal boilerplate, etc. > > Your choice; I'm happy to help either way. Mark's comments on the draft made > me realize that I had both hats on during the drafting process. > > Thanks for your patience, > Sally > > = = = = = > vox +1 617 921 8656 > skype sallykhudairi > > > > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > To: Mark R. Hinkle <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Cc: Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>; Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>; > Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>; Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>; ASF Marketing & > Publicity <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 14:13 > Subject: Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press > release for 4.4] > > Thanks, Mark. I appreciate your editorial input! > > I'll take a peek and the googledoc and will follow-up online. > > Kind regards, > Sally > > > > > From: Mark R. Hinkle <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > Cc: Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>; Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>; > Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>; Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>; ASF Marketing & > Publicity <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 14:10 > Subject: Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press > release for 4.4] > > IMHO the wording is a little awkward given the inputs from so many people in > working on our messaging. I took a shot at making it read a little smoother > in this edition. Not a final draft just a more easily digested version with > my comments and some questions. > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-PNizgMsvPLbhKLwXv2ntSQpIbl0PcHp1-ac38nq5Q8/edit?usp=sharing\ > > I also think the list of users is too comprehensive I pared that down and put > it into a project boilerplate I think we should pare it down farther as I am > proud of our users it does make things a bit hard to read. > > Regards, Mark > > > > > > On Jul 28, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Sally Khudairi > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Robyn --having a community-oriented quote would be fantastic, and > > always a good idea. > > > > We often use this hook in our call-to-action closings; examples at [1], > > [2], and [3] are the most recent. > > > > I'll see what I can pull up on the Gartner quote. IIRC, it's from a couple > > of years ago. > > > > Cheers & chat soon, > > Sally > > > > + apologies for top-posting: running to a meeting and wanted to get this > > out sooner rather than later. > > > > [1] > > https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces60 > > [2] > > https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces59 > > [3] > > https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces58 > > > > = = = = = > > vox +1 617 921 8656 > > skype sallykhudairi > > > > > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected]; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > >> Cc: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>; Giles Sirett > >> <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Pierre-Luc Dion > >> <[email protected]>; Apache CloudStack Press Team > >> <[email protected]>; ASF Marketing & Publicity > >> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 12:49 > >> Subject: Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press > >> release for 4.4] > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Sally Khudairi" <[email protected]> > >>> To: "Daan Hoogland" <[email protected]>, "Giles Sirett" > >>> <[email protected]>, [email protected] > >>> Cc: [email protected], "Pierre-Luc Dion" > >>> <[email protected]>, "Apache CloudStack Press Team" > >>> <[email protected]>, "ASF Marketing & Publicity" > >>> <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 9:04:57 AM > >>> Subject: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press > >>> release for 4.4] > >>> > >>> Hello again! As promised, please review the initial draft below and > >>> forward > >>> any comments/corrections/additions. > >>> > >>> Hugo, I'd also love a quote from you, as well as any supporting quotes > >>> from > >>> the community (let's limit this to no more than 3-5). > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance for your help with this. > >>> > >>> - Sally > >>> > >>> + copying [email protected] as well as [email protected] to keep > >>> everyone > >>> in the loop. I'd like to move the final editing process over to press@ > >>> once > >>> comments/quotes are received. > >>> > >>> = = = > >>> > >>> The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.4 > >>> > >>> > >>> Mature, easy-to-deploy Open Source IaaS Cloud computing software platform > >>> now > >>> more efficient, with improved storage, monitoring, resource scheduling, > >>> virtualization, and performance. > >>> > >>> > >>> Forest Hill, MD –NN August 2014– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the > >>> all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 170 Open > >>> Source projects and initiatives, announced today the availability of > >>> Apache™ > >>> CloudStack™ v4.4, the mature, Open Source turnkey software platform used > >>> for > >>> creating Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in private-, > >>> public-, and hybrid cloud environments. > >>> > >>> > >>> "QUOTE," said Hugo Trippaers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "MORE > >>> FROM > >>> HUGO." > >> > >> Not to put words in Hugo's mouth (ha ha) - as he of course may have his > >> own ideas - but just a suggestion... > >> > >> Much of the press release focuses on what's new/features, and that it's > >> "enterprise ready" with a long list of companies implementing - and a bit > >> light on the community angle, outside of the info on the wider apache > >> foundation community. > >> > >> While I know it's a bit tricky, given that folks are contributing "as > >> individuals" - but somehow highlighting that the work in the release > >> continues to reflect the increasing community participation and > >> contributions by a diverse group of developers and operators seems like it > >> might ... highlight a nice unified community feeling :) > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Apache CloudStack users power billions of dollars' worth of business > >>> transactions annually across their clouds, and has become the Open Source > >>> platform for many service providers to set up on-demand, elastic public > >>> cloud computing services, as well as enterprises to set up a private or > >>> hybrid cloud for use by their own employees. In addition, CloudStack is > >>> available to individuals and organizations that wish to study and > >>> implement > >>> an IaaS for personal, educational, and/or production use. > >>> > >>> > >>> Lauded by Gartner Group as "a solid product", > >> > >> Is a citation/permission needed for this? (At least, a year, or "in their > >> yearly report," or something a bit more concrete seems like it would have > >> more authenticity.) > >> > >> > >> -robyn > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> CloudStack includes an > >>> intuitive user interface and rich APIs for managing the compute, > >>> networking, > >>> software, and storage infrastructure resources. CloudStack entered the > >>> Apache Incubator in April 2012 and became an Apache Top-level Project in > >>> March 2013. > >>> > >>> > >>> CloudStack v4.4 reflects dozens of new features and improvements, > >>> including > >>> root disk resize and storage management, support for DRS VMware and > >>> Microsoft Windows Hyper-V, Virtual Router notification, and 135 bug fixes, > >>> as detailed in the release notes > >>> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/latest/ > >>> > >>> > >>> CloudStack is in use/production at Alcatel-Lucent, ASG, Autodesk, BT > >>> Cloud, > >>> Bechtle AG, China Telecom, Cloudera, DataPipe, Dell, Digital China > >>> Advanced > >>> Systems, Disney, Edmunds.com, Exoscale, GreenQloud, Hokkaido University, > >>> Huawei, IDC Frontier, Ikoula, Juniper Networks, KDDI, KT/Korea Telecom, > >>> Kyuden Infocom, Kyushu University, LeaseWeb, MCPc, Microland Ltd, Nokia, > >>> NTT, NVision Group, Orange, PCextreme, PPTV, Safe Swiss Cloud, Schuberg > >>> Philis, ShapeBlue, Shopzilla, Slovak Telekom, SolidFire Storage, > >>> Stratosec, > >>> SunGard AS, Taiwan Mobile, Targus Technologies, Tata, Trader Media Group, > >>> TrendMicro/TCloud Computing, TomTom, University of Melbourne, University > >>> of > >>> Sao Paolo, Verizon, WebMD, Zenoss, and Zynga, among others. > >>> > >>> > >>> [@@CLOSING QUOTE FROM HUGO.] > >>> > >>> > >>> Catch Apache CloudStack in action at the 20th Japan CloudStack User Group > >>> MeetUp (Osaka Prefecture; 1 August 2014 @cloudstackja, > >>> http://lanyrd.com/2014/csstudy20/) and CloudStack Collaboration > >>> Conference, > >>> the official user/developer conference of the Apache CloudStack community > >>> (Budapest, Hungary, 19-21 November 2014). For more information and to > >>> register, visit > >>> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudstack-collaboration-conference-europe > >>> and follow @CCCEU14 on Twitter. > >>> > >>> > >>> Availability and Oversight > >>> CloudStack v4.4 is available immediately as a free download from > >>> http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. As with all Apache products, > >>> Apache CloudStack software is released under the Apache License v2.0, and > >>> is > >>> overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the project. A > >>> Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day > >>> operations, including community development and product releases. For > >>> documentation and ways to become involved with Apache CloudStack, visit > >>> http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and @CloudStack on Twitter. > >>> > >>> > >>> About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) > >>> Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than one > >>> hundred and seventy 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 450 individual > >>> Members and 3,500 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, Citrix, Cloudera, Comcast, Facebook, Google, Hortonworks, HP, > >>> Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, Pivotal, > >>> Produban, > >>> WANdisco, and Yahoo. > >>> For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on > >>> Twitter. > >>> > >>> > >>> "Apache", "Apache CloudStack", "CloudStack", "ApacheCon", the Apache > >>> CloudStack logo, and the Apache CloudStack Cloud Monkey logo 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 <[email protected]> > >>>> To: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>; Giles Sirett > >>>> <[email protected]> > >>>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > >>>> Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]> > >>>> Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 10:06 > >>>> Subject: Re: press release for 4.4 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks so much for the suggestion, Daan. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I can start drafting something this week. > >>>> > >>>> Kind regards, > >>>> Sally > >>>> > >>>> = = = = = > >>>> vox +1 617 921 8656 > >>>> skype sallykhudairi > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> ________________________________ > >>>>> From: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> > >>>>> To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; Giles Sirett > >>>>> <[email protected]> > >>>>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > >>>>> Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]> > >>>>> Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 4:06 > >>>>> Subject: press release for 4.4 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Sally et al, > >>>>> > >>>>> The vp asked me if I could arrange with you to create a press release > >>>>> that will be inviting to write articles. Pierre-Luc's release notes > >>>>> should help with that. I can assist but am not the person to do this. > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Daan > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > >
