Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E185C10705 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:48:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24062 invoked by uid 500); 9 Apr 2013 14:48:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@community.apache.org Received: (qmail 23929 invoked by uid 500); 9 Apr 2013 14:48:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@community.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@community.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@community.apache.org Received: (qmail 23921 invoked by uid 99); 9 Apr 2013 14:48:32 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:48:32 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of gary.martin@wandisco.com designates 209.85.215.175 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.215.175] (HELO mail-ea0-f175.google.com) (209.85.215.175) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:48:26 +0000 Received: by mail-ea0-f175.google.com with SMTP id r16so2864711ead.34 for ; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:48:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=b2zxXV7gmjRpMNYTN5H8ekana9XjnU///Eldeje2CXU=; b=imQhRI8CBbr2i9uAvkOg4MizCj9j12NWuMU4tcIWXMhJw9CkSQ5eBlgNt9OWavKH6m 42Z03QPu8D2NDHHg1tjmXRBXg9OreEs8aJcyPZHPtE/epLZD6rvsna0A0dYA3/7Khgrz wVX9Ogt53A29IdDGs8M6ZNYXcgXpYlt8UnhGcNPFYknfubicghWun96M5TMa/EDUw8qF RJ72tIvpzCQIoAhOv65Ri74HBK3trx7d7vVUFOofFvyReYh/KZgmeTdMJlvD5ieHYhTM 9jX+ApDwlisrgSmZloNXynxla2ravmg63fsUWp7kbwglx/m66OW5pzUhddH9n+4fGGPs W2UA== X-Received: by 10.14.5.137 with SMTP id 9mr60302299eel.30.1365518884999; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:48:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.2.5.205] ([109.159.232.61]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a1sm38447991eep.2.2013.04.09.07.48.03 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:48:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51642A1D.3010200@wandisco.com> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:47:57 +0100 From: Gary Martin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130221 Thunderbird/17.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@community.apache.org CC: =?UTF-8?B?VWxyaWNoIFN0w6Ryaw==?= , Sally Khudairi , Sally Khudairi , "press@apache.org" Subject: Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2013 References: <4F650E74.2010602@spielviel.de> <5164056D.5080807@spielviel.de> <1365509776.45045.YahooMailNeo@web172505.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> <51640782.2020004@spielviel.de> <51640B35.5020001@spielviel.de> <1365511357.11391.YahooMailNeo@web172503.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> <1365516897.87086.YahooMailNeo@web172505.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> <516428CE.7070900@spielviel.de> In-Reply-To: <516428CE.7070900@spielviel.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlNfJZw+4kDVm+g3JHuLKe77mX0IprZ9XvtP4fyW0weHdlthiyKxlGfaIGuaUzSH56Y3rXb X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Just in case it is missed I should add that there appears to be a mistake in the paragraph beginning "Established in 2005," where "around the word" should read "around the world". Cheers Gary On 09/04/13 15:42, Ulrich Stärk wrote: > Looks fine to me except for two small things. > > Comments inline. > > Uli > > On 09.04.2013 16:14, Sally Khudairi wrote: >> Hi everyone --I've drafted up an announcement that I can send out by 12 Noon ET today, if not sooner. >> >> Please review the draft below and forward any corrections/additions no later than 11.15AM ET. >> >> Thanks for this, >> Sally >> >> ...also, we need to update http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html :^) > On it. Thanks for the reminder. > >> = = = >> >> The Apache Software Foundation Community Development Project Welcomes Student Proposals for Google >> Summer of Code 2013 >> >> Hundreds of students mentored in “The Apache Way” of Open Source community leadership >> >> Forest Hill, MD –9 April 2013– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)'s Community Development (ComDev) >> project today announced its acceptance into the Google Summer of Code (GsoC) as a mentoring >> organization for the eighth consecutive year. >> >> The ComDev team helps newcomers learn about the ASF's projects, governance, and activities, and >> guides them in becoming part of the meritocratic, all-volunteer Apache community. >> >> Established in 2005, the Google Summer of Code offers student developers from around the word >> stipends to write code for various Open Source software projects over a three month period. >> >> The ASF has actively participated in GSoC since the program's inception, mentoring 30-45 students >> each year, and providing exposure to real-world software and community development “The Apache Way”. >> >> Countless GSoC students mentored by the Apache community continue to be long-term code committers on >> a variety of Apache projects. Some active program participants have even been elected as members of >> the ASF. >> >> This year, dozens of Apache projects have committed to mentoring GSoC students. They include >> Accumulo, Airavata, Axiom, Bloodhound, CloudStack, CouchDB, Crunch, Giraph, Gora, Hama, Hive, Isis, >> Jena, Lenya, Lucene, Mahout, ManifoldCF, Mesos, Nutch, ODE, OpenMeetings, OpenOffice, Pig, Rat, SIS, >> Sling, Solr, Stanbol, Tika, VXQuery, Wookie, XalanJ, and XercesJ. > Make clear that this list isn't exclusive. Maybe "They include but are not limited to..."? > >> The ComDev team invite GSoC students to propose application ideas directly with all Apache >> project(s) of interest no later than Sunday, 21 April 2013. The ASF's more than 100 Top-Level >> Projects and nearly three dozen initiatives in the Apache Incubator are listed at >> http://www.apache.org/ and http://incubator.apache.org/ respectively. > "The ComDev team recommends GSoC students to discuss application ideas directly with all Apache > project(s) of interest before the official start of the application phase on Monday, 22 April 2013." > >> For more information on Apache Community Development and to get involved with Apache projects for >> GSoC, visit http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html >> >> Details on the Google Summer of Code is available at >> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013 >> >> About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) >> Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees nearly one hundred fifty 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 400 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(3)(c) not-for-profit charity, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including >> AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go Daddy, Google, HP, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, >> InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW Group, SpringSource/VMware, WANdisco, and Yahoo!. >> For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on Twitter. >> >> "Apache", "Accumulo", "Apache Accumulo", "Airavata", "Apache Airavata", "Axiom", "Apache Axiom", >> "Bloodhound", "Apache Bloodhound", "CloudStack", "Apache CloudStack", "CouchDB", "Apache CouchDB", >> "Crunch", "Apache Crunch", "Giraph", "Apache Giraph", "Gora", "Apache Gora", "Hama", "Apache Hama", >> "Hive", "Apache Hive", "Isis", "Apache Isis", "Jena", "Apache Jena", "Lenya", "Apache Lenya", >> "Lucene", "Apache Lucene", "Mahout", "Apache Mahout", "ManifoldCF", "Apache ManifoldCF", "Mesos", >> "Apache Mesos", "Nutch", "Apache Nutch", "ODE", "Apache ODE", "OpenMeetings", "Apache OpenMeetings", >> "OpenOffice", "Apache OpenOffice", "Pig", "Apache Pig", "Rat", "Apache Rat", "SIS", "Apache SIS", >> "Sling", "Apache Sling", "Solr", "Apache Solr", "Stanbol", "Apache Stanbol", "Tika", "Apache Tika", >> "VXQuery", "Apache VXQuery", "Wookie", "Apache Wookie", "XalanJ", "Apache XalanJ", "XercesJ", >> "Apache XercesJ", and "ApacheCon" are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software >> Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and trademarks are the >> property of their respective owners. >> >> # # # >> >> Contact: >> Sally Khudairi >> Vice President >> The Apache Software Foundation >> press@apache.org >> +1 617 921 8656 >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> *From:* Sally Khudairi >> *To:* Ulrich Stärk ; "dev@community.apache.org" >> *Cc:* "press@apache.org" >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 8:42 >> *Subject:* Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2013 >> >> Perfect. Thank you, Uli! >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> *From:* Ulrich Stärk >> *To:* dev@community.apache.org >> *Cc:* Sally Khudairi ; "press@apache.org" >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 8:36 >> *Subject:* Re: ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2013 >> >> Here's your list: >> >> Accumulo, Airavata, Axiom, Bloodhound, CloudStack, Lenya, OpenOffice, ManifoldCF, CouchDB, >> Crunch, >> Giraph, Gora, Hama, Hive, Isis, Jena, Lucene, Mahout, Mesos, Nutch, Ode, Openmeetings, Pig, Rat, >> SIS, Sling, Solr, Stanbol, Tika, VXQuery, Wookie, XalanJ, XercesJ >> >> It isn't exclusive, these are simply the projects that have submitted project ideas. Every >> student >> is free to approach any project and propose an idea (which is also highly encouraged). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Uli >> >> On 09.04.2013 14:20, Ulrich Stärk wrote: >> > Any project can be involved. The ones listed at [4] have explicitly submitted ideas for >> students but >> > that doesn't mean students can't approach projects not mentioned there. I'll compile a >> list from [4] >> > for you. >> > >> > Uli >> > >> > On 09.04.2013 14:16, Sally Khudairi wrote: >> >> One more thing: do we have a list of Apache projects that will be involved here? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Sally >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *From:* Ulrich Stärk > >> >> *To:* "press@apache.org " > >; Sally Khudairi > >> >> *Cc:* "dev@community.apache.org " >> > >> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 8:11 >> >> *Subject:* ASF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2013 >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> To: press@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 2013 [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 April 24 until >> May 3, coding >> >> will take place from June 17 to September 23. 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/gsoc2013 >> >> [2] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/apache >> >> [3] >> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page >> >> [4] http://s.apache.org/gsoc2013ideas >> >> [5] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>