The Apache News Round-up: week ending 18 August 2017

[Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>]

[this announcement is available online at https://s.apache.org/d1hV ]

Hello, Friday — let's review what the Apache community has been up to
over the past week:

Support Apache –individual donations, corporate matching gifts, online
shopping, and Sponsorship help sustain the ASF's day-to-day operations.
Every dollar counts. http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html

Success at Apache –a new blog series that focuses on the processes
behind why the ASF "just works".
 - Success at Apache: Meritocracy. by Kevin A. McGrail
 https://s.apache.org/DiEo

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the
corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes Phil Steitz as Chairman
 https://s.apache.org/n7YT
 - Next Board Meeting: 20 September. Board calendar and minutes
 http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
 - ASF Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year https://s.apache.org/IDn5

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the
ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield assured performance at 91.78% uptime
 http://status.apache.org/

Apache Arrow™ –a columnar in-memory analytics layer designed to
accelerate Big Data.
 - Apache Arrow 0.6.0 released http://arrow.apache.org/
Apache BookKeeper™ –a reliable replicated log service for Big Data.
 - Apache BookKeeper 4.5.0 released http://bookkeeper.apache.org/

Apache Commons™ JCS –a distributed, versatile caching system.
 - Apache Commons JCS 2.2 released https://commons.apache.org/

Apache Wicket™ –an Open Source Java component oriented web application
framework.
 - Apache Wicket 8.0.0-M7 released http://wicket.apache.org


Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Netherlands-based Finalist IT Group manages the
 identity of more than 2 million accounts using Apache Syncope?
 http://syncope.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache Cayenne is becoming a dependency-free Java
 Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) framework? http://cayenne.apache.org/

 - Did you know that you can meet members of the Apache community in
 Germany at FrOSCon https://www.froscon.de/ and Solutions Hamburg
 https://solutions.hamburg/ ?


Apache Community Notices:

 - "Success at Apache" focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just
 works". 1) Project Independence https://s.apache.org/CE0V 2) All Carrot
 and No Stick https://s.apache.org/ykoG 3) Asynchronous Decision Making
 https://s.apache.org/PMvk4) Rule of the Makers
 https://s.apache.org/yFgQ 5) JFDI --the unconditional love of
 contributors https://s.apache.org/4pjM 6) Meritocracy and Me
 https://s.apache.org/tQQh 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community
 https://s.apache.org/x9Be 7) Meritocracy. https://s.apache.org/DiEo

 - If you're looking for the ASF on social media, we're @TheASF on
 Twitter and on LinkedIn at
 https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation
 (follows/re-tweets/shares/likes appreciated!)

 - Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache:
 Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE are available; as well as videos
 https://s.apache.org/AE3m and audio recordings
 https://feathercast.apache.org/
 - Check out the latest Apache Community Development newsletter
 https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/entry/community-development-news-july-2017

 - Do friend and follow us on the Apache Community Facebook page
 https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/ and Twitter account
 https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity

 - The list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at
 http://apache.org/events/meetups.html
 - Meet members of the Apache Big Data communities at DataWorks/Hadoop
 Summit 20-21 September in Sydney https://dataworkssummit.com/

 - The Apache community will be at All Things Open --stop by the ASF
 booth and say hello! 23-24 October in Raleigh
 https://allthingsopen.org/

 - Catch the Apache Ignite and Spark communities at the In-Memory
 Computing Summit 24-25 October in San Francisco https://imcsummit.org/

 - ASF Annual Report is available at
 https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

 - Find out how you can participate with Apache
 community/projects/activities --opportunities open with Apache HTTP
 Server, Avro, ComDev (community development), Directory, Incubator,
 OODT, POI, Polygene, Syncope, Tika, Trafodion, and more!
 https://helpwanted.apache.org/

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 "Powered By" logos
 http://www.apache.org/foundation/press/kit/#poweredby

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