The Apache News Round-up: week ending 20 December 2019

[Swapnil M Mane <sw...@apache.org>]

[this newsletter is available online at https://s.apache.org/kk9a8 ]

We're down to the final weeks of the year, and the Apache community
continues to march forward. Here's what we've been up to:

Support Apache – help the ASF continue to provide $20B+ worth of
software for the public good –at 100% no cost.
 - Companies such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, IBM, Microsoft, and
Wells Fargo's matching gift programs offer tax benefits, and provide
their employees the ability to boost their support of a diverse set of
nonprofit organizations. Thank you for your tax-deductible, year-end
charitable gift to the ASF https://s.apache.org/fxyz1

 ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the
corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020
(August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n
 - Next Board Meeting: 15 January 2020. Board calendar and minutes
http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

Apache Diversity & Inclusion – newly-formed committee supports
initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the
greater Apache community.
 - The 2020 ASF Community Survey closes on 4 January: we'd love your
insight! https://s.apache.org/pzol5

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing
Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998
 - CFP and Registration OPEN for Apache Roadshow/DC
https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/index.html
 - ApacheCon 2019's interviews, presentations, and photos are
available at https://www.apachecon.com/history.html

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps
the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.93%. Performance checks across
50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in
data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 919 Apache contributors changed
1,473,033 lines of code over 4,069 commits. Top 5 contributors, in
order, are: Tilman Hausherr, Tellier Benoit, Andrea Cosentino, Bruce
Schuchardt, and Andi Huber.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Kafka 2.4.0 released http://kafka.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO 3.0.3 released http://pdfbox.apache.org/

Identity Management --
 - Apache Fortress 2.0.4 released http://directory.apache.org/fortress/

IoT --
 - Apache IoTDB (Incubating) 0.8.2 released http://iotdb.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Log4j 2.13.0 released http://logging.apache.org/
 - Apache DeltaSpike 1.9.2 released http://deltaspike.apache.org/

Machine Learning --
 - Apache Hivemall (Incubating) 0.6.0 released
http://hivemall.incubator.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Proton 0.30.0 released http://qpid.apache.org

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat 7.0.99 and 8.5.50 released http://tomcat.apache.org/

Web Conferencing --
 - Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.10 and 5.0.0-M3 released
http://openmeetings.apache.org

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache SkyWalking is used at enterprises,
universities and research centers such as Alibaba Cloud, China Mobile,
DiDi, InBev, Lenovo, Peking University, and WeBank?
http://skywalking.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache IoTDB (incubating) received a "Most
Popular Open Source Project From China in 2019" award?
http://iotdb.apache.org/

 - Did you know that the Apache Syncope admin console is now available
in French Canadian? http://syncope.apache.org/


Apache Community Notices:

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019)
https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way"
https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF
https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements
http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998
http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement
https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - "Success at Apache" focuses on the people and processes behind why
the ASF "just works".
https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache

 - Please follow/like/re-tweet the ASF on social media: @TheASF on
Twitter (https://twitter.com/TheASF) and on LinkedIn at
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation

 - 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://events.apache.org/event/meetups.html

 - Find out how you can participate with Apache
community/projects/activities --opportunities open with Apache Camel,
Apache HTTP Server, and more! https://helpwanted.apache.org/

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Best regards,
Swapnil M Mane,
www.apache.org