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[incubator] branch master updated: Update index.ad

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     new 95b400f  Update index.ad
     new 8433354  Merge pull request #68 from cottage14/patch-2
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commit 95b400f65880af0a8ef388400f41b9e31dd2e512
Author: Andrew Wetmore <an...@cottage14.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Dec 17 11:21:15 2020 -0400

    Update index.ad
    
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@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ The Apache Incubator provides services to projects which want to enter the Apach
 
 It helps those incoming projects (called "podlings") adopt the Apache link:http://apache.org/theapacheway/[style of governance and operation] and guides them to the ASF services available to our projects so they can become top-level ASF projects ("TLPs").
 
-The Incubator delegates a few mentors for each podling, as "on the ground" agents to act as liaisons with the various ASF teams: link:http://incubator.apache.org/whoweare.html#the_incubator_project_management_commitee_pmc[Incubator PMC], link:https://selfserve.apache.org/[Infrastructure team], etc., and facilitate the podling's growth and operations.
+The Incubator delegates a few mentors for each podling to act as liaisons with the various ASF teams: link:http://incubator.apache.org/whoweare.html#the_incubator_project_management_commitee_pmc[Incubator PMC], link:https://selfserve.apache.org/[Infrastructure team], etc., and facilitate the podling's growth and operations.
 
 === Incubator History
 
-The Incubator was created link:https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2002/board_minutes_2002_10_16.txt[way back in 2002].  Since then, as of November 2019 it has been involved in helping 315 podlings, of which more than 200 have graduated. They have been guided and supported by more than 300 mentors. There are around 45 to 50 podlings in incubation at any one time, and incubation typically takes 1 1/2 years.
+The Incubator was created link:https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2002/board_minutes_2002_10_16.txt[ in 2002].  As of November 2019 it has helped 315 podlings, of which more than 200 have graduated. More than 300 mentors have guided and supported podlings. There are around 45 or 50 podlings in incubation at any one time, and incubation typically takes 1 1/2 years.
 
 
 === Incubator Cookbook
@@ -25,21 +25,21 @@ Our link:http://incubator.apache.org/cookbook/[cookbook] helps potential podling
 
 === Incubator Talks
 
-There have been many Incubator talks at many conferences over the years, here's a selection of a few of them.
+There have been many Incubator talks at many conferences over the years. Here are a few of them.
 
-  * See a keynote link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQwrH0PlpZg[The Apache Way], by Rich Bowen at MesosCon Europe in 2017 for a  good background of how the ASF operates what it's values are.
-  * For guidance on releases see link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-lp1t9ee0[How to get your release through the Incubator] presented at ApacheCon North America 2017 and this link:http://training.apache.org/topics/ApacheWay/NavigatingASFIncubator/index.html[slide deck] presented at ApacheCon North America 2019.
-  * A more general talk on link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAv54KIgK8[Effective open source management] by Shane Curcuru from ApacheCon North America 2017.
+  * See a keynote link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQwrH0PlpZg[The Apache Way], by Rich Bowen at MesosCon Europe in 2017 for a  good background of how the ASF operates and what its values are.
+  * For guidance on releases see link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-lp1t9ee0[How to get your release through the Incubator] presented at ApacheCon North America 2017 and this link:http://training.apache.org/topics/ApacheWay/NavigatingASFIncubator/index.html[slide deck], presented at ApacheCon North America 2019.
+  * A more general talk on link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAv54KIgK8[Effective open source management] by Shane Curcuru, from ApacheCon North America 2017.
   * For how to get out of the Incubator and become a successful TLP see John D. Ament talk link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWurOHvm5WM[Navigating the Incubator Trenches] from ApacheCon North America 2017.
   * link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCDv2hUgOjU[Apache Incubator: the gateway into the Apache Way] by Roman Shaposhnik and Suresh Marru at ApacheCon North America 2014.
-  * See also the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KopPbWS87fw[Life In The Apache Incubator video], where former Incubator PMC chair Jukka Zitting presents the Incubator, at ApacheCon Europe 2012.
+  * See also the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KopPbWS87fw[Life In The Apache Incubator video], in which former Incubator PMC chair Jukka Zitting presents the Incubator, from ApacheCon Europe 2012.
 
 == About The Apache Software Foundation
 
 The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for a broad range of open source software projects.
 
-The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits the potential legal exposure for the contributors.
+The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits potential legal exposure for the contributors.
 
-Through a collaborative and meritocratic development process known as "link:http://apache.org/theapacheway/[the Apache Way]", Apache projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available software products that attract large communities of users.
+Through a collaborative and meritocratic development process known as "link:http://apache.org/theapacheway/[the Apache Way]", Apache projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely-available software products that attract large communities of users.
 
-The pragmatic and business-friendly link:http://apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0[Apache License] makes it easy for all users, commercial and individual, to deploy Apache products. link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/[Learn more about the ASF] as a whole, or engage with the link:https://community.apache.org/[Apache Community Development] project with your general questions about the ASF.
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+The pragmatic and business-friendly link:http://apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0[Apache License] makes it easy for all users, commercial and individual, to deploy Apache products. link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/[Learn more about the ASF] as a whole, or engage with the link:https://community.apache.org/[Apache Community Development] project with your general questions about the ASF.


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