Posts Categorized: community

Community Weekly Newsletter (April 15 – 22)

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This weekly newsletter is a way for the community to learn about all the various activities occurring on a weekly basis. If you would like to add content to a weekly update or have an idea about this newsletter, please email [email protected]. Korea OpenStack User Group Technical Seminer HIGHLIGHTS Cactus Release – http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/openstack-announces-cactus-release/ Cactus Overview… Read more »

Hiring a Community Manager Summer Intern

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Good news to all you community manager types still in college looking for real-world, hands-on experience,  I am looking for a summer intern to assist me in various aspects of the open source OpenStack community. The position is in Austin, TX and I don’t have funding for housing so the candidate must either live in… Read more »

OpenStack Cactus Webinar

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UPDATE: This webinar has been rescheduled to Thursday April 21st at 4pm EST. Please register at https://cc.readytalk.com/r/kdi85356wy As part of a new community project, the OpenStack Webinar Series, I am pleased to announce the OpenStack Cactus Webinar for April 19th from 3:00 – 4:00 pm CST. This Webinar will cover the new features implemented in… Read more »

OpenStack Welcomes Facebook Open Compute Project

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Today, Facebook announced a very exciting initiative called the Open Compute Project. It promises to open a vast amount of expertise to the market including the technology used in their servers, power supplies, server racks, battery backup systems and building design, and to do it as efficiently and as “green” as possible. And through collaboration… Read more »

Project Policy Board Membership – Update Post Election

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Now that the Spring 2011 Governance Elections have completed, I would like to formally update the community on the OpenStack Project Policy Board: Member Status Jesse Andrews Appointed Jonathan Bryce Appointed Thierry Carrez Elected – Term ends Spring 2012 Rick Clark Elected – Term ends Fall 2011 (replacing Vish Ishaya)* Eric Day Elected – Term… Read more »

Q1 2011 OpenStack Community Snapshot

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At the end of 2010, I posted a community snapshot blog (http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/01/q4-2010-openstack-community-snapshot/) that provided a variety of community health data-points. Seeing measurements on a quarterly basis provides insight to the health and growth of our community. If you have any ideas for other metrics to monitor, please contact me at [email protected]. End of Q1 2011… Read more »