{"id":6598,"date":"2014-10-24T16:31:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T21:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=6598"},"modified":"2014-10-24T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T21:31:13","slug":"openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-oct-17-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-oct-17-24\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Oct 17 – 24)"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenStack Startup\/Venture Capital Ecosystem \u2013 it\u2019s real and coming to Paris!<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

Recently OpenStack has been generating financial headlines with the acquisitions of OpenStack ecosystem startups eNovance, Metacloud, Cloudscaling and OpenStack veteran Mirantis raising $100M in venture capital this week. At the OpenStack Summit in Paris next week, we are launching a new track called \u201cCloudFunding<\/a>\u201d where we will hear from startups that have been successful in attracting essential capital and ventures capitalists who are actively investing in OpenStack startups.<\/p>\n

OpenStack Foundation Staffing News!<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Board of Directors approved the promotion of Lauren Sell<\/a> to Vice President of Marketing and Community Services. Lauren\u00a0has been instrumental in the growth of Openstack from the beginning. Thierry Carrez<\/a>, who has managed the OpenStack releases\u00a0from the beginning has taken on the role of Director of Engineering, and is building out a team of technical leaders. Be sure to check out our open positions<\/a> if you\u2019d like to join our team!<\/p>\n

Peer Reviews for Neutron Core Reviewers<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

Food for thoughts from members of the Neutron community: they have started an exploration to improve the process by which we understand a core\u2019s responsibilities, and also a process under which we can judge how cores are performing up to that standard. Join the conversation and give comments to Neutron’s PTL Kyle Mestery<\/a> blog post.<\/p>\n

Numerical Dosimetry in the cloud<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

What’s the connection between a dentist’s chair and OpenStack? Fascinating post by Patrik Eschle<\/a> about the practical uses of the clouds we’re building.<\/p>\n

The Road To Paris 2014 \u2013 Deadlines and Resources<\/h2>\n

Full access sold out! Only a few spots left for Keynotes and Expo Hall passes.<\/p>\n