I think it sounds great +1 KELCEY DAMAGE Infrastructure Systems Architect www.backbonetechnology.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- kel...@bbits.ca
address: 55 East 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1M4 tel: +1 604 713 8560 ext:114 fax: +1 604 605 0964 skype: kelcey.damage -----Original Message----- From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 10:48 AM To: CloudStack DeveloperList Subject: Re: Marketing and a "who uses it" list +1 from me. Crosspost to 'users' list perhaps? On 12/3/12 11:41 PM, "Robyn Bergeron" <robyn.berge...@gmail.com> wrote: >Greetings. > >A quick bit of background, esp. as I'm effectively a "long time reader, >first time poster" - I attended the collaboration conference over the >past weekend, became involved in a discussion about ways to market an >open source project, and subsequently volunteered myself to >suggest/create a page that folks could contribute to that is >essentially a "list of organizations using Apache Cloudstack." I am >assuming the dev list is the optimal place for this discussion. > >In my mind, there are a few benefits to providing this information: >* Potential users coming to the project page can see concrete examples >of real-world usage, which inspires confidence >* Potential developers coming to the project page can see that their >contributions would be well-used and loved. :) >* Press folks seeking information about project usage can see a list of >deployments, confirming their suspicions of awesomeness. > >It then occurred to me that it would be useful more generally to have a >basic Marketing wiki page. So I was bold and made a quick one, and you >can see it, and go crazy and edit it as well: > >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Marketing > >So with the background out of the way - a few requests: > >* Feedback welcome - there is also a detail of "need to figure out a >way to get things from the wiki to the webpage" WRT the user-list >occasionally, if folks think this is generally a reasonable idea. >(Also: I have no clue if this type of thing is kosher by ASF standards, >so, uh, if it's not, delete >away!) I'm not entirely certain that I can be that person, but it does >seem like a low-volume item that could be done once a release if >someone wanted to volunteer for that conversion/extension of list. >* ADD INFORMATION! Preferably something you can specifically vouch for >and feel like you have permission to do. > ** Section for "Who uses Apache Cloudstack" > ** Section for "How Apache Cloudstack is being used" (Presentations >and such. I figure there may be a few of these after the past weekend!) >* Since it's a marketing wiki page (after looking to make sure there >wasn't one already existing - but there still may lurk duplicate info) >- I figured some other elements might be useful: > ** Release Announcements. I have no idea what the process is, who >owns it, when it is due. This is useful stuff to have, esp. if the >current owner ever wants to share duties. If someone is willing to >fill this in, that would be awesome. > ** What to do if someone's organization is listed and someone gets >unhappy about that listing. Thoughts? > ** Press people. I figure it's useful to point them somewhere, but >not sure if there is an additional email address; I just pointed at the >news link. > >Like I said - general feedback on if this is a good idea is welcome - >I'm just being bold-wiki-person, but being woefully unfamiliar with ASF >processes I want to make sure I'm not stepping on toes or anything. :) >Assuming I haven't totally done said toe-stepping, I figure a useful >next step would be to mail the users list and see if anyone on that >list is willing to add their name to such a list. (Side bonus: Some of >them may be adding stuff to the wiki for a first-time >mini-contribution!) > >Cheers, and congrats on a well-done conference - > >-robyn
