Hi Loic, I made a few changes to the text. Feel free to comment/change it. Best, Nate On 12/7/13 11:19 AM, "Loic Dachary" <loic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi Nathan, > >I worked some more on the announcement. I feel the structure and the >content are good enough. This my humble opinion though, feel free to >change, substantially even. Since I'm not a native english speaker and >not much of a writer, the quality of the content is not great ;-) > > http://pad.ceph.com/p/user-committee-announce > >Cheers > >On 05/12/2013 16:21, Loic Dachary wrote: >> Hi Nathan, >> >> Here is a very rough draft of the announcement which is going to be >>released next monday. It is more a discussion starter than a draft. Feel >>free to modify at will :-) It includes the names and affiliations of all >>founding members. There may be more in the days to come and I'll add to >>it when I receive new applications: >> >> http://pad.ceph.com/p/user-committee-announce >> >> It basically is a re-iteration of what has been said during the past >>few weeks. I added two sentences about the scope, in a attempt to say >>that it is not just about companies but also academics, individuals and >>non profit ( there are no governmental agencies yet). And that it's not >>just technical and that the legal environment in which Ceph can prosper >>is something we should also care about (not just software patents but >>also the endless amendments to copyright law that may be detrimental to >>Free Software in general ). Not being a native english speaker it's >>difficult to get it right ;-) >> >> As for the personalized version of the announcement for each founding >>member, I would love to have one to remember this date. The graphics >>used http://www.slideshare.net/Inktank_Ceph/erasure-codeceph are under a >>Free Software license and you're welcome to use them if you want. I can >>send you high resolution versions. >> >> Cheers >> >> On 02/12/2013 15:52, Regola, Nathan (Contractor) wrote: >>> I'm looking forward to working with everyone involved with the Ceph >>>User >>> Committee >>> >>>(http://wiki.ceph.com/01Planning/02Blueprints/Firefly/Ceph_User_Committe >>>e#D >>> etailed_Description). I believe that all of the members of the Ceph >>>User >>> Committee should have received an email from Loic asking them to >>>confirm >>> their organization's interest in being named a founding member. The >>>formal >>> announcement is currently being planned for 10 December and we are >>>working >>> on drafting it. >>> >>> Would members prefer a single general announcement or a personalized >>> announcement? A personalized announcement would probably be something >>>like >>> an automatically generated PDF file containing a letter (with the >>>member's >>> name/affiliation) so that members could distribute it. We are open to >>> suggestions. If you have a preference for a general announcement >>>listing >>> all of the members or a personalized announcement welcoming the user >>> (which obviously could include a list of all members), please reply. >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Nate Regola >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ceph-users mailing list >>> ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >> > >-- >Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre > _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com
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