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Information about contributing to marketing for Apache Cloudstack CloudStack can be found on this page.

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• General release announcements
• Web- or wiki-based information
• Printed materials

How to

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Contribute

ANYONE Anyone is welcome to contribute to marketing efforts for Apache CloudstackCloudStack. You do not have to be a committer or PMC member. You certainly don't have to be a developer, but if you are, that's great. You don't need to be a marketing expert. You just have to be interested in CloudStack and willing to help promote it.

Marketing efforts are discussed on the (???) listmarketing@cloudstack.apache.org list (to subscribe, email marketing-subscribe@cloudstack.apache.org).

Release Announcements

Release announcements

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• There should be a process!
• There is probably a chain of approvals.
• There is probably a list of guidelines from the ASF.
• There is probably a date prior to release by which the release announcement should be written.
• That stuff could probably be written down here.

Upcoming Release Announcement

• Owner:
• Date for Preliminary Draft:

Release Announcement Archive

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for major (e.g. 4.0.0-incubating) and minor (e.g. 4.0.1-incubating) releases need to be drafted on the -dev or (future) -marketing mailing list and be approved by lazy consensus.

Release announcements are on the marketing announcement page.

Web-based / "inbound" marketing to potential users and/or contributors

While there is a world of marketing that can be done to this end, there are a few easy things that can be done with simple participation from members of the community. Getting easy-to-find information in front of potential users and contributors as they land on the main webpage can help out.

List: Who uses Apache

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CloudStack?

Providing a list of organizations using Apache Cloudstack CloudStack can draw in potential users, because it can give a sense of confidence; it can also appeal to potential contributors, in that they realize that their contribution will reach many users.

This list can potentially be added as a link on the main website; additions to this list can be added on a regular (to-be-determined) basis to the web page.

If your organization is using Apache Cloudstack, please add it here.

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Wiki-based list of organizations is located here.

List: How Apache

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CloudStack is being used

Many people do presentations at conferences about their usage of Apache CloudstackCloudStack. Getting real-world examples in front of potential users can show them the versatility of the project.

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If you have given a presentation about your usage of Apache CloudstackCloudStack, please add it here.

• Presentation Title
  • Your Name
  • Date / Location of Presentation (Or date of creation - You are free to create presentations about usage even if you haven't given it publicly!)
  • Link to presentation
• How I use Apache CloudstackCloudStack!
  • Cloudy Person
  • 2012-12-02
  • Link goes here!

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Oops! These things happen. Please send undeterminedperson a mailThis is a wiki - edit boldly! Or send an email to marketing@cloudstack.apache.org, and we'll take care of this.

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We're glad you are interested in Apache CloudstackCloudStack.

• Recent news can be seen hereannouncements and the CloudStack Weekly News are posted to the CloudStack blog.