Welcome back to another exciting issue of the Apache CloudStack Weekly News. This week, 4.2.0 enters code freeze, 4.1.1 gets set for release, and some major discussions on the Apache CloudStack mailing lists, and much more.

Major Discussions

4.2 is Now in Code Freeze

4.1.1 Release Has Been Voted On

Bylaws change for Committer and PMC Member Nomination

To make the process of allowing for nomination of Committers and PMC members into the CloudStack community, Chip Childers has started a discussion on changing the bylaws to change the voting process of the PMC Group from a lazy consensus to a majority process. Join in the discussion.

As it stands now, we currently use a "Lazy Consensus" model (yes Noah, I know we didn't define that term correctly as of now, but I think that's a different discussion). We currently have that term defined as:

Lazy Consensus - Lazy consensus requires 3 binding +1 votes and no binding -1 votes.

I'd like to propose that we change the PMC and Committer voting rule to use the Lazy 2/3 Majority approach defined as:

Lazy 2/3 majority votes requires at least 3 binding votes and twice as many binding +1 votes as binding -1 votes.
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CloudStack Planet

Events

• O'Reilly's Open Source Convention (OSCON) is being held July 22-26 at Oregon Convention Center, Portland Oregon. There will be several CloudStack talks.
• Ceph Day NYC will feature David Nalley speaking on CloudStack. Come learn out CloudStack and Ceph on August 1.
• CloudStack Study Meeting Suzuki-san will be organizing a study meeting in Osaka on August 2.
• OSC Kyoto The Japanese CloudStack User Group (JCSUG) will be presenting at the Open Source Conference in Kyoto on August 2-3.
• CloudStack Meetup at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, CA on August 7th from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Be sure to RSVP on Meetup.com!
• Build a Cloud Day - London being hosted by Sebastien Goasguen, being held on September 5.
• Cloud Plug Fest offers a variety of Tutorials and sessions, including OpenStack and CloudStack, in Madrid, Spain September 16-20.
• Build a Cloud Day - Switzerland has Sebastien Goasguen teaching you and helping you build clouds across Europe on September 26.
• CloudStack Collaboration Conference planning is well underway for Amsterdam, Netherlands. Put it on your calendar now for November 20-22.

New Committers and PMC Members

No new committers or PMC members have been announced in the last newsletter period.