Video highlights of the ASF Q3 FY2021 Report are now available at https://youtu.be/S6FWqAuA_8M
Many thanks for sharing! = = = On Mon, Mar 15, 2021, at 11:23, Sally Khudairi wrote: > [this report is available online at https://s.apache.org/Q3FY2021 ] > > FOUNDATION OPERATIONS SUMMARY > > Third Quarter, Fiscal Year 2021 (November 2020 - January 2021) > > "We’re proud to be a part of the ASF community and look forward to > continued support of its mission to provide Open Source software for > the public good." > —Joel Marcey, Open Source Developer Advocate and Ecosystem Lead at > Facebook (ASF Platinum Sponsor) > > > > > Conferences and Events http://apachecon.com/ > > We held no events during the reporting period. > > We have begun discussion of dates and details for ApacheCon 2021, and > expect to have an announcement by March 1st. This event will, once > again, be an online-only event. > > Please watch @apachecon (on Twitter) for that announcement. > > > > Community Development http://community.apache.org/ > > During December an Apache Roadshow China was held in conjunction with > COSCon. The event was a great success and we are looking forward to > participation at future events. > > A key theme this quarter was communication and ensuring our community > was being kept informed of what is happening. As a result, we have been > experimenting with a new format for the Apache News Roundup have been > trialling it with the community. A range of short videos have been > created focussed on different but hopefully useful topics. Feedback > from the community has been extremely positive. > > We applied for and were accepted for an online booth at FOSDEM. > Throughout January most of our efforts were focussed on preparing for > our participation at FOSDEM. Even with the very short timeframe, > several of our volunteers worked quickly and efficiently to put > together an online presence for us during the event. > > A request has been received to try and establish an Apache Local > Community (ALC) in Nigeria so we are currently looking for an ASF > member or PMC members from any Apache project that live locally that > can become the main point of contact. These are part of the minimum > requirements for governance when establishing a new ALC group. > > We are in the final stages of our Google Summer of Code (GSoC) > application so have also been gathering ideas from our projects. > > Our mailing list has seen a large increase in traffic this quarter. > Some of the increase is related to GSoC proposal requests being > received from our projects. Yet even with the break for the holidays, > it was good to see our discussion activity grow. > > > > Committers and Contributions > > http://apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html > > Over the past quarter, 1,424 contributors committed 64,101 changes that > amount to 35,706,852 lines of code across Apache projects. The top 5 > contributors, in order, were: Andrea Cosentino (1,544 commits), Xiang > Xiao (1,301 commits), Jean-Baptiste Onofré (971 commits), Kaxil Naik > (907 commits), and Gary Gregory (878 commits). > > All individuals who are granted write access to the Apache repositories > must submit an Individual Contributor License Agreement (ICLA). > Corporations that have assigned employees to work on Apache projects as > part of an employment agreement may sign a Corporate CLA (CCLA) for > contributing intellectual property via the corporation. Individuals or > corporations donating a body of existing software or documentation to > one of the Apache projects need to execute a formal Software Grant > Agreement (SGA) with the ASF. > > During Q3 FY2021, the ASF Secretary processed 198 ICLAs, 4 CCLAs, and > 16 Software Grants. History of Apache committer growth can be seen at > https://projects.apache.org/timelines.html > > > > > Brand Management http://apache.org/foundation/marks/ > > Operations —the work of the Brand Management team falls broadly into > one of four categories: > > providing advice to projects > granting permission to use our marks > trademark transfers and registrations > addressing potential infringements of our marks > As with previous quarters we provided both Apache projects and external > parties with advice on the correct use of Apache marks in a range of > scenarios including branding of YouTube channels, Docker images > Registrations, publishing, translations of project websites, tshirts, > and stickers. The COVID-19 pandemic doesn't appear to reduced the > number of project related events although all of the ones approves this > quarter were, unsurprisingly, on-line events. > > This quarter we worked with the KAFKA project and counsel to develop a > KAFKA specific branding policy for KAFKA clients and connectors. > > Another element of the advice we provide is naming advice for podlings. > This quarter we provided advice to a project considering applying to > join the Apache incubator and to three podlings. > > Other advice provided this quarter included advice on using non-ASF > logos on a project website and whether or not a project's mark was > registered. We also rejected a mid-directed infringement claim for a > non-ASF controlled website that just happened to be hosted on httpd. > > Registrations > > This quarter we started the process of updating the official ASF > address associated with our registrations. There are costs associated > with this process but we still anticipate brand expenditure for this > year to remain within budget. > > The APACHE IGNITE registration for China completed this quarter. > > The registrations for APACHE and APACHE FLINK in China, BROOKLYN in the > US continued to progress this quarter. > > We worked with counsel and the current registrants to progress the > transfer of ownership of the APISIX marks in China and SERVICECOMB > marks in the US and EU to the ASF. > > Infringements > > This quarter we saw an increase in people and organisations using > derivations of the Apache License, version 2 without changing the > primary branding of the license. While we do not object to the creation > of such derivative licenses, we do want to ensure that they do not cause > > confusion amongst end-users. Therefore, we monitor for such licenses > and work with the authors to ensure that the licenses are clearly > branded so that they will not be confused with the Apache License, > version 2. > > We have made some progress towards addressing infringing products sold > in various online stores but have not yet resolved these issues. > > It is usually members of our project communities who are first to > identify potential infringements. This quarter we provided advice to a > number of PMCs as to the best approach to take to address a potential > infringement. > > And finally… > > The Brand Management team welcomes your comments and suggestions as > well as any questions you might have. Please see > https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/contact for our contact details. > > > > Security http://apache.org/security/ > > We continued to work on handling incoming security issues, keeping > projects reminded of their outstanding issues, allocation of CVE names, > and other general oversight and advice. > > For Q3 we tracked 138 new vulnerability reports across 47 projects. > Those reports led to 36 published CVE vulnerabilities. The previous Q3 > for comparison was 95 reports leading to 41 CVE. > > We published a security report for calendar year 2020: > https://s.apache.org/SecurityReport2020 > > The CVE project released a new automation API and the ASF became the > first organisation to get a live CVE name using it. Instead of the > security team holding a pool of names requested in advance we now > allocate them on demand, with the service taking care of emails to the > PMC and other previously manual parts of the process. We released an > internal tool providing projects dealing with security issues a way to > edit, validate, and submit their entries to Mitre. We aim to have the > CVE database updated within a day of an issue being published. We > expect more automation available during 2021 allowing us to streamline > the CVE process for projects even further. > > > > Privacy http://apache.org/foundation/policies/privacy.html > > A few questions were answered on the privacy list. Most of the requests > were around our use of the mailing lists. It was recommended that any > person, who has privacy concerns over mailing list data, is redirected > to vp-privacy@ or to the privacy@ list directly (if the request is not > sensitive itself). > > A GIT repository was created for working on policies. Apart from that, > privacy did not handle critical issues so far. In the next few weeks we > will see working drafts for mailing list archives. > > > > Treasury and Financial Statement --map against > > https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport > > The Treasurer, Myrle Krantz, and the Assistant Treasurer, Trevor Grant > have contributed to keeping The Foundation in excellent fiscal shape > with all tax and compliance forms filed on time. Latest public filings > can be found at http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/. We have > advised that officers minimize expenses until there is more certainty > in global economic outlooks. Officers have done an excellent job at > cost control throughout the fiscal year, and we hope that in the coming > fiscal year that the need for austerity will be reduced. > > We transitioned, this quarter, from accounting provided by Virtual to > accounting provided by IgniteSpot. Benefits we have seen from this > transition include: > > > better transparency into accounting and smoother budgeting processes by > moving from QuickBooks Enterprise to QuickBooks Online, > better automation of our processes via the integration of QuickBooks > Online with Bill.com and our banking solutions, and > reduced costs. > We are pleased with the enthusiastic support IgniteSpot has provided > Fundraising with invoicing and reporting, and we hope to see this > continue. The transition has forced us to examine our internal > processes, and given us opportunities to improve them. > > > In the process of transitioning accountants, we have also transitioned > PEO providers. We now employ ADP Total Source directly. In addition > we have transitioned to a new physical mailing address and a new > registered agent. We thank Greg Stein, David Nalley, and Ruth Suehle > for the truly excellent collaboration which made a change of this > extent possible. > > We thank Virtual for their many years of service. The Apache Software > Foundation would not be where we are today without the tireless efforts > of Virtual to modernize our accounting processes and make them > sustainable. > > In all, the transition has been extremely smooth. Our books were > imported without difficulties. Thanks to the work Myrle Krantz and > Greg Stein performed earlier this year to introduce bill.com, there > were no interruptions in our vendor payments. And thanks to heightened > attention by Sally Khudairi, and Daniel Ruggeri and IgniteSpot, there > were no interruptions to sponsor invoicing. > > The financial report has a few more details than past quarterly > reports. We have adjusted reporting to include mention of restricted > funds. > > ASF Treasury has gone above and beyond to support fundraising this > quarter. In particular, to make possible a two year platinum > sponsorship before the end of the sponsor’s fiscal year, Myrle Krantz, > with support from Greg Stein, and direction from Sally Khudairi > interfaced with a sponsor’s PO system and generated and submitted last > minute estimates and invoices. This team worked through multiple > iterations over the course of several hours on New Year’s Eve and New > Year’s Day to get it right. This was possible, in part, because the > ASF Treasury now has access to our own books via QuickBooks Online. > > We have added a bank account at TDBank to our mix of financial > instruments. The majority of our cash remains in a CDARS account at > Boston Private which provides FDIC insurance for the full amount. > > [please see the balance sheet at https://s.apache.org/Q3FY2021 ] > > > > Diversity and Inclusion http://diversity.apache.org/ > > Diversity & Inclusion > > Q3 of FY2021 focused on wrapping up the first research on the current > status of D&I at the ASF, securing funds for one more year of Outreachy > internships and planning for FY2022. Below is a breakdown of these > accomplishments. > > Wrapping the research on the current status of Diversity and Inclusion > at the ASF > This project was composed of two initiatives: The ASF Community Survey > and a User Experience Research for contributors of underrepresented > groups. These two initiatives concluded in Q2 and we have a final draft > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=173087952 to > be published in multiple channels, such as research publications and > conferences like ApacheCon. > > Continuing the internships for underrepresented groups through > Outreachy.org > The third period of Outreachy internships is underway and we have six > interns for six different Apache projects > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/EDI/2020-11-25+Outreachy+Meeting+notes > . We secured $52,000 in sponsorship from Google to continue with this > program for one more year. The sponsorship will be processed in March 2021. > > FY2022 planning > The findings and recommendations from the research completed in FY2021 > will be the platform for taking action in FY2022. The D&I committee > will have the following goals in FY2022: > > Act on the findings and recommendations from the research done in FY2021 > Continue the Outreachy Internships > Re-application of the community survey to measure changes since the > survey was last done in 2020. > The ultimate objective is to scope and define a project that will help > us take the current state of D&I at the ASF to better neights. We will > partner with Bitergia again, this is the firm that conducted the > research and ran the ASF community survey in 2020. One of the > alternatives we’re strongly considering is the creation of a program > that helps podlings in the incubator develop strong practices for > inclusion, enabling the projects to be diverse from the moment they > graduate from incubation. This is still one are of consideration, and > we’ll have the final selection by the end of the quarter. > > > > > Fundraising http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html > > As was noted in prior quarterly reports, Fundraising continues to move > along well operationally. In addition to performing regular renewals, > we are further honing our processes by experimenting with automation > and tooling to augment our work. In this quarter, we are pleased to > note that all ApacheCon sponsorships have completed and closed in the > early quarter. Additionally, we managed to continue business-as-usual > during a very busy December as the foundation onboarded a new > accounting provider and platform. > > We continue maintaining cautious optimism as we weather the current > pandemic with our Sponsors and are tremendously thankful for the > continued sponsorship despite the hard times. While we regret that two > Bronze sponsors chose not to renew their sponsorship this quarter, we > are thrilled to welcome a new Platinum Sponsor, Gold Sponsor, Silver > Sponsor, and Bronze Sponsor! This growth in sponsorships is a heart > warming indication that the amazing work done here at The ASF is > recognized and appreciated in the global community. To that point, we > are pleased to see that this quarter saw a higher than typical number > of individual donations to the foundation. > > The joy we feel from the continued support of our individual and > corporate sponsors simply cannot be overstated. In the tough times > leading into and during the initial days of the pandemic, like many > others, we just did not know what to expect. After all, the only income > our all-volunteer-led foundation receives comes from sponsorships. The > ASF is known to house projects that creates industries, evolves the > technology landscape, improves the world we live in - and we do it in a > way that is fair and equitable to all who participate regardless of > background. This is all entirely possible because of the generosity of > our sponsors… especially during difficult days. > > With a truly humble and grateful heart: THANK YOU for continuing to > support us during this storm. > > The list of all Sponsors is available at > http://apache.org/foundation/thanks . To become an ASF Sponsor, visit > http://apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html . To make a one-time or > monthly recurring donation, please visit https://donate.apache.org/ . > > > > = = = > > Report prepared by Sally Khudairi, Vice President Marketing & > Publicity, with contributions by Rich Bowen, Vice President > Conferences; Mark Cox, Vice President Security; Griselda Cuevas, Vice > President Diversity & Inclusion; Sharan Foga, Vice President Community > Development; Christian Grobmeier, Vice President Data Privacy; Myrle > Krantz, Treasurer; Daniel Ruggeri, Vice President Fundraising; and Mark > Thomas, Vice President Brand Management. > > For more information, subscribe to the [email protected] mailing list > http://apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html#foundation-announce and > visit http://www.apache.org/ , the ASF Blog at http://blogs.apache.org/ > , the @TheASF on Twitter https://twitter.com/TheASF , and LinkedIn > https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation . > > (c) The Apache Software Foundation 2021. > > # # # > > NOTE: you are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the > [email protected] distribution list. 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