Hello, Friday. It's time to review the collective Apache community's activities from the past week:

The Apache Software Foundation –the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes 40 New Members https://s.apache.org/Fwf6

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 15 May. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ –the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon
 - Next week in Chicago: Apache Roadshow 13-14 May http://apachecon.com/chiroadshow19/ Learn the latest in AdTech, BigData, Community Diversity, FinTech, IoT, Machine Learning, "Made in Chicago" startups, Podling Shark Tank, and more!
 - OPEN: ApacheCon CFPs + EARLY Registration: 1) North America/Las Vegas 9-12 September; 2) Europe/Berlin 22-24 October http://apachecon.com/

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.93%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot –this week, 438 Apache contributors changed 1,041,284 lines of code over 2,688 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Ismaël Mejía, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Julian Reschke, Andrea Cosentino, and Paul King.

Apache Project Announcements –the latest updates by category.

Build Management --
 - Apache Ant 1.10.6 released https://ant.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.16.4 and 2.19.3 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org

Libraries --
 - Apache Olingo 4.6.0 released https://olingo.apache.org/

Network-Client --
 - Apache Qpid Proton-J 0.33.0 released http://qpid.apache.org


Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the CFP for ApacheCon North America (9-12 September/Las Vegas) closes Monday? The CFP for ApacheCon Europe (22-24 October/Berlin) closes 26 May. https://www.apachecon.com/ Let's get cracking!

 - Did you know that Apache CloudStack is the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform of choice for some of the industry's most visible Clouds –from global hosting providers to telcos to the Fortune 100 top 5% and more– because it "Just Works"? http://cloudstack.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Agence Française de Développement uses Apache Wicket for its brand center? http://wicket.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - Apache in 2018 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2018Digits

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2019 https://s.apache.org/d2Fq

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2018 https://s.apache.org/FY2018AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - "Success at Apache" focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works". https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache

 - Please follow/like/re-tweet the ASF on social media: @TheASF on Twitter and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation

 - Do friend and follow us on the Apache Community Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/and Twitter account https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity

 - The list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at http://events.apache.org/event/meetups.html

 - Apache Roadshow/Chicago will be held 13-14 May 2019 http://apachecon.com/

 - The Apache Big Data community will be at DataWorks Summit in Washington DC 20-23 May 2019 https://dataworkssummit.com/

 - CFP and Registration open for ApacheCon North America 9-12 September 2019 http://apachecon.com/

 - Spark + AI Summit 2019 will be held 15-17 October in Amsterdam https://databricks.com/sparkaisummit/

 - CFP and Registration open for ApacheCon Europe 22-24 October 2019 http://apachecon.com/

 - Find out how you can participate with Apache community/projects/activities --opportunities open with Apache Camel, Apache HTTP Server, and more! https://helpwanted.apache.org/

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