It's time for our mid-month review of the Apache Community's activities since last week:

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 21 March. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ –the ASF's official global conference series.
 - Travel Assistance applications now being accepted for ApacheCon/Montreal https://www.apache.org/travel/
 - CFP is open for ApacheCon 24-29 September in Montreal http://apachecon.com/

Apache Community Development –helps newcomers take their first steps towards being a part of the Apache community.
 - The ASF is a Google Summer of Code Mentoring Organization for the 13th consecutive year. Students: roll up sleeves and get started with dozens of Apache projects at https://community.apache.org/gsoc.html

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield fabulous performance at 99.96% uptime. http://status.apache.org/

ASF Operations Factoid –this week, 499 Apache contributors changed 896,598 lines of code over 3,223 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Carlos Sanchez Gonzalez, Alex Harui, Gintas Grigelionis, Tellier Benoit, and Iñigo Goiri.

Apache Allura™ –an Open Source implementation of a software "forge" that manages source code repositories, bug reports, discussions, wiki pages, blogs and more for any number of individual projects.
 - [SECURITY] CVE-2018-1319 Apache Allura HTTP response splitting http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201803.mbox/%3Cf89f6551-b72e-5a20-6013-8adf5acd752a%40apache.org%3E

Apache Calcite™ Avatica –a framework for building database drivers.
- Apache Calcite Avatica 1.11.0 released https://calcite.apache.org/

Apache Commons™ Compress –working with zip, ar, jar, bz2, cpio, tar, gz, dump, pack200, lzma, 7z, arj and xz files.
 - [SECURITY] CVE-2018-1324 Apache Commons Compress denial of service vulnerability http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201803.mbox/%3C87woycifgl.fsf%40v45346.1blu.de%3E

Apache CXF™ –an Open Source services framework.
 - Apache CXF 3.1.15 released http://cxf.apache.org/

Apache Jackrabbit™ Oak –a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class Wb sites and other demanding content applications.
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.2.29 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Apache Juneau™ –a toolkit for marshalling POJOs to a wide variety of content types using a common framework, and for creating sophisticated self-documenting REST interfaces and microservices using very little code.
 - Apache Juneau 7.1.0 released http://juneau.apache.org/

Apache PredictionIO™ –an open source Machine Learning Server built on top of state-of-the-art open source stack, that enables developers to manage and deploy production-ready predictive services for various kinds of machine learning tasks.
 - Apache PredictionIO 0.12.1 released http://predictionio.apache.org/

Apache SensSoft (incubating) –a user activity logging and analytics system that enables developers to instrument and extract design and user insights from their applications.
 - Apache SensSoft (Incubating) UserALE.js 1.0.0 released http://senssoft.incubator.apache.org/

Apache Tomcat™ –an Open Source software implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Unified Expression Language, Java WebSocket and JASPIC technologies.
 - Apache Tomcat 8.5.29 released http://tomcat.apache.org/
 - [SECURITY] CVE-2018-1323 Apache Tomcat JK ISAPI Connector path traversal http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201803.mbox/%3Cadc2b992-cbd1-145d-2812-f0f2cc69c099%40apache.org%3E

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache NetBeans (incubating) Day UK will be held 27 April 2018? https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/apache-netbeans-day-uk-2018-tickets-43401128945

 - Did you know that you can participate in the Apache Drill "wishlist" survey? https://twitter.com/ApacheDrill/status/974499942751289344

 - Did you know that Apache Committers receive a 50% discount off registration for DataWorks Summit? Contact apachedwsdiscount(at)hortonworks(dot)com for the code.

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - Apache in 2017 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/h8do

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

 - "Success at Apache" focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works". 1) Project Independence https://s.apache.org/CE0V 2) All Carrot and No Stick https://s.apache.org/ykoG 3) Asynchronous Decision Making https://s.apache.org/PMvk4) Rule of the Makers https://s.apache.org/yFgQ 5) JFDI --the unconditional love of contributors https://s.apache.org/4pjM 6) Meritocracy and Me https://s.apache.org/tQQh 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be 8) Meritocracy. https://s.apache.org/DiEo 9) Lowering Barriers to Open Innovation https://s.apache.org/dAlg 10) All My Roads Led to Apache https://s.apache.org/l9OO 11) Scratch Your Own Itch. https://s.apache.org/7Amk 12) What a Long Strange (and Great) Trip It's Been https://s.apache.org/gVuN 13) A Newbie's Narrative https://s.apache.org/A72H 14) Contributing to Open Source even with a high-pressure job https://s.apache.org/lM9O 15) Success at Apache: Open Innovation from a Non-native English Country https://s.apache.org/lh61

 - 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://apache.org/events/meetups.html

 - Members of the Apache community will be presenting at DataWorks Summit 16-19 April 2018 in Berlin https://dataworkssummit.com/

 - Open Expo Europe - 6-7 June 2018 in Madrid https://openexpoeurope.com/

 - Meet members of the Apache community at Open Expo Madrid 6-7 June 2018 http://www.openexpo.es/en/

 - We're teaming up with Berlin Buzzwords - 10-12 June 2018 (Apache Lounge dates: 11-12 June) https://berlinbuzzwords.de/

 - The 2018 Apache EU Roadshow will be held during FOSS Backstage in Berlin 13-14 June 2018 https://foss-backstage.de/

 - Apache Big Data project communities will be participating at DataWorks Summit 17-21 June 2018 in San Jose https://dataworkssummit.com/

 - ApacheCon North America will be held 24-29 September in Montreal http://apachecon.com/ **CFP IS OPEN!**

 - ASF Quarterly Report: Operations Summary Q2 FY2018 https://s.apache.org/j1GJ

 - ASF Annual Report is available at https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

 - Find out how you can participate with Apache community/projects/activities --opportunities open with Apache HTTP Server, Avro, ComDev (community development), Directory, Incubator, OODT, POI, Polygene, Syncope, Tika, Trafodion, and more! https://helpwanted.apache.org/
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