Farewell, September –we’re wrapping up the month with another great week. Here are the latest updates on the Apache community’s activities:

Success at Apache – the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works".
 – "Why you’d want to become an Apache Committer" by Dmitriy Pavlov https://s.apache.org/iflt2
 – "Mentor Your Mentor" by Patricia Shanahan https://s.apache.org/orco1

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws.
 – Next Board Meeting: 16 October 2019. 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
 – *T-26 days* to ApacheCon Europe –register TODAY! https://www.apachecon.com/
 – The Apache^® Software Foundation Announces Program Highlights for ApacheCon™ Europe https://s.apache.org/0ovfn
 – ApacheCon/Las Vegas presentations now available, exclusively on Feathercast https://feathercast.apache.org/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF’s infrastructure running around the clock.
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7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.99%. 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, 803 Apache contributors changed 9,613,292 lines of code over 3,213 commits. Top 5 contributors, in
order, are: Till Rohrmann, Andrea Cosentino, Stephen Mallette, Tellier Benoit, and Mark Thomas.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data —
 – The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Rya™ as a Top-Level Project https://s.apache.org/0xc4g
 – Apache Ignite 2.7.6 released http://ignite.apache.org/

Content —
 – Apache JSPWiki 2.11.0.M5 released https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/
 – Apache PDFBox 2.0.17 released http://pdfbox.apache.org/
 – Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7 released http://openoffice.apache.org/

Database —
 – Apache Druid (Incubating) 0.16.0 released http://druid.incubator.apache.org
 – Apache Geode 1.10.0 released http://geode.apache.org/

Libraries —
 – Apache Tuweni (Incubating) 0.8.2 released http://tuweni.incubator.apache.org/
 – Apache Juneau 8.1.1 released http://juneau.apache.org
 – Apache Commons BCEL 6.4.0 released http://commons.apache.org/
 – Apache Qpid Dispatch 1.9.0 released http://qpid.apache.org/

Servers —
 – Apache Tomcat 8.5.46 and 9.0.26 released http://tomcat.apache.org

Did You Know?

 – Did you know that ApacheCon Europe Community Partners include the European Commission Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) and the Open Source Design community? Join us and connect! https://aceu19.apachecon.com/

 – Did you know that the ApacheCon Europe team have evolved our #LoveApache badges and created an awesome icon generator so you can easily customize your own? Give it a try https://aceu19.apachecon.com/enhance-your-social-media-avatar

 – Did you know that during ApacheCon North America, we shot "Community Over Code. Code Over Community", a special project in collaboration with technologist/photographer Peter Adams in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of The ASF? https://s.apache.org/fo9n2

Apache Community Notices:

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

 – 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

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

 – ApacheCon: Tomorrow’s Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 – ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

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

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