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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">Retweet:
<a href="https://twitter.com/zehicle/status/488703954998411267">https://twitter.com/zehicle/status/488703954998411267</a>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">The OpenStack Board effort to define “<a href="https://robhirschfeld.com/2014/05/20/defcore-three-cases/" target="_parent" title="How DefCore is going to change your world: three advisory cases"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">what
is core</span></a>” for commercial use (aka<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/DefCoreCommittee" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DefCore</span></a>).
I have<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://robhirschfeld.com/?s=defcore&submit=Search" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">blogged extensively about this topic</span></a> and rely on
you to review that material because this post focuses on updates from <a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/DefCoreLighthouse.3" target="_parent">
<span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">recent activity</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">First, Please Join</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/DefCoreLighthouse.4" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1">Our
Community DefCore Reviews on 7/16</span></a>!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">We’re reviewing the current DefCore process & timeline then talking about the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/File:DefCore_Capabilities_Scoring.pdf" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Advisory
Havana Capabilities Matrix</span></a> (<a href="https://robhirschfeld.com/2014/05/09/openstack-defcore-matrix-cheet-sheet/" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">decoder</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">To support global access, there are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/DefCoreLighthouse.4" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">TWO
meetings</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(both will also be recorded):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">July 16, 8 am PDT / 1500 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">July 16, 6 pm PDT / 0100 UTC July 17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">Note: I’m presenting about<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014/public/schedule/detail/37014" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DefCore
at OSCON</span></a> on 7/21 at 11:30!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">We want community input! The Board is going discuss and, hopefully, approve the matrix at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/22July2014BoardMeeting" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">our
next meeting on 7/22</span></a>. After that, the Board will be focused on defining<a href="https://robhirschfeld.com/2014/06/05/designated-code-sections/" target="_parent" title="Understanding OpenStack Designated Code Sections – Three critical questions"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Designated
Sections</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for Havana and Ice House (the TC is not owning that as previously expected).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">The DefCore process is gaining momentum. We’ve reached the point where there are tangible (yet still non-binding) results to review. The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/RefStack" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Refstack</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>efforts
to collect community test results from running clouds is underway: the Core Matrix will be fed into Refstack to validate against the DefCore required capabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Now is the time to make adjustments and corrections! </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">In the next few months, we’re going to be locking in more and more of the process as we get ready to make it<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/DefCoreLighthouse.F2F" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">part
of the OpenStack by-laws</span></a> (see bottom of minutes).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#373737">If you cannot make these meetings, we still want to hear from you! The most direct way to engage is via the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/defcore-committee" target="_parent"><span style="color:#1982D1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DefCore
mailing list</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>but 1×1 email works too! Your input is import to us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Rob Hirschfeld<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Sr. Distinguished Cloud Solution Architect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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