<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">History makes me concerned that we won't make good use of the extra time. This has been a topic for more than a year in the community and at the board level. I won't fight against moving the vote the 12/4 if everyone feels we will use the time wisely. But, my preference is to deal with this issue sooner, show that we can act and move forward.<div><br></div><div>Troy</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 16, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Simon Anderson <<a href="mailto:simon@dreamhost.com">simon@dreamhost.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I'm concerned that if we don't drive to the Board being fully briefed by Nov 4th, and *capable* of voting the resolution, we will miss later deadlines with the holidays. I feel confident that the <i>Board</i> can be briefed in detail on the two options by Nov 4th and at that meeting, and we should not pre-judge if the Board feels ready to decide/resolve at that point. It is always open for the Board to defer a vote if, when the presentation is made Nov 4th, the majority feels that more time is needed for a Board resolution.</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Best,</div><div>Simon Anderson<br>CEO, DreamHost<br></div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Tim Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Tim.Bell@cern.ch" target="_blank">Tim.Bell@cern.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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From: Alan Clark <<a href="mailto:aclark@suse.com" target="_blank">aclark@suse.com</a>> <br>
Date: 16/10/2013 20:52 (GMT+01:00) <br>
To: Jonathan Bryce <<a href="mailto:jonathan@openstack.org" target="_blank">jonathan@openstack.org</a>>,Todd Moore <<a href="mailto:tmmoore@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">tmmoore@us.ibm.com</a>> <br>
Cc: Mark Radcliffe <<a href="mailto:Mark.Radcliffe@dlapiper.com" target="_blank">Mark.Radcliffe@dlapiper.com</a>>,<a href="mailto:elections-committee@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">elections-committee@lists.openstack.org</a>
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<div>That feels more 'right'. Gives us the right amount of time to talk to the community; so it doesn't feel so rushed.<br>
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>>> On 10/16/2013 at 12:35 PM, Todd Moore <<a href="mailto:tmmoore@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">tmmoore@us.ibm.com</a>> wrote: <br>
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> Well since we have adopted a plan to vote the change at the January<br>
> meetings, your suggestion is not unreasonable. My concern is that we<br>
> garner the voters attention before they head off for the Holidays. I've<br>
> never been a fan of announcing things at years end and expecting that<br>
> people catch on to it.<br>
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> I suppose that with the note that goes out on Dec. 6th closing the<br>
> nominations, we could also indicate that the special vote would be on the<br>
> ballot. That would mean a vote on Dec 4th by the board or near that timing.<br>
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> Is that acceptable to all?<br>
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> Todd M. Moore<br>
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> Director, Interoperability and Partnerships<br>
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> 11501 Burnet Rd. MS 9035H014<br>
> Austin, TX , 78758. <a href="tel:%28512%29%20286-7643" value="+15122867643" target="_blank">(512) 286-7643</a> (tie-line 363)<br>
> <a href="mailto:tmmoore@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">tmmoore@us.ibm.com</a><br>
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> |"Alan Clark" <<a href="mailto:aclark@suse.com" target="_blank">aclark@suse.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:elections-committee@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">elections-committee@lists.openstack.org</a>, <br>
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> If we are not changing the voting method for the January 2014 elections, I<br>
> don't think we would have to have the Board decision finalized before the<br>
> 2014 election period opens. We would need to know before we send out the<br>
> meeting notice but that could go out in late November or early December.<br>
> <br>
> Jonathan<br>
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> On Oct 16, 2013, at 1:20 PM, Todd Moore <<a href="mailto:tmmoore@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">tmmoore@us.ibm.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I was hoping Jonathan would chime in on our ability to do such a<br>
> thing. When we discussed this yesterday, it seemed that to get folks<br>
> attention and get the material out we needed to be on the timeline as<br>
> outlined. In fact this one pushed out some dates to make this work.<br>
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> Jonathan?<br>
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> Todd M. Moore<br>
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> Director, Interoperability and Partnerships<br>
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> 11501 Burnet Rd. MS 9035H014<br>
> Austin, TX , 78758. <a href="tel:%28512%29%20286-7643" value="+15122867643" target="_blank">(512) 286-7643</a> (tie-line 363)<br>
> <a href="mailto:tmmoore@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">tmmoore@us.ibm.com</a><br>
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> <graycol.gif>"Alan Clark" ---10/16/2013 08:57:20 AM---I seem to be<br>
> having connection problems with the conference calls. I would like<br>
> to make the recomm<br>
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> From: "Alan Clark" <<a href="mailto:aclark@suse.com" target="_blank">aclark@suse.com</a>> <br>
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> To: <<a href="mailto:elections-committee@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">elections-committee@lists.openstack.org</a>>, Todd <br>
> Moore/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, <br>
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> Date: 10/16/2013 08:57 AM <br>
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> Subject: Re: [Elections-committee] Draft Timeline <br>
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> I seem to be having connection problems with the conference calls.<br>
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> I would like to make the recommendation that make a couple of<br>
> modifications to the timeline. I would like to give the community<br>
> more time to discuss and understand.<br>
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> My recommendation is that we not hold a board vote at the November 4<br>
> board meeting. Instead let's do a vote in December.<br>
> Add in additional community meetings and let's blog and include<br>
> information in the newsletter in November.<br>
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> -AlanClark<br>
> <br>
> >>> On 10/16/2013 at 05:35 AM, Todd Moore <<a href="mailto:tmmoore@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">tmmoore@us.ibm.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > (See attached file: OpenStack Board Election Committee<br>
> timeline.pdf)<br>
> ><br>
> > Todd M. Moore<br>
> ><br>
> > Director, Interoperability and Partnerships<br>
> ><br>
> > 11501 Burnet Rd. MS 9035H014<br>
> > Austin, TX , 78758. <a href="tel:%28512%29%20286-7643" value="+15122867643" target="_blank">(512) 286-7643</a> (tie-line 363)<br>
> > <a href="mailto:tmmoore@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">tmmoore@us.ibm.com</a><br>
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