[openstack-dev] [all][elections] PTL nomination period is now over

Kevin Benton blak111 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 17 17:26:18 UTC 2015


Maybe it would be a good idea to switch to 23:59 AOE deadlines like many
paper submissions use for academic conferences. That way there is never a
need to convert TZs, you just get it in by the end of the day in your own
time zone.
On Sep 17, 2015 9:18 AM, "Edgar Magana" <edgar.magana at workday.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Last year I found myself in the same position when I missed a deadline
> because my wrong planning and time zones nightmare!
> However, the rules were very clear and I assumed my mistake. So, we should
> assume that we do not have candidates and follow the already described
> process. However, this should be very easy to figure out for the TC, it is
> just a matter to find our who is interested in the PTL role and consulting
> with the core team of that specific project.
>
> Just my two cents…
>
> Edgar
>
> From: Kyle Mestery
> Reply-To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)"
> Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 8:48 AM
> To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)"
> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections] PTL nomination period is
> now over
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 09/17/2015 04:50 PM, Anita Kuno wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/17/2015 08:22 AM, Matt Riedemann wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/17/2015 8:25 AM, Tristan Cacqueray wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> PTL Nomination is now over. The official candidate list is available on
>>>>> the wiki[0].
>>>>>
>>>>> There are 5 projects without candidates, so according to this
>>>>> resolution[1], the TC we'll have to appoint a new PTL for Barbican,
>>>>> MagnetoDB, Magnum, Murano and Security
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is devil's advocate, but why does a project technically need a PTL?
>>>>   Just so that there can be a contact point for cross-project things,
>>>> i.e. a lightning rod?  There are projects that do a lot of group
>>>> leadership/delegation/etc, so it doesn't seem that a PTL is technically
>>>> required in all cases.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think that is a great question for the TC to consider when they
>>> evaluate options for action with these projects.
>>>
>>> The election officials are fulfilling their obligation according to the
>>> resolution:
>>>
>>> http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/resolutions/20141128-elections-process-for-leaderless-programs.rst
>>>
>>> If you read the verb there the verb is "can" not "must", I choose the
>>> verb "can" on purpose for the resolution when I wrote it. The TC has the
>>> option to select an appointee. The TC can do other things as well,
>>> should the TC choose.
>>>
>>
>> I agree- and this is a great example of places where human judgement is
>> better than rules.
>>
>> For instance - one of the projects had a nominee but it missed the
>> deadline, so that's probably an easy on.
>>
>> For one of the projects it had been looking dead for a while, so this is
>> the final nail in the coffin from my POV
>>
>> For the other three - I know they're still active projects with people
>> interested in them, so sorting them out will be fun!
>>
>>
> This is the right approach. Human judgement #ftw! :)
>
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> There are 7 projects that will have an election: Cinder, Glance,
>>>>> Ironic,
>>>>> Keystone, Mistral, Neutron and Oslo. The details for those will be
>>>>> posted tomorrow after Tony and I setup the CIVS system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Tristan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [0]:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/PTL_Elections_September_2015#Confirmed_Candidates
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://governance.openstack.org/resolutions/20141128-elections-process-for-leaderless-programs.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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