[openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training recap & steps forward

Alexis Monville amonvill at redhat.com
Thu Jul 7 11:20:11 UTC 2016


That's great news!
Congrats to Colette for the organization and to the people who dare to
join the training!

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Amrith Kumar <amrith at tesora.com> wrote:
> A huge "THANK YOU" to Colette for all the time and effort that went into making this a reality. What she doesn't mention is that this training (which lasted just a couple of days) was a year in the making!
>
> In addition to the great sandwiches and BBQ (and beer), I think it was great to have so many of us in a room at once. There is something about meeting in person, breaking bread (and jokes) that is totally lost in a virtual environment.
>
> I think the training and the discussions were well worth it and I encourage anyone who is serious about leadership in OpenStack to consider attending the next session. And while you are there, make it a point to go to Maker Works and meet Tom Root. It is truly inspiring to see what he's doing there.
>
> -amrith
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colette Alexander [mailto:colettealexander at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 12:05 PM
>> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
>> <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
>> Subject: [openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training recap & steps forward
>>
>> Hello Stackers!
>>
>> I wanted to send an update about what happened last week at the
>> leadership training session in Ann Arbor, Michigan and some of the
>> things moving out of the training that we're hoping help improve the
>> community as a whole.
>>
>> 17 people from the community (including 8 from the TC) and 2 trainers
>> from ZingTrain spent 2 days covering a range of materials and
>> subjects: servant leadership! Visioning! Stages of learning! Good
>> practices for leading organizational change! Also there were delicious
>> sandwiches and BBQ.
>>
>> Reviews and reflections from the training have been overwhelmingly
>> positive, and some blog posts about it are starting to pop up.[0]
>>
>> On the day after training, a slightly smaller group than the full 17
>> met to discuss how some of the ideas presented might help the
>> OpenStack community, and identified some areas of work that are now
>> being initiated by the TC. Some of the work identified involves the TC
>> examining and where necessary, altering the ways it works, and some of
>> it involves a general support for and development of leadership in all
>> areas of the OpenStack community. To more clearly define and
>> accomplish that work, a Stewardship Working Group has been
>> proposed.[1]
>>
>> Because of the success of the training, and the fact that 5 TC members
>> weren't able to attend this past instance, I'm working to arrange a
>> repeated offering. It's still very much in the planning stages, but
>> I'm hoping it will be in September, and follow the same 2-day
>> training/1 day reflection/planning structure as before. The training
>> will be enrolled similarly to the last one - with TC and Board members
>> having first crack at the sign up list, and then opening remaining
>> seats to the rest of the community. I will post to the -dev list as
>> dates and details are finalized for that.
>>
>> Ideally there will be some discussion and work on this (including a
>> potential panel discussion) at the Ocata Summit in Barcelona as well -
>> stay tuned for information on that as it becomes available!
>>
>> A huge thanks to all who attended, and to the Foundation who sponsored
>> the training for everyone - I'm incredibly excited to work on all of
>> this in such a great environment, with such great people.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> -colette/gothicmindfood
>>
>> [0] http://www.tesora.com/openstack-tc-will-not-opening-deli/
>> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/337895/
>>
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