<p dir="ltr">Doug, it isn't about me or about trying to add more to the pool of one type of contributor from a different pool of individuals with a different skillset or about attempting to make shortcuts to leadership as you so delicately put it. Frankly I think you're missing the point. When there is a technical body governing everything of a technical nature within OpenStack and it consists of members from one slice of the overall community and candidates speak of engaging the operator community more than it has in the past as part of the reason folks should vote for them, I think the candidates are on point and we have an opportunity in front of us. Has nothing to do with broadening the pool of one specific type of contributor but about taking advantage of those who are already contributing in a different way. That's a strength in our community and when the tc appears to be moving towards technical leadership that paints with broader multi-discipline strokes, I'm completely on board with that.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 5, 2015 6:07 AM, "Doug Hellmann" <<a href="mailto:doug@doughellmann.com">doug@doughellmann.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Excerpts from Adam Lawson's message of 2015-05-04 10:25:10 -0700:<br>
<div class="quoted-text">> So Thierry I agree. Developers are required to make it happen. I would say<br>
> however that acknowledging the importance of developer contributions and<br>
> selecting leadership from the development community is really half the<br>
> battle as it's pretty rare to see project teams led and governed by only<br>
> developers. I think addressing the inclusion of architects/operators/admins<br>
> within this committee is a hugely positive development.<br>
<br>
</div>The community of contributors is led by members, not all of whom<br>
are "developers" -- some are writers, translators, designers, or<br>
fill other important roles. The characteristic that cuts across all<br>
of those roles is that they are *contributors*.<br>
<br>
If "architects/operators/admins" or anyone else want to become<br>
contributors, there is already a path to accomplish that by interacting<br>
with the existing teams, and their insight and input would be very<br>
welcome. But there is no shortcut to becoming a leader in this<br>
community. Everyone has to earn their stripes.<br>
<br>
I've asked a couple of times in this thread what benefit you see<br>
in having someone from outside of the contributor community on the<br>
TC, but I haven't seen an answer. Is there something specific we<br>
could be addressing beyond the question of representation?<br>
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Doug<br>
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