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<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">I would be pleased to serve on the Technical Committee with your vote. I have a very relevant background to serving you in the Technical Committee in that I have done the following during OpenStack development:</font></p>
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<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><font face="Helvetica">Led the development, incubation, and integration of Heat for the first project to enter what would be a precursor to the Big Tent.</font></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><font face="Helvetica">Wrote most of the initial commits and contributed heavily to the first Big Tent project Magnum.</font></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><font face="Helvetica">Solving the most complex problem OpenStack faces, Deploying the Big Tent, by serving as PTL of Kolla which I have led from first commit
through the Big Tent process.</font></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><font face="Helvetica">Top 10 contributor by Person-day effort for Liberty. Top 1% by Person-day effort for Kilo. Top 1% by Person-day effort for OpenStack
project overall.</font></span></li></ol>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">My experience with Heat, Magnum, and Kolla directly relate to the Technical Committee's charter which is to serve as technical oversight for the OpenStack project. I am highly interested in growth management of
my peers and the systems and people I involve myself with. I believe it is one of the core responsibilities of the Technical Committee to provide effective growth management for the OpenStack ecosystem, in partnership with the OpenStack Board.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">I can confirm that the original incubation track that Heat executed was highly painful and very challenging. It was not very inclusive, not documented, and highly subjective.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">The new Big Tent process is far improved. It is almost completely objective and measurable which in my opinion leads to high growth in individuals and systems during their evaluation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">Most of the work the Technical Committee has done over the last year has been to make OpenStack more obecjtive and measureable by anyone. I personally feel this change is fantastic and has unstuck the Technical
Committeee. This work facilitates the growth of OpenStack in general and new projects in particular.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">I want to bring my experience creating new things for OpenStack to bear to create New Things for the Technical Committee to further acclerate growth. I would happily accept your vote for the Technical Committee
election.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">Regards,</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">-steve</font></p>
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